A late-season hot streak allowed Laval to come back from the bottom of the North Division and get into the four-five matchup. They’ll be taking on New Jersey’s affiliate in Utica in a best-of-three series. Here’s an overview of the matchup.
In order to give themselves a realistic shot at holding onto a play-in position, Laval needed to sweep the week on home ice. They were able to do just that and with a bit of good fortune elsewhere, the Rocket will live to play another day.
The 2022-23 season has now come to an end for the Montreal Canadiens. They had a back-to-back set to finish off the campaign but while they kept things close in both games, they weren’t able to pick up a point, resulting in them finishing fifth-last league-wide.
With the season coming to an end with a 5-4 loss to Boston on Thursday, the Habs were cleaning out their lockers, saying their goodbyes, and meeting with the media on Friday. Here are some of the notable items from their interviews.
We have finally reached the top five of our 2022-23 prospect rankings. Some of these players have gone out and now established themselves as regulars and won’t be on this list next season while others still have a ways to go in their development but have high ceilings.
Laval had a chance to get a bit of distance on the final play-in spot in the North Division last week. They weren’t able to get it but enter the final week of the season holding down that last spot.
After two ugly losses the week before, the Habs followed it up with two more particularly ugly defeats this past week. At least this time, they snuck in a win between their poor performances.
The month of March featured the start of the playoffs for some leagues while others were well into their stretch runs. The Habs had several prospects saving their best performances for last at those levels.
After two games to forget, the Habs were hoping to get back on track on Thursday as they hosted the Capitals. The floodgates opened up for them in the second period as a four-goal frame paced them to a 6-2 victory.
In our next group of prospects, we have a collection that was relatively untested at the professional level heading into the season. Some are already established with the Habs while others might not be far away from doing so.