It’s arguably the best thing to watch at training camp: the young and hungry players battling each other for the few remaining roster spots.

Heading into this year the Canadiens have sold out 186 consecutive games and although the Bell Centre has more seats than any of the other NHL rinks it makes little difference to the thousands of ravenous fans…

As much as the Canadiens have changed on the ice this offseason, they may have changed even more behind the bench.

There is no questioning the passion that Montreal Canadiens’ fans express for their hockey team. For many, it is almost a religion, with its devoted followers poring over every boxscore, every post-game comment, and any extra-curricular activity.

Training camp looms near, and we can finally all focus on hockey being played instead of salaries and trade rumours (well… we can also focus on hockey being played.)

As promised, this week I will be comparing this season’s defence corps with that of last season to try and answer whether or not what we have now is really better than what we had last year.

We’ve now passed the halfway mark of August, and hockey season is just over a month away. It seems like it was only yesterday we witnessed Rob Scuderi’s mad scramble to preserve the Penguins lead over the Red Wings in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Finals.

While getting ready for 09/10 season, Matt took some time for HW to answer the questions that you, the fans, wrote in with.

Many questions surround this new Habs team and one of the more commonly asked is, “Is this team really that much better then what we had?”