Author: Matt Drake

Bottom Six Minutes: Kaiden Guhle off to a strong start

By Matt Drake | Oct 15th 2024 | 3 min read |

Sandwiching their best second period to date between two not-so-great ones, the Montreal Canadiens dropped a 6-3 decision to the Pittsburgh Penguins o...

Bottom Six Minutes: Cole Caufield is so back

By Matt Drake | Oct 13th 2024 | 3 min read |

With a 4-1 win over the Ottawa Senators, the Montreal Canadiens turned in their best performance of this young season. Samuel Montembeault stood tall ...

Bottom Six Minutes: Brendan Gallagher is turning back the clock

By Matt Drake | Oct 11th 2024 | 3 min read |

Despite a 6-4 loss in their first road game of the season, there were some encouraging signs from the Montreal Canadiens in Boston. They had some impo...

Bottom Six Minutes: Samuel Montembeault channels Carey Price

By Matt Drake | Oct 10th 2024 | 3 min read |

The Montreal Canadiens opened their 2024-25 campaign on Wednesday night at the Bell Centre with an upset win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. A customari...

Bottom Six Minutes: The NHL needs to shorten the preseason

By Matt Drake | Oct 6th 2024 | 3 min read |

Now that the preseason is finally over for the Montreal Canadiens, we can reflect on just how terrible it was. I don’t mean this from a gameplay...

Bottom Six Minutes: Joshua Roy looks top-six ready

By Matt Drake | Oct 2nd 2024 | 3 min read |

A second chippy preseason game in a row was not what most Montreal Canadiens fans were hoping to see on Tuesday night. There were injury scares both f...

Habsent Minded: On cuts, injuries, and Oliver Kapanen staying in Montreal

By Matt Drake | Sep 30th 2024 | 2 min read |

With plenty to talk about as the Montreal Canadiens are now past the midway point of their preseason, myself and Patrik Bexell got together for anothe...

Bottom Six Minutes: Officials completely lose control

By Matt Drake | Sep 29th 2024 | 3 min read |

Saturday night is absolutely not what you want to see in the preseason. The Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs are trying to get ready for the...

Bottom Six Minutes: Jakub Dobes keeps it close

By Matt Drake | Sep 27th 2024 | 3 min read |

Coming into a Thursday night preseason matchup with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Montreal Canadiens had yet to concede a single goal in their exhibiti...

Bottom Six Minutes: Habs' power play needs practice

By Matt Drake | Sep 25th 2024 | 3 min read |

Now undefeated through two preseason contests, the Montreal Canadiens capped off their back-to-back with a second consecutive shutout, this time with ...