Another week of the NHL regular season has gone by and another
eventful one for you Montreal Canadiens fans. Tons of news to recap:
On Tuesday, the Habs went to Beantown to play the Bruins. The
game was a weird one and it did not really look like a classic Habs-Bruins
game. In the end, off of a terrible defensive zone turnover by Travis Moen,
Brad Marchand potted the eventual game-winner in a 3-2 victory for the Bruins.
However, there was some good news on Tuesday night. Team Canada
played Team Sweden in some pre-tournament World Junior action. Habs prospect
Brendan Gallagher scored a goal assisted by Michael Bournival, another prospect
of the team. So while the present isn’t looking too great for the Canadiens,
the future sure looks bright!
The schedule didn’t get any easier for the Canadiens as they
went on to play the league's top team in the Chicago Blackhawks. A powerplay
goal by Andrei Kostitsyn gave the Habs the early lead but 2 goals in 21 seconds
from captain Jonathan Toews and Patrick Sharp eventually led to a 5-1 victory
for the Hawks.
On Thursday the Habs visited Winnipeg for a date with the Jets.
In a game dominated by the Jets, it looked as if the Habs did not even get off
the plane. The outcome: a 4-0 shutout victory for the NHL's newest club. This
was the Canadiens’ fifth loss in a row and pushed interim head coach Randy
Cunneyworth’s record to an abysmal 0-4, the worst start for a Canadiens coach
in the history of the team. It also doesn’t help Cunneyworth’s case that the
team was without PK Subban, Lars Eller, and Carey Price. Carey was given the
night off, while PK and Lars were told to grab a seat in the press box for the
game.
As the season moves on and the trade deadline approaches, Habs
fans have much to think about. If there were one player that you would like to
see moved, who would it be? It is pretty safe to say that there will be a new
general manager and a new head coach next year. It would be great to see
Patrick Roy behind the bench and, this may be a bit of a push, but it would be
very interesting to see Pierre McGuire get his first GM job with the storied
Montreal Canadiens. And finally, assuming that the Canadiens get a top 7 draft
pick, which is looking very possible right now, who would you select? Would you
go with a skilled forward like Mikhail Grigorenko or a powerful and punsishing
defenceman like Mathew Dumba? This is assuming that the Habs do NOT have the
top pick in the draft which is likely to be Nail Yakupov of the Sarnia Sting of
the OHL. Leave us your opinions in the comment section!
Next week the Canadiens continue their long road trip with a
quick flight to Ottawa to play the Senators and then they join the rest of
Montreal down south in Florida to play the Lightning in Tampa Bay and the
Panthers in Sunrise.
To all of our readers I would like to wish you all either a
happy CHanukka or a Merry CHristmas on behalf of JT, Matty-O and myself. And to
all of you, a Habby New Year.
CHeers
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