The Montreal Canadiens have a busy summer ahead of them, loaded with cap space and looking to stockpile on young depth pieces and draft picks ahead of a “re-tooling period”. While it is difficult to rebuild with contracts carried by Carey Price and Shea Weber, it is possible to re-tool and send the franchise in […]
Moments after the Montreal Canadiens send defenceman Joe Morrow to the Winnipeg Jets for a fourth round pick, the Habs send the fifth round pick (2019) acquired from the Washington Capitals in the Jakub Jerabek trade to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for defenceman Mike Reilly (Chicago, IL, USA). Reilly was drafted 98th overall in […]
Just as the 3:00pm ET trade deadline for the 2017-18 National Hockey League (NHL) season passed, it was announced that the Montreal Canadiens acquired a fourth round pick in exchange for Joe Morrow. Jets acquire Joe Morrow. — Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) February 26, 2018 Joe Morrow (Edmonton, AB) is a 6’0″, 198 lbs; 25-year old […]
The Montreal Canadiens have used the National Hockey League’s opening day to make two minor trades. Both deals – with the Buffalo Sabres and Chicago Blackhawks are meant to help the Laval Rocket, Montreal’s American Hockey League affiliate. Earlier on in the day, the Habs dealt Zach Redmond to the Sabres in exchange for Nicolas […]
The Canadiens acquire BUF’s 3rd-round pick (68) in 2017 , in return for N. Beaulieu. — Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) June 17, 2017 The Montreal Canadiens announce a trade involving Nathan Beaulieu just over an hour before the 3:00pm ET league-wide trade freeze (excluding Vegas). The Habs have traded Beaulieu within the Atlantic Division to the […]
With the 2017 National Hockey League (NHL) trade deadline being a week from Wednesday, the trades are beginning to pick up. The Montreal Canadiens have acquired Keegan Lowe from the Carolina Hurricanes. Heading down south of the border to the Hurricanes organization is Philip Samuelsson. Keegan Lowe Position: Defence (Left Shot) Age: 23 Birthplace: Greenwich, CT, […]
On Thursday evening the Montreal Canadiens acquired Nikita Nesterov in a divisional trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Heading to the Lightning is Jonathan Racine and a 6th round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. Nikita Nesterov is a 23-year old left shot defenceman from Chelyabinsk, Russia. He spent his pre-draft career playing in […]
P.K. Subban Trade: Don’t Tell Us How To Feel P.K. Subban, in case you hadn’t heard, was traded from the Montreal Canadiens to the Nashville Predators for Shea Weber, just 36 hours before Subban’s no-trade clause was to kick in. Yeah, you’ve probably heard. It was on the news that night, in the papers the […]
Habs Shocker: P.K. Subban Traded To Nashville For Shea Weber The Habs made a trade, Wednesday afternoon, that was a fear in the hearts of most of us: P.K. Subban, an elite defenceman, has been traded to the Nashville Predators for Shea Weber. The news seemed to be reflected in the downpour of rain Montreal […]
There are but a few simple guidelines I follow as a columnist and one is to never speak from a personal standpoint. This, however, is not business; this is personal. Marc Bergevin has made this personal. Marc Bergevin is a guy that I personally have given credit to since the beginning of his tenure. Marc […]
Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin didn’t wait until the trade deadline to revamp and as most seem to agree, upgrade his fourth line. Whether more changes are still to come or not remains to be seen but for now, Bergevin has held true to his word in not trading away any of his valuable […]