#Chris Wideman

With Joel Edmundson returning to the lineup, the Montreal Canadiens find themselves in a challenging situation roster-wise. Fortunately for them, Evgenii Dadonov was put on injured reserve (IR) with a virus on the day Edmundson was activated for play, temporarily giving the Habs some space. However, Dadonov is due back next week, and to keep the…

MONTREAL - Michael Pezzetta, NHL player. Those aren't words I ever thought I'd put together in a sentence, but the possibility first became realistic to me in training camp when Pezzetta appeared to be among the only players with the Montreal Canadiens playing like this opportunity was life and death to him. The notion of him graduating was easy to…

The Toronto Maple Leafs visit the Bell Centre on Wednesday to face the Montreal Canadiens in each squad's regular-season opener. The pregame narrative: The season is finally here. Toronto starts another year against a familiar foe in Montreal. Although both teams have completely different expectations for the 2022-23 campaign, fans and bettors…

The 2021-22 NHL Season was the chalkiest we've seen in the Salary Cap Era. Not only did the consensus preseason favorite win the Stanley Cup, but the chalk also won 64.8% of games in the regular season (per Action Labs), which is the highest win rate for NHL favorites since at least 2005-06. So what better way to dip our toes in the NHL waters than…

Hockey's greatest rivalry will open another chapter tonight when Toronto visits Montreal. With how inexperienced Montreal's blue line is, our NHL betting picks predict plenty of shots - and for a pair of Leafs' skaters to hit their shot prop totals. Photo By - USA TODAY Sports The Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens will renew their rivalry…

The Montreal Canadiens are in an enviable position, with priority selecting players off waivers until Nov. 1. However, to benefit, they have to use it just right, targeting players at specific positions, players with specific profiles to boot. To do otherwise would be to arguably squander the advantage altogether. As teams finalize their rosters to…

The Montreal Canadiens' run to the 2021 Stanley Cup Final was the ultimate underdog story. Montreal barely got into the playoffs and stunned favored Toronto and Las Vegas before the dream run ended in five games to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Montreal fans should hold onto those memories for as long as possible because it could be a while before the…

Montreal Canadiens training camp has been very fast paced and competitive thus far. Having finished dead last in the standings last season, they find themselves in a situation where changes are to be expected. After all, it is said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results,…

MONTREAL - It's Day 1 of a new Montreal Canadiens season with nowhere for the team to go but up. They finished in 32 place last year - in the unenviable position of having to stare up at every other team in the NHL - and though the brass wouldn't mind if they repeated the feat for the best odds at landing generational talent Connor Bedard to add to…

With training camp just weeks away, the Montreal Canadiens have many unanswered questions regarding players and their lineup. These questions range from who will make the team out of camp, and who will be on the team by Christmas to who will have success, and who will flounder. Here is a look at the five most pressing questions going into the start…

The Boston Bruins face-off tonight against the Montreal Canadiens this is a must-watch game for fans of the original six teams, plus some fans of other teams in the Atlantic who are interested in how close the Bruins could make things in the standings. The Bruins are the hot team right now, they have won four out of their last five games and have…