Storm Weathered
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With Galchenyuk’s return hopefully marking the end of the Canadiens’ recent dearth of injuries, how did the team fare in the interim and what does this tell us about the Habs moving forward?
With Galchenyuk’s return hopefully marking the end of the Canadiens’ recent dearth of injuries, how did the team fare in the interim and what does this tell us about the Habs moving forward?
The Habs played a rare weekday afternoon game on Monday in Detroit with it being Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the US. Unfortunately, someone forgot to tell the Canadiens it was an early start as they slept walked their way to a 1-0 defeat.
It was an up-and-down week for the Habs who had enough in the tank offensively to score themselves into a couple of wins despite poor goaltending while struggling to produce much offence in their other two games. In St. John’s, the IceCaps picked up three of four points as they played their first home games in nearly a month.
With the Habs hitting the halfway point on the season earlier this week, it’s time to hand out our midseason awards.
The votes are in, and for the first time this season Carey Price isn’t on the list of the Montreal Canadiens’ three stars. As the team battled through injuries to post a respectable record and hold onto first place in the Atlantic there were some great performances by the usual suspects, but also some of the Habs’ depth players.
The Habs had even more injuries this past week with Brendan Gallagher and Paul Byron going down but they kept piling up the wins. In St. John’s, they managed to pick up three points despite their weakest lineups of the year thanks to those injuries.
The greatest rivalry in Canadian sports was rekindled Saturday night at the Air Canada Centre as the Canadiens visited the Leafs at the Air Canada Centre.
The Habs announced Saturday morning that they have signed IceCaps centre Markus Eisenschmid to a two year, entry-level contract. The deal will carry a cap hit of $642,500.
Montreal’s decision to give Al Montoya a two year contract extension has been largely praised. Do our writers feel the same way about the move?
It’s time for the HabsWorld readers to vote for their three stars of the month. December wasn’t kind to the Montreal Canadiens, however there were a number of strong performances this month, allowing Montreal to hold onto the top spot in the Atlantic Division.