Friday Habs Links: Third line to the rescue

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Marc Dumont

Montreal Canadiens News

• The Habs’ spectacular third line composed of Bourque-Eller-Gionta is having a lot of fun playing hockey right now, Marc Antoine Godin elaborated on their success.
• The newly signed Daniel Carr is the all time scoring leader for NCAA champions Union College, all signs point to a hardworking player.
• Sean McIndoe (@downgoesbrown) begrudgingly analyzed Montreal’s first round sweep and their chances in round two.
• Josh Thomas elaborated on how the Habs used their depth to take care of business versus the Lightning.
• Ben Bishop would have played in game six if the series vs the Habs would have lasted that long, however he’ll be undergoing surgery to repair his injured wrist.
• Olivier took a statistical approach to dissecting Montreal’s 1st round win.
• Ever wonder what it’s like to sit in the stands at the Bell Centre? Well, this video doesn’t even come close to giving it justice, but it’s a decent try.
• Connor Crisp will be joining the Bulldogs next year, as the Canadiens have signed him to a 3 year ELC.
• The Tampa Bay Lightning eulogy over at Puck Daddy is harsh, ridiculous, and hilarious. Everything a hockey eulogy should be.
• Here are the ticket prices for round 2.
• Pat Hickey seems to think that Galchenyuk will be out a little longer than the Habs had originally let on.
• Jack Han at Canadiens.com took a quick statistical look at the first sweep.

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• The NHL announced the finalists for the Selke trophy. It comes as no surprise that the three finalists are Anze Kopitar, Patrice Bergeron, and Jonathan Toews.
• If you play hockey Pierre McGuire knows who cuts your hair.
• Adam Gretz examines why so many teams are blowing two goal leads.
• Jordin Tootoo made a young fan’s day year. Take a look.
• Blue Jackets fans went crazy during their team’s comeback victory on Wednesday, it was loud, very loud.
• Pensburgh pondered what Pittsburgh should do following their collapse in game 4.
• Just how good is a ‘replacement level goalie’? Eric T. answers that question here.
• Craig Berube waited well over a decade to punch Jeremy Roenick in the face. It sounds like it was definitely worth the wait.

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