Writers Weigh In: Identifying Needs
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With the Habs having a strong season, there’s a case to be made that the club doesn’t have too many significant needs, just a few areas that could stand a bit of improvement.
With the Habs having a strong season, there’s a case to be made that the club doesn’t have too many significant needs, just a few areas that could stand a bit of improvement.
The final part of our trade deadline preview series looks at potential acquisitions.
The next part of our trade deadline preview focuses on the forward situation for Montreal.
Part two of our deadline preview series focuses on the goaltenders and defencemen.
Although the opponents based on the standings were supposed to be easy, the past week was anything but for the Habs who managed just one win in three games against non-playoff teams.
The Habs picked up a faceoff specialist on Saturday afternoon, claiming centre Jeff Halpern off of waivers from the New York Rangers.
With the trade deadline now just a couple of weeks away, it’s time to kick off our annual series of preview articles assessing the likelihood that each player gets traded.
On Wednesday, the Habs announced that defenceman Francis Bouillon has agreed to a one year extension through the 2013-14 season.
The announcement that David Desharnais had signed a four year, $14 million extension with the Habs last week came as a shocker to pretty much everyone.
The Habs just keep getting it done. Another two games, another two wins, and another week the team sits atop the Northeast Division.