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Reprint from HabsAddict.com The last few days of the NHL off-season have been all about the free agent frenzy. With the NHL draft behind us and players changing cities, signing mega-deals, and teams remaking their rosters, there hasn't been a lot of attention paid to NHL prospects.That, however, is about to change in the city of Montreal.Tomorrow morning the Montreal Canadiens open their annual player development camp, kicking off a two-month ...

For the final question in the five-part series about what you would do if you were the Habs' GM, I asked fans a question that brought a lot of hate-mail on me. Well, "hate-mail" is the wrong term, but the question really got a lot of people in a bother and, to be honest, I completely understand why! This is a tired topic that most fans thought they'd ...

In question three of my five-part survey on what fans would do they were the Habs' GM, I asked readers what they would do with Andrei Markov. Sign him? Trade him? Wait till the trade deadline? Here's a sampling of what fans had to say: Question#3: Re-sign or trade Andrei Markov? 1. Re-sign Markov. He's a top five D-man year in and year out, and he's a huge ...

Greetings Habs addicts! Hope you enjoyed the playoffs and are now basking in the summer sunshine and the brief pause from hockey. Don't worry, the draft and free agency are just around the corner so there will be no shortage of hockey talk coming up. About a week ago, I posted an article listing five pivotal questions that need answering for the Habs this post season, and wanted you, the ...

In case you didn't hear yet, the Habs affiliate Hamilton Bulldogs' head coach, Guy Boucher, was offered and turned down the head coaching job for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Yay! And in case you didn't hear yet, according to reports from Rue Frontenac and TSN, he subsequently accepted the head coaching job for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Boo! Guy Boucher, if you hadn't heard, has been ...

I have two words for you: utter domination. That is what last night's game amounted to. In an interesting turn of fate, the Montreal Canadiens turned the script on its head and gave the Flyers a little taste of their own medicine. Things didn't start off well, however, as the Canadiens again took an early penalty—Ryan O'Byrne for delay of game 27 seconds in. The difference last night, ...

We've seen this movie before, no? The one where the Montreal Canadiens come out flat and lose a game, only to rebound triumphantly in the following match. That's the way the story goes, or at least the way it has gone thus far in the 2010 NHL playoffs for teams. So why is it then, that the majority of Habs Nation is feeling less confident than at any ...

Yep, that was horrible. Absolutely abhorrent. And, like the team that ran hot and cold during the regular season, the Habs last night disappointed in a major way. From the drop of the puck, the Habs seemed disengaged and disinterested. Their collective team play that had made them so successful during the first two rounds of the playoffs, was replaced by a bunch of individuals playing as individuals. ...

Well, they did it. The Canadiens forced a Game Seven against the Penguins. For all of the Pens fans who have argued with me since this series started that the Canadiens were a write off, a team that couldn't even skate in the same rink as the Pens, consider this your wake-up call. In beating the Pens 4-3 at the Bell Centre last night, the Canadiens have done the improbable two rounds ...

Will they do it? Can they do it? Is it even possible? The Habs wake up this morning in the familiar position of having their backs against the playoff wall. Lose tonight in Game Six against the Pittsburgh Penguins and go home. Win and they live to fight another day—Wednesday night in Pittsburgh. But can they do it? Do they have enough left in the tank to push the Pens back to Game ...