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Since his debut in Montreal, how would you rate Kent Hughes? Without being perfect, he has made some good transactions and timely signings. In 2023, he had to make some tough decisions. And in general, he’s done well. Top-5: Kent Hughes’ best decisions in 2023 → https://t.co/uxqDVBo0ZG – DansLesCoulisses (@DLCoulisses) December 25, 2023 Now, what […]

In the twelfth weekly Metropolitan Division snapshot of this season, the Carolina Hurricanes shot up to second, the Philadelphia Flyers went to the Northwest, and the Columbus Blue Jackets won their week the hard way. All this and more along with this week’s upcoming schedule.

Andrei Svechnikov scored three times and Jesper Fast had two goals, helping Antti Raanta and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-3 on Thursday night.

The points streak ends in Raleigh as the Habs lose steam in the third.

Juraj Slafkovsky, Nick Suzuki and David Savard each had a goal and an assist, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Friday night.

Juraj Slafkovsky, Nick Suzuki and David Savard each had a goal and an assist, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Friday night. Mitchell Stephens and Josh Anderson also scored for Montreal, which trailed 2-0 early in the second period. Cayden Primeau made 19 saves.

In the last few days, it became clear that Emil Heineman was going to get some pre-Christmas playing time with the Habs. After all, you don’t call up a prospect of this calibre and leave him to rot in the stands. It’s obviously much better to let him rot on the bench, from what we […]

When a club is rebuilding, we all agree that the big advantage of losing games is to position itself advantageously on the bangs of the amateur draft lottery. Otherwise, the losses just hurt. When a club is seriously fighting for the playoffs, it’s normal to see club bosses pushing to win. When a club is […]

To trade or not to trade David Savard: that is the question. Everyone knows how important he is to the Habs. He stabilizes the defence and is a father figure – still within the framework of sport, of course – to the young defencemen. When he’s in the line-up, let’s just say it shows. The […]

As everyone knows, the Montreal Canadiens’ training club, the Laval Rocket, is having an atrocious season in the American League. Jean-François Houle’s team is in last place in the North Division, with a 7-12-3 record and 19 points in 24 games. So there’s little positive to analyze this season for the Rocket, especially when the […]