My column on a bizarre season coming to an end for Canadiens’ Patrik Laine, who is now looking forward to “where the wind blows me” next season as an unrestricted free agent #Habs https://t.co/Uy4NKmaOz7
A #StanleyCup Final appearance isn't enough for head coach Rod Brind'Amour and the @Canes. He wants his club to win it all.
The Stanley Cup Final begins tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, @Sportsnet, @TVASports & CBC
Avalanche President of Hockey Operations Joe Sakic will take over GM duties in Colorado.
He previously served as GM when the Avalanche won the Stanley Cup in 2022.
Lane Hutson’s 2nd NHL season was incredible:
In the regular season: 78 points (12G + 66A) in 82 GP
In the playoffs: 16 points (3G + 13A) in 19 GP
Lane Hutson has the Montreal Canadiens franchise record for the most assists by a defenseman in the regular season and playoffs combined (79 assists)
Ivan Demidov confirms that his priority will be to sign as long and as early as possible with the Habs:
“I like this city, I like this team, I like all (my teammates) and our management…”
“I wanna stay here.”
The longest tenured Habs players in the last 30 years:
• Andrei Markov: 990 games
• Tomas Plekanec: 984 games
• Brendan Gallagher: 911 games
The last two players to play 1,000 games with the Habs were Bob Gainey (1986-87) and Larry Robinson (1985-86).
According to Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun), speaking on Bob Stauffer's Oilers Now show:
Sam Montembeault will not play another game for the Montreal Canadiens. It looks like the Habs will try to trade him.
Hopefully a fresh start will get Montembeault back on track.
My column on why Brendan Gallagher's career with the Canadiens shouldn't have ended the way it did. What was the downside to playing him in Game 5 against the Hurricanes? There wasn't any #Habs: https://t.co/Co1TTOSVac
The crazy part is that we never got to give Gally the goodbye he deserved……. No ovation….no gally chants nothing
I don’t know how the management team makes this right but it’s ugly right now
I think this hurts so much because we believed this management team wasn’t like this
#gohabsgo