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Habs Eye on the Prize (BReynolds) —
Montreal Canadiens on the Clock at Hockey Wilderness Hey there Habs fans. Your friendly neighborhood Wild writer stopping by. As we did last year, we are running a poll based mock draft, and allowing the community to pick for each team. Today, the Canadiens are on the clock, and we would love your input. Come on over, cast your vote, and let us know who we should be voting for your...
Habs Eye on the Prize (Kevin van Steendelaar) —
We hit a milestone last week here at Eyes On The Prize, when we had visitor number 2 million pass through our little part of the Habs blogosphere. It marries up nicely with us hitting over 3 million page views last month. It's a minor number to compared to other larger sites on the good ole WWW, but for our group of guys (Andrew, Stephan, Chris, Bruce, Robert, Francis and myself) it's a nice...
Habs Eye on the Prize (HabArik35) —
One would think that I would sit down to write this article with loads of confidence. After all, coming off of correctly predicting the three finalists for Canadiens General Manager , I’m practically the Maggie the Monkey of Habs personnel decisions. But compared with the set of five or six competent candidates for GM, the coaching pool is a group of has-beens and may-never-bes. ...
Habs Eye on the Prize (Kevin van Steendelaar) —
"In regards to my ankle it sure got a bad break it is cracked three places around the ankle. The main bone is broken above the ankle and the small bone is broken in the side of the leg. It looks like curtains for me as far as hockey is concerned. I look back and say that I was fortunate at that. It’s a wonder I never broke my neck. Thank God I have that at least." -Howie Morenz A rare...
Habs Eye on the Prize (Bruce Peter) —
Analytic minds of the blogosphere are starting to converge on a new frontier: analyzing goaltending. We at Eyes on the Prize have been blessed to have Chris Boyle give us incredibly in depth analysis on the position that is seen nowhere else on the internet, but something came up recently in his piece on Marc-Andre Fleury that got me thinking... what exactly is replacement level...
Habs Eye on the Prize (Kevin van Steendelaar) —
"I do see it in a similar way to what I was doing with the Canadiens over the last two years." It didn't take Bob Gainey long to find new employment. The former Habs captain, coach and GM is taking a consultant position with the Dallas Stars, a position he held with the Canadiens until the firing of Pierre Gauthier. Meanwhile, one can nip any thoughts of Saku Koivu coming back to...
Habs Eye on the Prize (Kevin van Steendelaar) —
"First and foremost, I'm excited about being here in Chicago." "I love the opportunity. I love the organization. I love where we're heading in the future and that's something I want to put to bed right from the outset." "I've got two years left on the contract. I'm very happy here and [the Montreal job] was the last thing I was thinking about." Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville...
Habs Eye on the Prize (Robert L) —
Note 2012: Back by popular demand from the EOTP archives There is a popular myth, longstanding in fact, and surely perpetrated by decades of Maple Leafs frustration that the Montreal Canadiens superiority from the early 1950's to the late 1970's was due to the simple notion that they had territorial rights to the province of Quebec's two greatest hockey talents annually. The myth has...
Habs Eye on the Prize (Andrew Berkshire) —
In March EOTP held a contest where the person to come up with the best "narrative" surrounding Subban returning to form offensively. The winner would get a P.K. Subban Montreal Canadiens 'shirsey' (t-shirt). The winner of that shirt is Adam Mills, EOTP commenter subdoxastic with this entry: I think this counts as one entry, Obviously, the idea of ‘respect’ (noted by...
Habs Eye on the Prize (Andrew Berkshire) —
A couple weeks ago I was talking with Pension Plan Puppets contributor Stephen Burtch on twitter and he stated that he felt the Habs weren't in a good position moving forward because no one scored more than 65 points on the team this year. After pointing out that the Stanley Cup winning Bruins of 2010-11 didn't have a 65 point scorer, and only two 60 point scorers to the 28th place Habs...
Habs Eye on the Prize (Kevin van Steendelaar) —
With word getting out in the wee hours, and made official on Wednesday afternoon, the Montreal Canadiens have found their new General Manager. Marc Bergevin, who has learned his NHL executive craft for seven years with the Chicago Blackhawks , will get his chance to jump into the driver's seat of hockey's most storied franchise. Lots of reaction to start the month of May, so here's a wrap...
Habs Eye on the Prize (Andrew Berkshire) —
Chicago Tribune Reports that Habs have chosen Marc Bergevin Chris Kuc of the Tribune reports than the Montreal Canadiens will be naming Marc Bergevin, Chicago Blackhawks assistant general manager as the new GM of the Habs.
Habs Eye on the Prize (Kevin van Steendelaar) —
No Worlds for P.K.: Subban Headed Home The Montreal Canadiens announced this afternoon that defenceman P.K. Subban will not be participating in the 2012 World Hockey Championship, and will be heading back to Canada. Subban suffered a knee injury, in Team Canada's pre-tournament game on Sunday in Switzerland, and will now return to be evaluated by team doctors. He had been listed as...
Habs Eye on the Prize (Andrew Berkshire) —
Francois Giguere out as potential Habs GM According to Richard Labbe of La Presse, Francois Giguere is out of the running to be the next GM of the Montreal Canadiens
Habs Eye on the Prize (Kevin van Steendelaar) —
After two seasons of totally deflating the morale of Montreal Candiens fans, Mario Tremblay called it quits as bench boss on this day in 1997. Most famously known for his part in the expulsion of Patrick Roy and the lesser spoke of conflict with Donald Brashear , among others, Tremblay did manage to get the Habs to the post season in both of his tenures. Without Roy, the Canadiens ...