After a tough week against Ottawa’s farm team, Laval bounced back nicely last week, picking up three of four points against Texas before going into Toronto and securing a crucial victory over the Marlies despite a thinned-out roster.
Getting outshot by significant margins is rarely a strategy for success and that proved to be the case this past week for the Habs as they were outshot and outchanced in all three games and could only muster up a single point.
Jake Allen had another strong showing on Saturday in Nashville as he gave the injury-plagued Habs a chance to steal a victory. However, a late goal from Filip Forsberg gave the Predators a 4-3 overtime victory.
Jeff Gorton has made his first move since joining the Canadiens and it’s a waiver claim as Montreal announced on Saturday that they’ve claimed defenceman Kale Clague off waivers from Los Angeles.
Who were the top performers for the Habs in November? Make your selections for Montreal’s three stars of the month.
The first quarter of the season wasn’t a particularly good one for the Habs although a handful of forwards did enough to earn respectable grades as we wrap up this part of our report cards.
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.