Canadiens Getting Standout Seasons From Tatar & Petry
Why did Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin not trade Tomas Tatar or Jeff Petry at the deadline? Simply put, they are the two best performing players on the roster.…
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Canadiens’ Penalty Killing Killed the Season
It was not the injury to Jonathan Drouin or Paul Byron that derailed the Montreal Canadiens’ season. You can’t blame the power play or the lack of that elusive star…
Canadiens’ Youth Movement Gamble Doesn’t Pay Off
Marc Bergevin’s retool is a gamble that hasn’t paid off. The Montreal Canadiens’ general manager sold the retool to his fanbase as a magic process that would have two simultaneous…
Nick Suzuki Is the Canadiens’ Future
This has been a rollercoaster of a season for Montreal Canadiens fans. One part joyful and two parts painful. But the beautiful thing about hockey is that losing doesn’t necessarily…
Montreal Canadiens: A Decade of Statistics
Perspective is often difficult to find in the vast and endless rollercoaster of emotions amplified by sports radio and social media these days. But, with the close of this decade,…
Canadiens’ Top Line Success Comes From Weber
Montreal Canadiens’ defenceman Shea Weber is having a standout season, putting up some great offensive numbers with 11 goals and 28 points in 34 games so far this season (from…
Canadiens’ Problems Start in the Crease
I promised myself I would not write bad stuff about the Montreal Canadiens. Mired in a terrible stretch of hockey with only three wins in their last 10 games, it’s…
Big Contributions from Canadiens’ Big Ben Chiarot
Ben Chiarot has settled in quite nicely on the Montreal Canadiens blue line since he was acquired by Marc Bergevin in the summer. He has received accolades from across the…
Canadiens’ Danault Line: NHL’s Best?
Any good research venture sets out to answer a question. Like, which country’s population has the highest disposable income per capita? Or, which schools in my city produce the most successful students? …
Canadiens’ Weber And Mete Pair Among NHL’s Elite
Recently, I noticed some seemingly odd behaviour by Shea Weber. The big Montreal Canadiens defenceman was behind the opponent’s net late in a game with a point on the line…
Canadiens’ Success Riding on Julien’s Balanced Ice Time
The Montreal Canadiens are a fast team that works hard and never quits. That’s the identity they’ve been working on since head coach Claude Julien arrived in 2017; something all…
Canadiens’ Underlying Performance: Early Warning
We’ve reached the nine-game mark of the 2019-20 season with enough sample size to take a look at the Montreal Canadiens’ performance footprint. With a light week on the schedule,…