Montreal Canadiens Links
JF Chaumont praises Michel Therrien for his decision to sit George Parros with John Scott out. I have to say, he’s right. The fourth line won that game.
Washington Post stats aficionado Neil Greenberg believes that P.K. Subban and Andrei Markov are the best defense pairing in the NHL.
Our friend Marc-Antoine Godin writes about the Habs’ goaltenders saving their bacon, Boychuk’s injury, and NHL discipline.
Prospect Michael McCarron is struggling in the OHL, but maybe this Happy Gilmore goal will get him out of it.
I was on the drive to the week in review show and the week in review show for Montreal Hockey Talk on Sunday, listen here if you missed it.
Connor Crisp has 7 goals in his last 6 games, here’s 2 of them.
Stu Cowen interviewed Ken Dryden about the pressure of playing in Montreal.
Harrison Mooney has a bone to pick with Team Canada over the reported reluctance to include Subban.
Shannon Proudfoot caught up with Parros to talk about “the code”.
Around the NHL
In case you’ve been living under a rock, the game between the Penguins and Bruins on Saturday was a complete mess.
Nick Cotsinika writes that the NHL needs to get these situations out of the game, and quickly.
The craziness of the game led to one Boston beat writer to float the most asinine conspiracy theory in hockey history. Brace yourselves, this is incredibly stupid.
Kerry Fraser weighed in on what went wrong, and what the NHL needs to do to avoid this.
In an article that should be pertinent to Canadiens fans as well, Eric T examines whether the Leafs can sustain their sky high PDO with awful possession numbers.
My bi-weekly Olympic power rankings for SB Nation are out, check ’em.
I also did power rankings for the NHL, check them too.
