2016-17 Habs Midseason Awards
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With the Habs hitting the halfway point on the season earlier this week, it’s time to hand out our midseason awards.
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.
The Habs have locked up their backup goaltending situation for a little while longer as the team announced Monday that they have signed Al Montoya to a two year contract extension. The deal will carry a cap hit of $1.0625 million.
The road hasn’t been too kind to the Habs as they lost two of three games but were at least able to get their losses to overtime. The same can’t be said for St. John’s as despite a depleted lineup, they managed to win three of four games to give them a bit of a cushion on a playoff spot.
2016 was full of ups and downs when it came to the Montreal Canadiens and as a result, was full of no shortage of storylines. Here are the top stories from the year in our Year in Review.