The Habs played a rare weekday afternoon game on Monday in Detroit with it being Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the US. Unfortunately, someone forgot to tell the Canadiens it was an early start as they slept walked their way to a 1-0 defeat.
It was an up-and-down week for the Habs who had enough in the tank offensively to score themselves into a couple of wins despite poor goaltending while struggling to produce much offence in their other two games. In St. John’s, the IceCaps picked up three of four points as they played their first home games in nearly a month.
With the Habs hitting the halfway point on the season earlier this week, it’s time to hand out our midseason awards.
Despite a largely-depleted roster, St. John’s put forth a pretty good December while several goalie prospects had big months as well. Here are our Prospect 3 Stars for the month.
The Habs had even more injuries this past week with Brendan Gallagher and Paul Byron going down but they kept piling up the wins. In St. John’s, they managed to pick up three points despite their weakest lineups of the year thanks to those injuries.
The Habs announced Saturday morning that they have signed IceCaps centre Markus Eisenschmid to a two year, entry-level contract. The deal will carry a cap hit of $642,500.
Montreal’s decision to give Al Montoya a two year contract extension has been largely praised. Do our writers feel the same way about the move?
The 2017 World Juniors took place from December 26th through January 5th. After not having any prospects there last year, the Habs had a pair of blueliners participating, Canada’s Noah Juulsen and Russia’s Mikhail Sergachev. Here is their game-by-game breakdown.
The Habs have locked up their backup goaltending situation for a little while longer as the team announced Monday that they have signed Al Montoya to a two year contract extension. The deal will carry a cap hit of $1.0625 million.
The road hasn’t been too kind to the Habs as they lost two of three games but were at least able to get their losses to overtime. The same can’t be said for St. John’s as despite a depleted lineup, they managed to win three of four games to give them a bit of a cushion on a playoff spot.