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As the saying goes, only fools change their minds. I reported last week that Matvei Michkov wanted to stop trying to score a ...
Juraj Slafkovský enters his fourth NHL season this fall. The first overall pick in 2022, who will also begin the first year ...
There are currently 32 teams in the National Hockey League. 16 in the Eastern Conference and 16 in the Western Conference.
Last season, the Canadiens paid part of the salary of Jake Allen and Jeff Petry. Kent Hughes traded these two guys to make room on his payroll – but he was forced to withhold money from both guys’ ...
Noah Dobson and Alexander Romanov have spent the last three years as teammates on Long Island. Dobson was already in town when Romanov was acquired from the Habs… and three years later, Dobson went ...
Kapanen returned to Montreal to finish the season, then was sent back to Laval to help the Rocket in their playoff race. That said, he only picked up six points in 11 games during the AHL playoffs, ...
Dallas was actively looking to add a top-notch right-handed defenseman to its line-up so that he could play on the first pairing with Miro Heiskanen, and Dobson was an option the Stars had been ...
But that’s not the most memorable part of the interview, in my opinion. My takeaway is that the Habs haven’t yet contacted their prospect’s Russian club (should happen later, I imagine)… and that ...
At the start of the off-season, in addition to a second center, it was known that the Canadiens were looking to acquire an auxiliary goaltender. In the end, the Habs did just that, acquiring ...
A few days ago, a hockey man told me this: in modern hockey, all players on the ice must know how to defend. Playing center vs. playing wing is all about being able to win face-offs. In short, the big ...
If nothing changes between now and the start of the season, Kirby Dach will most likely fill the second-line center role. It’s the most likely option, and the one that would make the most sense, even ...
Joe Veleno’s name has been circulating in Montreal for a few days now. But that doesn’t mean he’ll be playing for the Canadiens next season. In fact… we can forget it, according to Tony Marinaro. In a ...