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2013 Habs Half Season Review - P.K. Subban

Most of the first half of the season P.K. Subban was played as if he was a rookie, sitting on the third pairing. This produced some absurd possession stats, but when Subban really took off was when he was given the tough minutes he's used to.

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2013 Habs Half Season Review - Andrei Markov

Andrei Markov barely played for 3 years after multiple injuries that required several major surgeries on his knees and tendon damage to his foot. Is he still the player that we all so fondly remember?

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2013 Habs Half Season Review - Colby Armstrong

Armstrong was brought in as a Michel Therrien favourite, a glue guy, and a possible cheap reclamation project. How has he performed?

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2013 Habs Half Season Review - Michael Ryder

MIchael Ryder is the biggest acquisition that Marc Bergevin has made as general manager, but with only 5 games as a Habs in the first half, it's tough to analyze him with this dataset.

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2013 Habs Half Season Review - Brendan Gallagher

Brendan Gallagher has had a sensational rookie season, but is he Calder worthy?

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2013 Habs Half Season Review - Brian Gionta

Now in his mid-30's, is captain Brian Gionta still the team's best right winger?

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2013 Habs Half Season Review - Travis Moen

Travis Moen was given a fat 4 year contract last summer, but can he possibly live up to it?

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Gorges et Subban, premier duo

La défensive du CH a beaucoup évolué depuis le début de la saison...

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2013 Habs Half Season Review - Brandon Prust

Prust was signed to be a bottom six player for the Canadiens, but his versatility has seen him play all over the lineup. Has he been worth the $2.5M a year?

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2013 Habs Half Season Review - Alex Galchenyuk

It hasn't been a Calder level season for Galchenyuk, but his play has been much better than most people realize.

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2013 Habs Half Season Review - Rene Bourque

Rene Bourque was godawful last season for the Canadiens, and now his redemption season has possibly been cut short. But how great is his redemption?

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2013 Habs Half Season Review - Max Pacioretty

Over the last two seasons, Pacioretty has established himself as an excellent goal scorer and possession driver, but can he take another step forward?

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2013 Habs Half Season Review - Ryan White

Ryan White always stands up for his teammates, usually against players bigger than himself, and he has some sick flow, but is he a good hockey player?

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2013 Habs Half Season Review - Lars Eller

For the first time in his career, Eller has had the chance to play consistently with talented linemates, but he had to earn it, and that has had an affect on his first half numbers.

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2013 Habs Half Season Review - David Desharnais

Last year David Desharnais established himself as an offensive dynamo alongside Max Pacioretty and Erik Cole, but is he a one season wonder?

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2013 Habs Half Season Review - Tomas Plekanec

Tomas Plekanec was completely under-appreciated last season as David Desharnais ran away with the glory in an offensive role. Now that Pleks has some healthy linemates, have things changed for him?

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Montreal Canadiens 2013 Half Season Review: Forward Lines

When putting together the half season review, Andrew favours looking at how the players are doing as individuals. But here I try and show how the players worked as lines to bring the Canadiens to the top of the Eastern Conference

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Montreal Canadiens 2013 Half Season Review: Introduction

Over the next little while we'll be bringing you an avalanche of analysis on the first half of the Canadiens season. Here is an introduction to the methodology we'll be using to evaluate the players.