Sunday rumor roundup
crashthecrease.com 20 days ago — Bruce Garrioch is has a great piece this morning talking about the NHL’s investigation on players contracts like Roberto Luongo and Marian Hossa. He also looks at Peter Forsberg’s situation and a couple of trade possibility’s involving Joe Corvo, Ray Whitney and Andrei ...

Game #17: Chances Were There, But Habs Let Winnable One Slip Away
lionsinwinter.ca 19 days ago — A couple of really good goals for the Lightning were enough to bury the Habs on this occasion. For once, we can come away from a loss saying these kinds of losses happen, we'll bounce back...

Halak’s agent tweets about Price’s stats
thehockeywriters.com 19 days ago — Carey Price Saturday night I was away from my twitter account and with a friend to watch the game between the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning and apparently I missed some interesting chatter. Seems as though Jaroslav Halak’s agent, Mr Walsh tweeted some stats on twitter ...

Reverberations Of Habs Loss To Tampa
habseyesontheprize.com 20 days ago —   Robert L note: My apologies dear readers, Saturday's loss to the Lightning required me to get a little bent. Yup, I mean sloshed, totally. Spelling might elude me, but typing doesn't. The drinking started simultaneously In combining the wobbly pops with hockey frustration, ...

Examining A Wartime Habs Myth On Rememberance Day
habseyesontheprize.com 17 days ago — "He's (Maurice Richard) just a wartime hockey player". This quote came from the mouth of Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Frank Selke in the mid 1940's, when Richard scored 50 goals in 50 games while World War II raged overseas. While the assumption went more or less undisputed at the time, ...

Amidst the Trade Rumors, Martin Biron Smiles and Stops Pucks
nhl.fanhouse.com 17 days ago — by Christopher Botta As if being a goalie in the National Hockey League is not difficult enough. As if 6-3 power forwards standing in front of you on power plays is not enough of a distraction. From now until the day he is dealt -- and he almost definitely will before the March 3 deadline -- ...

Twitter for Dummies: Hockey Agent Edition
viewfrommyseats.com 18 days ago — Sometimes, the best lessons are the one’s where we learn what NOT to do. When you’re a kid and put your hand on a stove, you learn that burning yourself is not cool. When you’re a teenaged boy and feel a girl up, you learn that getting slapped in the face is NOT a turn-on. And when you’re a ...

Hockey Night in Canada Takes Interest in All Habs' Feud
allhabs.blogspot.com 19 days ago — posted by Rocket All Habs Shortly after the final siren to tonight's game, as disappointed Habs fans were 'licking' their wounds, Twitter users read the following message: "Interesting stat of the night....Price is 10W, 32L in last 42 starts. ...

Canadiens Hope to Silence Tampa’s Thunder
yathehabsrule.com 20 days ago — Vincent Lecavalier, Alex Tanguay and Matthias Ohlund hope to get a “charge” to to their season when the face the Canadiens on Saturday. – photo: Getty Images The Tampa Bay Lightning (5-4-5) will be looking to make some noise when they face the Montreal Canadiens (8-8-0) Saturday night at ...

In Case You Missed It: Habs News and Blogger Views for November 9
yathehabsrule.com 18 days ago — The HHOF class of 2009 get their rings – Sun Media photo It’s Hall of Fame Induction night so I’ll be planted in front of my TV, wrapped in a blanket while fighting off a bug. Congratulations to all five inductees, Brett Hull, Lou Lamoriello, Brian Leetch, Luc Robitaille and Steve ...

Montreal Canadiens Devoid Of Depth: Bob Gainey Needs To Step in — Bleacher Report - NHL 19 days ago
In the third period of Saturday night's 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, Canadiens coach Jacques Martin benched his third and fourth lines. For the majority of the period, Mike Cammalleri, Scott Gomez and Brian Gionta were on the ice. This trio ...

Brian Burke's Fuzzy Picture Starts To Come Into Focus? — Bleacher Report - NHL 19 days ago
I am a huge Toronto Maple Leafs Fan. Really, I'm like 6'2" tall and 225lbs! I was less than enthused when I heard Brian Burke was coming to town, it isn't really that I dis-liked the man, but he had the aura of a cocky young business exec who was ...

Carbonneau, Lafleur to act as honorary QMJHL captains for Super Series — NHL.com News in English 18 days ago
TORONTO - Guy Carbonneau and Guy Lafleur are stepping back behind the bench as honorary Quebec Major Junior Hockey League captains for the 2009 Super Series. Carbonneau, a retired NHL star and former coach of the Montreal Canadiens, will ...

The Morning Skate: Penguins limp into Boston — Latest Sporting News Articles for NHL 18 days ago
Ron Smith, Sporting News What to watch for in hockey today: Streakers The Pittsburgh Penguins, toting their first two-game losing streak, will play at Boston tonight against a Bruins ...

Toronto Maple Leafs GM: "Toskala Is Still Our Number One Goalie" — Bleacher Report - NHL 18 days ago
This quote was issued by Leafs GM Brian Burke in downtown Toronto yesterday, and while Jonas Gustavsson will get the start tonight in goal against the Wild, I have to ask: Has Burke gone off the deep end? Here we have a team who is staring to ...