September Prospect Mailbag
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With rookie camp and the prospect tournament now underway, it’s a good time for another edition of the Habs prospect mailbag.
With rookie camp and the prospect tournament now underway, it’s a good time for another edition of the Habs prospect mailbag.
Carey Price had a season to forget in 2017-18. Now fully healthy, what type of rebound should the Habs expect from their franchise player?
Tuesday was Max Pacioretty’s annual charity golf tournament and with that came some updates on his status with the Habs moving forward.
There has been plenty of debate as to whether or not Jesperi Kotkaniemi is ready for NHL action. Perhaps the bigger question from a long-term development perspective is whether or not he should even be given the chance in 2018-19.
Shea Weber’s second season in Montreal was a rough one as injuries derailed him from the start. While he’ll miss the early part of 2018-19, he still projects to be a significant contributor when he returns.
The Habs made a minor trade on Monday, acquiring winger Hunter Shinkaruk from Calgary in exchange for winger Kerby Rychel. Montreal then quickly signed Shinkaruk to a one-year, two-way deal.
While the Coyotes were hoping that Max Domi would rebound after a quiet sophomore season, that didn’t exactly happen last year. Now that he’s in a new environment in Montreal, will he become more of a scoring threat?
Lost among all of the things that went quite wrong for the Habs last season was that Jeff Petry wound up having a career year. How will he follow that up in 2018-19?
Last week, we took a look at the long list of departures from Laval as they overhaul their roster following a poor inaugural season. Now, let’s look at who has all been brought in to reshape the team.
Lost in the discussion about Laval as they head into their second season is just how many players won’t be back; the roster turnover is quite staggering. Here is a look at who won’t be back in a Rocket uniform next season.