It was a memorable week for many Habs although certainly not for their on-ice success as they lost all three games. However, several players made their NHL debuts and, for the most part, they did pretty well under the circumstances.
After being hit with a significant outbreak of positive COVID-19 tests, the Canadiens announced both the Habs and Rocket will pause operations through January 6th in an effort to try to stop the spread.
What’s left of the Habs looked to start 2022 on a winning note as they travelled to Florida for a Saturday matinee against the Panthers. They had a good first period but struggled after that, eventually falling 5-2.
When the Habs fired Marc Bergevin and brought Jeff Gorton in, Trevor Timmins was also among those leaving. With our attention primarily on the GM situation at the time, we didn’t want to gloss over Timmins. Instead, now that we’ve had some time to reflect on his tenure in Montreal, our writers offer up their thoughts on his departure.
At five-on-five, the Habs were able to play Carolina to a draw on Thursday night. However, the Hurricanes dominated in the special teams department, picking up three power play goals plus a shorthanded marker to skate away with a 4-0 victory.
Wednesday is an off day for the Habs but there is plenty of news surrounding the team including more players in COVID protocol, a Logan Mailloux update, and more.
It was a solid effort but the outcome was all too familiar as the Habs lost 5-4 in overtime on Tuesday night despite playing with an inexperienced roster that still worked hard enough to push around the defending Stanley Cup Champions.
The extended holiday break didn’t do much to prevent the spread of COVID throughout Montreal’s players as the Habs announced that five players have been added to COVID protocol.
With Laval in an extended break following the postponement of their final game before the holiday break and their first game after, it’s a good time to assess how things are going about a third of the way through the season. We begin, at always, with the goalies and defencemen.
The Habs were finally able to put one in the win column this past week as they split a pair of games before an early extended holiday break due to COVID. Jeff Petry returned from injury and made some interesting comments following a loss that certainly didn’t help anyone’s cause.