Montreal Canadiens

The Chicago Blackhawks have dealt defenceman Cam Barker to the Minnesota Wild for defenceman Kim Johnsson and 2009 first round pick, defenceman Nick Leddy.  The 23-year old Barker, who is the in the middle of the first year of his three-year, $9.25 million contract has recorded 4 goals and 10 assists in 51 games this season.  Barker, was [...]

It appears the next NHL expansion team might be in Quebec City.  Almost 15 years after they lost the Nordiques to the Colorado Avalanche, Quebec premier Jean Charest told QMI News Agency that “planets are aligned” for them to get a team and that the profitability of the team isn’t even a question.  This comes [...]

A huge trade could be on the way between the Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens.  Teams know they have Montreal over a barrel, don’t they?  With the unfortunate opening night loss of number one defenseman Andrei Markov — their top point producer in 2008-09 — the win-now Habs will likely find themselves on the [...]

First off, the Washington Capitals wore down the San Jose Sharks.  Then the Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin finished them off.  Ovie netted two goals in a 28 second span early in the 3rd period to put the Caps in control as they cruised to the 4-1 victory.  Ovechkin’s two scores gave him an NHL-high seven [...]

It’s early in the season and the Canadiens are already looking to make more moves in overhauling their roster.  Latest rumors coming out of Montreal are that GM Bob Gainey has a few possibilities in the works.  Nashville Predators veteran centerman Jason Arnott and defenseman Teemu Laasko could be heading to the Canadiens as part [...]

The first night of games brought a lot of excitement and showed that the level of play is not disappointing anyone.  Alex Ovechkin, the two-time defending NHL Most Valuable Player had two goals and an assist to help the Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins for their 1st win of the season.  Ovie looked really [...]

Last season the NHL Western Conference’s Anaheim Ducks struggled to make the playoffs as a team with a near-even goal differential and 91 points, but was still able to upset the San Jose Sharks in the first round.  They then exited the playoffs after an exciting 7 game series versus the Detroit Red Wings.  The [...]

Even though the Calgary Flames slumped late in the season, lost in the first round of the playoffs and fired their coach, all is not lost.  The first step appears to be replacing Mike Keenan behind the bench and general manager Darryl Sutter appears to have found his man.  He only had to look within [...]

Now that the summer is slowly coming to an end NHL teams are making their last round of moves before training camp starts so that they’ll all be ready to go at full strength for their camps.  The rumor mill is starting to spin again with potential player movement ready to go.  As of the [...]

Here are some of the recent on goings of the NHL’s offseason.  The Philadelphia Flyers signed defenseman Ole-Kristian Tollefsen to a one-year contract on Thursday.  Tollefsen appeared in only 19 games in 2008-09 with the Columbus Blue Jackets and recorded one assist and 37 penalty minutes.
Rumor has it that the top offer Alex Tanguay has received [...]