Canadiens Hoping the Second Koivu Drafted Is as Good as the First Karine Hains | June 30, 2024 Two players captained the Montreal Canadiens for 10 years: the late great Jean Beliveau and the Canadiens’ 70th-overall pick’s father, Saku Koivu. Although the odds he would be drafted were…
Canadiens Can Add Next Generation of Koivu in 2024 NHL Draft Blain Potvin | June 10, 2024 Another Koivu is poised to join an NHL franchise this summer as Aatos Koivu, the son of Saku Koivu is entering the 2024 NHL Entry Draft. It remains to be…
Montreal Canadiens’ 5 Best Draft Picks of All-Time Luc LeBlanc | April 30, 2024 The Montreal Canadiens are the most storied franchise in all of hockey in terms of overall success — their 24 Stanley Cups are 11 more than the second-place Toronto Maple…
Ducks Free Agency Success: Saku Koivu Jordan Reinhardt | September 13, 2023 During their run as a Stanley Cup contender from 2006 to 2017, Anaheim Ducks management experimented with a lot of veteran forwards to provide Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, and Teemu…
Today in Hockey History: Sept. 10 Matthew Zator | September 10, 2023 Sept. 10 has been a pretty busy date throughout NHL history. Two “Original 6” rivals made a trade that left only one side feeling good years later. A very successful…
Comparing Suzuki Captaincy to Canadiens’ Captains of the Past Shawn Wilken | April 18, 2023 In September 2022, Nick Suzuki was named captain of the Montreal Canadiens, becoming both the 31st and youngest-serving captain in franchise history. One year after the team played the entirety of…
All-Time Finland-Born NHL Lineup Blain Potvin | February 4, 2023 Not only has Finland been able to develop Hall-of-Fame-worthy talent, but they have also produced an impressive number of high-quality NHL and professional players from a nation of six million…
Canadiens News and Rumors: Price, Drouin, Gallagher, Koivu, and More Blain Potvin | April 10, 2022 In this week’s Montreal Canadiens News & Rumors rundown, we’ll break down yet another wild week in Montreal. Under interim head coach Martin St. Louis, the Habs, despite multiple injuries,…
Canadiens’ Top 10 Players of the 2000s Trege Wilson | January 4, 2022 The Montreal Canadiens are probably one of – if not the most – storied franchises in the NHL. With over 100 years of hockey, 24 Stanley Cups and 44 players…
Montreal Canadiens’ 5 Best Draft Picks 1990-99 Alexandre Desrochers Ayotte | November 26, 2021 The ’90s was the last time the Montreal Canadiens won a Stanley Cup (1993). It was also a poor decade of drafting for the team. Most of their first-round picks…
Mathieu Perreault: 4 Things to Know About the Canadiens Forward Melissa Boyd | September 28, 2021 The forward depth of the Montreal Canadiens suffered during the offseason following the departures of Phillip Danault, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Corey Perry, Eric Staal and Tomas Tatar. General manager Marc Bergevin…
Canadiens Got Staal for This Exact Reason Ryan Szporer | June 5, 2021 Montreal Canadiens forward Eric Staal’s Stanley Cup-winning experience is why general manager Marc Bergevin acquired him in the first place.