Montreal Canadiens

Even though we’re in the off season, NHL teams have been very active in making roster changes hoping to find the right combination to lead them to the promised land, the Stanley Cup Finals.   The Montreal Canadiens have announced the signing  of goaltender Curtis Sanford to a one-year, two-way contract for the 2009-10 season.  Over the [...]

This offseason will see many changes in the New York Rangers organization.  The Rangers seemed to wake up after a coaching change and came together under the tutelage of head coach John Tortorella to earn a playoff spot and then pushing the Washington Capitals to seven games in the first round.  Last season the Rangers’ [...]

The New Jersey Devils were not really a bad club last season, they were solid offensively and defensively.  They could have used another scorer but no one could predict that they would lose in the playoffs theway they did.  New Jersey gave up two late goals in game 7 of their series with the Carolina [...]

Yesterday saw the Montreal Canadiens come away with two very solid signings.  Montreal signed forward Travis Moen to a three-year $4.5 million contract and veteran defenceman Paul Mara to a one-year deal.  They added some size to the back end and some toughness, Moen, who will probably play on the third line.  I think he would be [...]

Out with the old and in with the new.  Of course I’m referring to GM Bob Gainey who so far this off season has shown no fear when it comes to attacking the free agent market.  He had roughly $30 million to spend and he started spending quickly ensuring the Canadiens would have the necessary [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs had themselves a busy day yesterday.  They signed defesman Francois Beauchemin after having agreed a three-year deal with the Leafs worth an average of $3.8 million per season.  He’ll be a welcome addition to the Toronto blueline.  In 246 career games split between the Montreal Canadiens, the Columbus Blue Jackets and [...]

Here we go with the next team on the list, the NHL’s eastern conference Buffalo Sabres.  The Sabres are definitely full of holes.  One of those holes would be back up goaltending.  When their starting netminder Ryan Miller went down with an ankle injury their playoff hopes this year were doomed.  Buffalo would do well [...]

Last season the Toronto Maple Leafs finished in the bottom third of the NHL but believe it or not they are just one goaltender away from contention.  Yes they need a few other parts but all in all they have a solid team.  They just stole 6′5″ 240 pound defenseman Mike Komisarek from their arch [...]

Yesterday was one of the most exciting days in the NHL, even though the excitement came in the off-season and off the ice.  Free agency began at 12:01 am and teams wasted little time in scooping up the talent.  By the time the day was over only a handful of top tier players remained.  Names [...]

The NHL’s Eastern Conferences’ Montreal Canadiens are getting off to a fast start by addressing some of the teams weakness’.  They acquired Scott Gomez from the New York Rangers in exchange for Chris Higgins, defensemen Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko.  Montreal also got forward Tom Pyatt and defenseman Mike Busto to complete the deal.  The [...]