Carey Price
The Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Franchise Goalies
In the first round of the 2005 Entry Draft, the Toronto Maple Leafs selected a goalie with the 21st overall pick. This goalie would go on to become the winningest goalie in franchise history, leading them to 3 Stanley Cup Finals and 1 Stanley Cup victory while also winning a Vezina Trophy and William M. […]
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Seven Teams That Need to Become Cap Compliant Before Season
There are currently seven teams who are over the in-season cap rules. The in-season cap for next season will be 83.5 million USD. The good news for those teams is that they have a 10% cap flexibility applied to their rosters during the off-season, so they still have time to determine their next move. Some […]
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Montembeault Playing Well for The Canadiens
It is not easy being a Montreal Canadiens goaltender these days. For starters, Carey Price is physically unable to play due to a knee injury. Price, the all-time winningest goaltender in Canadiens’ franchise history, was everything and more for this team for many years, and they are now without him. Secondly, Jake Allen is having […]
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Is Carey Price a Future Hall of Famer?
The Montreal Canadiens have several goaltenders who are in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Canadiens’ greats like Jacques Plante, Lorne “Gump” Worsley, Georges Vezina, Ken Dryden, George Hainsworth, Bill Durnan, Patrick Roy, and a few others who played with the team at one point in their careers have all been inducted into the HHOF. Goaltenders […]
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What Are the Montreal Canadiens?
Going into the season, many hockey pundits and fans alike thought that the Montreal Canadiens were going to be a bad team. Can you blame them? The team does not have a lot of depth, does not have Carey Price backstopping them, and plays in the unbelievably high-octane Atlantic Division. Believe it or not, the […]
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Montreal Canadiens-Toronto Maple Leafs game preview
The Montreal Canadiens will face the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Bell Centre tonight to begin their 2022-23 NHL season. It is the first time since 2013 that the Canadiens will host the opening game against Toronto, and there will be plenty of new faces in the lineup. Juraj Slafkovsky, Arber Xhekaj, and Kaiden Guhle […]
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Another brutal season awaits the Montreal Canadiens
After a season where the team finished at the bottom of the Eastern Conference and an offseason that raises a lot of questions in two weeks, the Montreal Canadians will begin another long season. Last year this writer went on a Habs podcast and even wrote an article saying they would miss the playoffs after […]
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Montreal Canadiens Re-Sign Samuel Montembeault
The Montreal Canadiens and G Samuel Montembeault have agreed to a two-year, one-way contract extension that will pay $1M per season. Last season, Montembeault appeared in 38 games and finished with an 8-18-16 record with a 3.77 GAA and a .891SV%. For a team that was desperate in the goalie department last season, re-signing Montembeault […]
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Carey Price wins the Bill Masterton Trophy
The Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy is awarded every season to the player that exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and a dedication to hockey. On Friday, the NHL officially announced that Carey Price had won the award given by the Professional Hockey Writers Association (PHWA) for the 2021-22 season. He finished just ahead of Zdeno […]
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Rangers: Shesterkin is number 1, 2, and 3 in our Harts
Igor Shesterkin continues to receive much-deserved recognition for his phenomenal regular season. Thursday morning, the NHL announced that Shesterkin (New York Rangers), Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers), and Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs) would be the three finalists for the Hart Memorial Trophy for league MVP. The announcement comes two days after Igor received his first […]
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