The Habs continue to tinker with their depth forwards as on Thursday, the team acquired winger Adam Cracknell from the Rangers in exchange for Peter Holland.

Montreal’s offensive struggles continued this past week but a better outing on Saturday coupled with Carey Price’s return at least salvaged a win. In Laval, their offensive struggles continued as well but they weren’t as fortunate as they lost all three of their games.

After missing three weeks with a knee injury, the Habs will have Carey Price back in the lineup on Saturday night. They have also returned Charlie Lindgren to Laval of the AHL.

Any optimism from the previous week was crushed by the Habs who lost all three of their games with the last two in particularly bad fashion. Things weren’t much better in Laval; although they managed to get a win, they struggled considerably defensively, allowing 14 goals over their three contests.

Montreal’s claiming of goaltender Antti Niemi off waivers from Florida on Tuesday hasn’t exactly gone over well. Although he’s off to a dreadful start to the year, there’s not a whole lot to really worry about here.

Although Montreal’s offence scuffled, a strong performance from Charlie Lindgren allowed the team to pick up a pair of critical wins as the Habs look to crawl their way back into the playoff picture. In Laval, the Rocket had some defensive struggles that proved costly although they were still able to split their two games.