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.

The Habs have a vacancy in their front office the team confirmed on Saturday night that Scott Mellanby has resigned as their Assistant GM.

The Habs played a good first period on Friday in Buffalo. However, NHL games still are three periods long and the Sabres took over following the opening 20 minutes which allowed them to skate away with a 4-1 victory.

After picking up a win on Saturday, the Habs were back in action Wednesday to try to make it back-to-back victories for the first time this season. However, they forgot that consistent effort was required in order to make that happen as they struggled mightily for long stretches in a 6-3 loss.

With the Habs reading the one-quarter mark of the season, there have been plenty of surprises and disappointments with at least a handful of small positives along the way.

It was a light week for Laval as they only had a pair of road games on the schedule with their lone victory coming against Toronto in what was a thrilling comeback as they hang around the playoff mix in the North Division.

The past week for the Habs featured three different types of games – a close one, a blowout loss, and a mostly blowout win. In the end, the end result in the standings was pretty much the same as they picked up just the one victory which led to some more desperate roster movement than usual.

Montreal got a rare offensive burst in the second period on Saturday night, scoring four times. Nashville was able to make it a close contest in the third but in the end, the Habs were able to skate away with a 6-3 victory.

At some point, the Habs will need to name a captain. But with no one really being ready to step into that role just yet, the team is right to go without one for the time being.