Although it’s looking more and more like there will be a lockout in the coming days, our fantasy series continues on.

When the Habs announced in the 2011 offseason that they had signed Raphael Diaz, most fans figured he was Hamilton-bound and only would see limited time with Montreal.

Among the areas that new GM Marc Bergevin said he would set out to improve was the clubs’ grit and toughness.

The centrepiece of the Jaroslav Halak trade, Lars Eller played his second full NHL season in 2011-12.

After being one of the teams reportedly interested in him near the trade deadline in 2010-11, the Habs acquired Tomas Kaberle from Carolina in December in an effort to boost an anemic powerplay. Kaberle put up okay numbers but didn’t do much to reverse t

Generally, the thought of acquiring a player who has scored more than 20 goals in each of the past three seasons would be exciting to fans.

After receiving a gruesome hit from Boston’s Zdeno Chara on March 10th, 2011, which left him with a fractured cervical vertebrae, many wondered if Max Pacioretty’s NHL career had ended far too soon.

When Brian Gionta came to Montreal, he was accompanied by Scott Gomez. These two were part of the famous ‘EGG’ line, with Patrik Elias, in New Jersey.

Carey Price was Montreal’s thoroughbred workhorse and most valuable player last season, playing in the vast majority of games. Since the roster remains relatively unchanged, the pressure is on Carey to repeat or improve upon his performance from last year

To say that fans expected a lot from P.K. Subban at the start of the 2011-12 season would be a considerable understatement.