If you took a DeLorean back to June 9, 1993, and tried to explain to those gathered at the Montreal Forum what was taking place in the NHL today, in 2025, no one would believe you. That day, the Montreal Canadiens wiped the floor with an overmatched Wayne Gretzky-led Los Angeles Kings team in Game … Read more
Welcome to my 2025 NHL Draft board! This final top 100 ranking, presented and packaged within our sortable user interface, follows my way-too-early top 28, my preseason top 32, my preliminary top 64, my February top 64, my March top 64 and my May top 64. My year-end ranking is made up of 66 forwards (36 … Read more
The calendar has flipped to June, which means we’re into NHL free agency talk in a big way for the next four weeks. And in a shallow year for UFAs, Mitch Marner is going to be the big fish that most of the league pursues on July 1. By my count, as many as 15 … Read more
With the draft lottery done, we have a template of the selection order ready for the 2025 NHL Draft. Unless Radim Mrtka breaks things up in the top 5-7, we expect a run on forwards early in the draft, especially with so many good centers available. The order in which these forwards go is the … Read more
As expected, several injuries for the Montreal Canadiens were revealed in today’s end-of-season presser. Forwards Josh Anderson and Patrik Laine, along with netminder Sam Montembeault, shared insights into their struggles with injuries during Montreal’s playoff run. Vaguely, Anderson told Eric Engels of Sportsnet that he was dealing with lower- and upper-body injuries throughout the regular season, … Read more
The Montreal Canadiens were in every single one of the first four games. They could have won them all. However, instead of being even in the series or leading, they faced elimination in game five in Washington. They felt they deserved better, but hockey has a lot of puck luck and the Canadiens couldn’t find … Read more
Bruins center Elias Lindholm dealt with a back injury throughout his first season in Boston, he revealed to reporters at today’s exit meetings (via Ty Anderson of 98.5 The Sports Hub). He sustained it in August, and it’s what caused him to miss most of training camp before playing all 82 games for the Bruins. It should … Read more
Game 82. The entire season came down to one single game. The Montreal Canadiens would call their season a complete success well beyond their hopes of being in the mix, or they would view the final moments as a discouragingly lost opportunity. All that stood in their way was the Carolina Hurricanes. Montreal needed to … Read more
Is Canada’s passion for hockey greater than its interest in politics? This article explores how a recent decision to reschedule a French-language leaders’ debate, due to a critical Montreal Canadiens game, highlights the powerful influence of sports on the Canadian political landscape. Discover the surprising factors that lead to this unprecedented move, and explore the … Read more
It had a chance to be a historic night. The Montreal Canadiens could make the playoffs for the first time since 2021 in a contest that welcomed the most highly-touted prospect to wear the CH this century. It was the debut of the consensus best player to not be in the NHL, Ivan Demidov. If … Read more