The 2012 NHL playoffs have arrived. Unfortunately, the Habs will be nowhere near them after a 28th place finish that instead yielded them their top draft pick since 1980.

The 2012 NHL playoffs have arrived. Unfortunately, the Habs will be nowhere near them after a 28th place finish that instead yielded them their top draft pick since 1980.

While the player who will be joining the Montreal Canadiens remains a mystery the position they will pick in has revealed itself.

Yakupov? Grigorenko? Forsberg? Murray? These are the names that have been on the minds of Montreal Canadiens’ fans for the better part of this past season.

With another season done and gone, it is time for the last installment of the HW Monthly 3 Stars. Sadly, as the Habs didn’t earn more than 3 games in April, we have combined the totals from both March and April for this segment.

The Montreal Canadiens could not beat the Buffalo Sabres, plain and simple. The Sabres posted a dominant 5-0-1 record against the Canadiens this season, taking all three games at the Bell Centre.

In this week’s HW Recap: It may have been the final week for the season for the Habs but they put forth some of their better efforts of the year while picking up 5 of 6 points.

Montreal finished their dismal season on a high note, with a decisive 4-1 win at home versus their long time rival Toronto Maple Leafs.

Last summer the Montreal Canadiens signed goaltender Peter Budaj to a 2 year 2.3 million dollar contract. The ideology behind this move