On this day in 1968, the Canadiens swept the St. Louis Blues in four games to win their 15th Stanley Cup. Glenn Hall was spectacular for the Blues, winning the COnn Smythe Trophy. A small feature of the series is part of the post

Tim Bozon is currently playing with the French National Team in the World Championship In Sweden/Finland. In 3 games so far he has 1 assist, and is -3 with no shots on goal. He is playing on the fourth line, averaging 8:40 TOI per game. Last winter, Bozon declined to join the French Team for the World Junior, feeling it would be better for his developpement to stay in Kamloops. France has lost against Slovakia 6-2 to open the tournament, and then scored a huge victory against Vanek's Austria 3-1, which shall go a long way to help France staying in the elite group. They lost a hard fought battle against Finland 3-1 in their 3rd match today.

For the next 14 hours, Lars Eller's goal against the Buffalo Sabres is up for consideration at TSN as the Play of the Year for the 2013 regular season. Eller teamed up with Alex Galchenyuk to cut through the Buffalo Sabres admittedly questionable defence, and put a pretty goal past Ryan Miller. His competition is Joffrey Lupul, who seems to have already pulled ahead significantly with about a 70% share of the vote. Lupul's claim to fame in this case is making Joe Corvo look like he isn't good at playing defence in the NHL. If that's all it takes to be considered for Play of the Year, we're going to have a lot of plays to watch. Support Lars while there's still time!

I was invited onto CBC Radio Montreal's Daybreak this morning to talk some puck, including trade deadline and expectations for the Canadiens with Lynne @lawyergirl77. Listen to the segment here.

Seeing the history side of things is in Resurrection mode at EOTP. Today marks the night that Maurice Richard scored five goals in a playoff game, earning all Three Star selections. Here's a little on that game.

Like it or not, Desharnais now has to be considered part of the Canadiens' core going forward. Personally, I like it: Desharnais shouldn't have had the success that he has; he has always beat the odds. so consistently that you have to think he'll keep doing it. Here's hoping.

How come Anaheim and Phoenix meet up for three games in a row? I don't think I've ever seen that! Two games back to back, yes, but three? Who's in charge of the schedules over there? Anyhow, go Saku!

According to Elliiotte Friedman of CBC, the NHL notified teams today that the idea of 4 conferences has been dropped, replaced by two conferences, each with two divisions. The teams in the divisions are the same as the conferences, so nothing changes there, although it's safe to assume that it impacts the schedule, reducing travel from the West to East and the other way around. More details at Friedman's blog

Puck Daddy posted a comic today with a lighthearted perspective on some Montreal Canadiens history involved. It's worth at least a minute of enjoyment.

Last night it's fair to say that Habs fans were furious over Dave Jackson's goal call on Victor Hedman's second of the night. Calling it a goal on the ice made it much more difficult for the war room in Toronto to make the right call, but as Kerry Fraser points out today, the call should never have been in question, it was no goal.