bob gainey Stories - Habs Eyes On The Prize
Exclusive Interview With Montreal's Jay Baruchel
Sunday afternoon I sat down with Montreal's own Jay Baruchel in his NDG home to watch the Montreal Canadiens take on the Winnipeg Jets for Scott Gomez's anniversary game since his last goal. A 3-0 win for the good guys that was one of the few bright spots of this depressing season. We spoke about...
Habs First Half Review
It is fascinating how much things can change in 20 games. After the first quarter of the season the Montreal Canadiens were primed to be a top 10 team in the NHL if they could get just a bit of luck on the powerplay and if Price could play like himself. Well they never did get that powerplay luck,...
This Day in Habs History for Oct 27
1945: Rookie Billy Reay scored twice in the first game of his NHL career, and Elmer Lach added a goal and three assists to lead the Canadiens to an 8-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. 1973: Rookie Bob Gainey scored his first NHL goal, in a 4-2 Canadiens' win over the Minnesota North Stars, at the...
Post turkey Habs links and history tidbits
Well the Thanksgiving/Columbus Day weekend is wrapping up. Outside of the call up of Aaron Palushaj this afternoon, it was a quiet day in the Habs camp. Chris Boucher breaks down the Habs against the Jets Pat Hickey on Yannick Weber returning to the blueline Mike Boone with a review of the Habs...
Gainey didn't hold back on head shots, Subban, Price
When Bob Gainey was GM of the Montreal Canadiens he was often a mixed bag of responses, from the subtle to the very rare direct and frank approach on issues regarding the team. At a presser today, in advance of today's Heritage Classic Alumni game, there was more of the latter. I was in attendance...
Habs approval poll: The first year of the Gauthier Era
One year ago today, Montreal Canadiens fans were caught a bit off guard when GM Bob Gainey resigned. Many felt that Gainey would call it quits come season's end, but nobody thought it would happen before the trade deadline. The reigns were passed on to his immediate lieutenant, Pierre Gauthier. "I...
Not a Bang But a Whimper
In a career reaching into four decades, Mike Modano has built an impressive resume: over 550 goals, 800 assists, one Stanley Cup, and the reputation of an "every-minute" forward with point-per-game skills in a period when the former was rarely recognized and the latter hard to come by. Now, we are...
The League of Extraordinary Statisticians: The Trophies
The League of Extraordinary Statisticians (LOES) is a weekly forum bringing together the top analytical minds in the hockey world to answer a variety of questions that straddle the line between stats analysis and something you might hear floating around section 304. They have agreed to answer...
The League of Extraordinary Statisticians: The Underrated
The League of Extraordinary Statisticians (LOES) is a weekly forum bringing together top analytical minds in the hockey world to answer a variety of questions that straddle the line between stats analysis and something you might hear floating around section 304. They have agreed to answer these...
Julien BriseBois hired as Asst. GM by Lightning
The Lightning announced the hiring of Julien BriseBois as Assistant GM today. It had been speculated about for the last week that the Bolts were nearing a deal to bring aboard Brisebois, so this wasn't an out-of-nowhere move... BriseBois, who had been general manager of the AHL Hamilton...
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