April 2012
1 post
Random Musings...
OK! It’s been awhile. Again…so let’s get too it.
The season came to its inevitable and much-to-soon conclusion on April 7th. Since then, what have we learned? Well, we know the Habs will have a shot at a top 5 talent in the upcoming draft. We know that it will be a new general manager making the pick, most likely flanked by a new coach for the draft stage picture with said...
March 2012
1 post
Fail for Nail and Blow for Grigo!
No, I did not fall off the face of the Earth, I did not disappear into a ditch, nor have I already given up on Magg’s Habs Musings. I actually completes two blog posts (good ones too) only to foolishly (but accidentally) erase them just before posting them. Granted, this caused a lot of frustration, and while I couldn’t find the will to re-write them, I will quickly sum up my thoughts...
February 2012
2 posts
Physical Habs can't knock off Bruins in front of...
As the time in the Habs’ playoff hourglass slowly slips and slides away, so do their chances of actually attending the spring dance come April. After winning four straight last week, the Habs are back where they started following a regulation loss to Carolina and a hard-fought shootout defeat to the Boston Bruins last night.
In a game that was comparable to a playoff matchup between the two...
Blown away by 'Canes, 'cause of another blown lead
Another loss, another blown lead, another blow to the Habs playoffs hopes.
In dropping tonight’s spirited contest against Kirk Muller’s Carolina Hurricanes, the Canadiens reverted to the form we have gotten used to this season; taking a lead into the third period, and subsequently squandering it. Tonight’s blown lead featured a beautiful shorthanded goal by Carolina captain Eric...
January 2012
5 posts
How high can Habs sell? Value of Gauthier's trade...
As we approach the February 27th NHL trade deadline, it is becoming more and more apparent that the Montreal Canadiens will be sellers. Barring a massive winning streak in the very near-future, general manager Pierre Gauthier will be looking to part with some assets in order to acquire draft picks and prospects.
Let’s look at the obvious choices and what they can bring back, and some not...
The Aftermath of Cammalleri/Bourque
Let’s all be honest here, who saw this coming? I’m sure we all had a feeling. But which of you saw all of this unfolding within the same 24 hours? Not I, for one.
And who would have thought that Mike Cammalleri’s mysterious absence from the Canadiens bench in the latter parts of their game against Boston Thursday night was a signal of the end of Cammy’s time in...
A Return of Halakian Proportions
The great and once much-revered playoff hero Jaroslav Halak returns to Montreal tonight for the first time since the stunning trade that not only netted the Habs Lars Eller and Ian Schultz, but also placed Carey Price firmly in the No. 1 goaltender role for the foreseeable future.
When the news broke on that fateful summer day, fans were up in arms at the notion that Pierre Gauthier had given up...
Make a run or drop a bomb? Plan of action for the...
As we approach the NHL All-Star break, questions surrounding the Montreal Canadiens are two-fold. Should the team hope for a quick turn-around and shoot for a low-end playoff berth, or should they become sellers at the Feb.27 trade deadline and aim for a lottery pick, and with a bit of luck, a chance at upcoming superstar Nail Yakupov of the OHL’s Sarnia Sting.
Yakupov is believed to be...
Eller gets an Ellervation, Getzlaf, and MISTER...
I’m finally getting off my lazy rear-end and posting my many musings on our much-maligned hockey team. Call it a new year’s resolution, of sorts (but hopefully one that will last more than a week).
Lars Eller put on a scoring clinic tonight against the Winnipeg Jets, pocketing four goals on four shots, his fourth coming off of what is now the Twitter-famous “EllerRama”...
