In addition to his talent, Alexei Kovalev is the most mysterious of all the Montreal Canadiens. His thoughts are closely guarded, his feelings hidden deep below the surface, and his talent, appears briefly, never consistently, and disappears for long s
And before we coronate Price as the next Montreal goaltending legend, we’ll have to see if he can unseat the Canadiens’ All Star goaltender.
“Ask me my choice of the ten most popular players in the last fifty years of the Montreal Canadiens, and Fergie would be near the top of the list.” – Dick Irvin
When the inevitable became official yesterday, and Sheldon Souray signed to play somewhere else rather than Montreal, I must admit to feeling a twinge of sadness.
This was only one of the “firsts” in the career of Michel Plasse.
In a year for the Canadiens that eventually met with disappointment, one of the few bright spots was the emergence of Tomas Plekanec.
None of these players can be found in the Hockey Hall of Fame, but without them, the history of the bleu, blanc, et rouge, would not be so illustrious.
Just because someone is a highly touted prospect there are no guarantees of NHL success. Witness the story of Garry Monahan.
A month ago, Canadiens General Manager Bob Gainey had his plan in place.
In all of the mock drafts he was going to be the pick. The experts on the television had him as the pick. The media targeted him as the pick.