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Posted by
Elie on 10/02/2009 - 03:57 PM
Okay, so that lasted all of what, 45 minutes?
Absolutely devastating news came out of Montreal early today, with RDS breaking the way announcing that Andrei Markov will be out of the game for [up to] four months including rehab.
In short, the only hockey he is going to be seeing is on TV until about after the Olympic games set in Vancouver in February.
Just a side note before continuing: Markov was the last Canadien from last season to steadily wear the "A" in the past.
Markov stayed in To
Posted by
Elie on 07/07/2009 - 04:06 PM
So with free agent frenzy coming to a close for some teams, it's time to analyze where les Habitants stand after all is said and done.
We know who isn't coming back, and the big names are our Captain and some Alternates. Koivu knows he isn't returning, albeit he hasn't signed anywhere else there are still some hopefuls who will pray to find some role on the team, but obviously at a pay cut as Montreal is hoping to cling onto that 8 and a half ($8.5M) Million in cap space.
Kovalev is gone, signed to a ludacris 2 year
Posted by
Elie on 07/07/2009 - 03:46 PM
So it's 7 days past the free agent frenzy and Montreal has been turned upside down. CJAD wouldn't stop talking about the prospect of getting Vincent Lecavalier into town before his no-trade kicks in, and there where more then enough rumors to throw around and feed the hockey-fueled city. We had rumors of Hossa and Gaborik and everything in between Canada and Russia.
But no one predicted the outcome, which to our delight will only enhance to rich rivalries that exist in Hockey sports today. King Kom went to Toronto as everyone is u
The NHL is trying to crackdown on unnecessary blows to the head.
The NHL's Senior Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations, Colin Campbell, had the following memo, obtained by TSN, posted in every NHL dressing room on Friday.
"Recently, we have had two (2) supplemental discipline incidents involving direct elbow blows to the head. This is a play that we have been trying to remove from our game for a number of years. In one case there was no injury and in the other incident the elbowed Player received a concus
The NHL has suspended Montreal Canadiens forward Tom Kostopoulos three games on Monday for a hit on Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Mike Van Ryn on Saturday night.
Kostopoulos knocked Van Ryn into the boards from behind in the first period of the Toronto's 6-3 win. Kostopoulos was given a major penalty for boarding and ejected from the game.
'' First and foremost, I sincerely regret the injuries suffered by Mike Van Ryn,'' Kostopoulos said in a statement. ''This is an unfortunate turn of events. I was just trying to get
Posted by Elie on 10/02/2009 - 03:57 PMOkay, so that lasted all of what, 45 minutes?