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Trevor Timmins Draft Q & A

In what has become an annual Recrutes’ tradition, I spoke to Montreal’s assistant general manager Trevor Timmins on draft weekend to discuss Montreal’s newest draft selections. TT: How are you? GM: Oh…I’m fine. The better question is how are YOU? TT: Tired. It’s been a long weekend. GM: You and the team have been taking […]

It’s Time for a True Checking Line

It’s time to stop being scared. That has been the Montreal Canadiens approach for the past 25 years. The playoff game plan has always been to play a safe, tight-checking defensive style and rely on goaltending and breaks. The Canadiens have made two unsuccessful trips to the conference finals using that strategy over the past […]

Habs need a center and defenceman

Elliotte Friedman revealed this week, to the shock of many, that Marc Bergevin may not be doing exactly what he told the media in a press conference. This never fails to amaze a certain segment of fans: “How could he say one thing and then do another? The nerve of him not revealing to everyone […]

Dan’s dissertation – State of the Habs at mid-season

So Who are the Habs? Now that we’re approximately halfway through the season, I feel like it is a good time to step back and evaluate just who the Habs are and where they might be going. I plan to take the high level view, much as a GM would, which means with an eye […]

Andrei Buyalsky Flying Under the Radar as a 2000

Kazahkstan 2000-born center Andrei Buyalsky only came over to North America to play hockey ten weeks ago. In that span, he’s been signed to play college hockey with the Vermont Catamounts, averaged more than a point-per-game through 19 USHL games (ten goals, ten assists), and caught the attention of NHL scouts. What immediately jumps out […]

Kaiden (Krusher) Guhle’s Biggest WHL Hits 2018-20

Prince Albert defenceman Kaiden (Krusher) Guhle, Montreal Canadiens’ top pick in the 2020 NHL draft, was one of the biggest hitters in the WHL between the ages of 16 and 18. Imagine how hard he is going to hit this season as a 19-year-old! Opponents are going to want to literally be inside a bubble…not […]

Kotkaniemi or Tkachuk? The Tale of the Tape

KK or TK? The debate rages on these days as Brady Tkachuk once again had a stellar game versus the Canadiens, and now has nine goals on the season while Jesperi Kotkaniemi has netted just two. Actually; there’s not much to debate right now. Clearly, Tkachuk is the better NHLer at this point, and if […]

Out with the Old, In with the New Old Coach

Claude Julien has coached his last game with the Montreal Canadiens. I DMed Brian Wilde last night on Twitter halfway through the game versus Ottawa and said I hoped that the Canadiens lose…because “It was time”. Brian LOL’ed and told me that those exact words just happened to be the title of his Call of […]

Habs Fall to Another Powerhouse

A lot of cracks are starting to surface lately around this edition of the Montreal Canadiens that started with so much promise. Many saw tonight’s game against Ottawa as one that would go a long way towards showing what this team is made of. After a run of poor efforts, including the previous night’s loss […]