New VP of Hockey Operations Jeff Gorton met with the Montreal media for the first time on Friday to discuss his hiring and what’s next for the team. Here are some of the notable items from his press conference.
Despite catching Colorado on the back end of a back to back with a goalie who had just allowed eight goals the night before, the Habs couldn’t muster up more than a goal in a 4-1 loss on Thursday that also resulted in multiple injuries.
In our latest podcast, topics discussed include the Montreal owner cleaning house in the front office, Marc Bergevin’s regime with the Habs, some potential GM replacements, and much more.
The Habs will be without a pair of players for tonight’s game against Colorado at least and perhaps a little longer as the team announced that Brendan Gallagher and Sami Niku have been placed in COVID protocol.
The departure of Marc Bergevin didn’t come as much surprise after word leaked out of some of the other pending front office changes but it was still a notable departure. Our writers weigh in with their thoughts on the decision to part ways.
In what was an incredibly entertaining game on Monday, some interesting players had solid games as Jonathan Drouin led a group of Ryan Poehling, Alexander Romanov, Sami Niku, and Joel Armia to keep the game close. It wasn’t enough as the Habs ran into Thatcher Demko who made some great saves in the third to preserve a 2-1 victory for the visiting Canucks.
On Monday, Canadiens owner Geoff Molson met with the media to discuss the firings of Marc Bergevin and Trevor Timmins plus the hiring of Jeff Gorton. Here are some notable tidbits from that discussion.
It’s now official. The Canadiens will be looking for a new general manager as Marc Bergevin has been relieved of his duties as has long-time executive Trevor Timmins.
While the biggest news of the week for the Habs has come off the ice, there were still three games for the Canadiens over the past seven days. As has been the theme this season, they only managed to win one of those.
When the front office news broke prior to puck drop, I figured the intermissions would be the most compelling parts of Saturday’s game. However, the Habs came out and showed some determination and fought hard to preserve multiple leads en route to a 6-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.