Tag: Montreal Canadiens

Rumors II: Maple Leafs, Ducks, Richards, and the Stars

On the Maple Leafs and Ducks The Fourth Period: The Maple Leafs are one of the more active teams on the trade front and are reportedly in on multiple trade talks. The Leafs and Ducks are reportedly having significant talks…

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Rumors: Maple Leafs, Penguins and Bruins

On the Maple Leafs ... Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star: McGran looking at which Maple Leafs  could stay around for their rebuild. Morgan Rielly - better than 90 percent. Jake Gardiner, Dion Phaneuf, James van Riemsdyk and Scott Harrington…

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Injuries: Habs, Hawks, Stars, Kings, Lightning, Jets and Canes

On the Canadiens ... Dave Stubbs of the Montreal Gazette: Carey Price's injury is "nothing major" according to coach Michel Therrien. He's receiving treatment and he'll "take a week off." On the Blackhawks ... Chris Hine of the Chicago Tribune:…

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GIFs: Some Clips From The Past Two Nights

From last nights action Stars Jamie Benn ... Jamie Benn continues to be unreal. #VANvsDAL https://t.co/aFi6rTQhrT — NHL (@NHL) October 30, 2015 another look pic.twitter.com/ebjpZqePmw — Stephanie (@myregularface) October 30, 2015 Canadiens P.K. Subban and Carey Price ... How did…

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2015-16 Consensus NHL Power Rankings – Week 3

For the second week in a row, the Montreal Canadiens swept all first place voteing. The Washington Capitals had a clean sweep of all second place votes. The NY Rangers and Chicago Blackhawks jumped into the top 10 this week.…

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2015-16 Consensus NHL Power Rankings – Week 2

Montreal has a clean sweep in first overall rankings and moves into the top spot this week. The Blues make a big jump, moving into second. Since we had 10 entries this week, we've dropped the highest and lowest totals…

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Rumors II: Pitkanen, Flames, Expansion and Trade Candidates

Elliotte Friedman and Damien Cox ... Belief out of Anaheim is that GM Bob Murray isn't ready to fire Bruce Boudreau just yet. Expectation is that he'll be behind the bench for their five game road trip that starts later…

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News: Canadiens Sign Tomas Plekanec To A Two Year Extension

Plekanec HERO chart from OwnThePuck Pat Hickey: The Canadiens have signed Tomas Plekanec to a two-year contract extension. He'll get $7 million next year, and $5 million the following year. The 32-year old Plekanec was drafted 71st overall in the…

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Rumors III: Canadiens, Hurricanes, Sabres, Coaches and Flames

Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: On the Canadiens ... Tomas Plekanec's agent, Rich Curran, said on Monday that he's spoken with Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin, but mostly on other matters. Plekanec's name was briefly brought up, and it was agreed that…

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Rumors II: Staal, Coyotes, Backes, Bruins, and Blue Jackets

Mike Johnston of Sportsnet: Damien Cox is reported that the Hurricanes and Eric Staal have put contract extension talks on hold for the time being. Craig Custance of ESPN: The Coyotes have the cap room to add some salary, "have…

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Predicting Division, Conference and Stanley Cup Winners

We've compiled a some predictions from Sportsnet, NHL.com, ESPN and The Fourth Period - picking Division, Conference and Stanley Cup winners. 26 people made predictions for division winners, and 42 for Conference and Stanley Cup winners. Atlantic - Tampa Bay…

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Rumors: Jets, Panthers, Preds, Leafs and Penguins

Ted Wyman of the Winnpeg Sun: Andrew Ladd on the thought of not holding contract extension talks during the season. “I don’t know,” he said. “I haven’t decided yet. Whatever is going to allow me to concentrate on hockey and…

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