Three offseason trade targets for the Habs

The Montreal Canadiens made significant offseason acquisitions during the last two summers. With draft picks and prospect ammunition, they’re expected to do the same this offseason to accelerate the rebuild.

During the 2022 NHL Entry draft, General Manager Kent Hughes shocked many when he traded Alex Romanov to the New York Islanders for a first round pick, which was 13th overall. He then flipped that pick to acquire Kirby Dach from the Chicago Blackhawks. Dach was a former third overall pick but was deemed expandable by Chicago who wanted to overhaul their top six and set up a tank that would lead to the drafting of Connor Bedard. It’s been mixed results for Dach in Montreal mostly due to injury but it did seem like he was on the verge of a breakout season and there’s still plenty of hope he’ll be able to blossom with the Habs.

Prior to the 2023 NHL draft, the Canadiens once again flipped one their extra first round picks (the one acquired in the Ben Chiarot trade to Florida which was 31st overall) and their second round pick which was 37th to pick up Alex Newhook from the Colorado Avalanche. Funny enough, Newhook was part of the same draft class Dach (and Cole Caufield). Newhook has had an up and down season, playing different positions and missed more than six weeks with a high ankle sprain. His ability to fit in the top-6 is debatable but Newhook still provides a ton of speed which is something the Canadiens don’t have an abundance of at the forward position.

So… Who’s going to be the player the target this summer?

Martin Necas, Carolina Hurricanes

Martin Necas is a heck of a player and would check off all the boxes for what the Canadiens are looking for. Larry Brooks of the New York Post has reported that the Carolina Hurricanes are listening to offers. Necas is arbitration eligible and is a free agent this summer.

He’s only 25-years-old and just entering his prime. Last season was a breakout year for Necas who scored 28-goals and 70-points. He should finish this year with comparable numbers. Necas plays with great energy, poise and offensive instincts. He’s an okay defender and he makes up for his shortcomings with his high compete and second efforts. It would be a great fit next to Dach, giving the Canadiens offensive punch on the second line.

Alex Holtz, New Jersey Devils

Alex Holtz isn’t as much of a guarantee as Necas is. There’s still question marks about his defensive game and overall commitment. It appears that he’s on the outs with head coach Lindy Ruff and plays under 12-minutes a game despite being in his third year pro. Even with the limited ice time, Holtz has been able to score 12-goals and 24-points this season. It must be hard to produce much playing with Chris Tierny and Colin Miller on New Jersey’s fourth line. He was a top-10 pick in the 2020 draft and he could be a buy low candidate for Montreal. His shot is by far his best attribute and the Canadiens are starved for goals.

Kent Johnson, Columbus Blue Jackets

Kent Johnson is another player who hasn’t yet lived up to his draft day hype but his skills are undeniable and there’s a reason the Blue Jackets used a top-5 pick to select the Michigan Wolverines standout. Johnson is the biggest project player of the three listed here. He still needs time to round out his defensive game and often tries to do too much rather than make a simple play. It was a bit of shock when the Blues Jackets decided to start Johnson in the American Hockey League to start the season but he was quickly called up after picking 15-points in only 10 games. New management will be coming into Columbus and they will want to bring in their own players. It’s also possible that the team becomes impatient with his development curve…

Just a couple names to add to the list of potential pickups and hopefully we can stop talking the possibility of Trevor Zegras in Montreal.

29th Feb 2024 0

Post Game 43: Canadiens spoil Drouin’s return

The Montreal Canadiens are the most unpredictable team in the NHL.

Or maybe they aren’t…

They always seem to save their best performances for the best teams. And with the Colorado Avalanche in town (second in goals per game), this game was no exception.

Montreal was impressive and went toe-to-toe with the Avalanche winning by a score of 4-3 Tuesday night at the Bell Centre.

The recipe for the Habs isn’t complicated… Get good goaltending, get contributions on special teams and have the first line involved. They checked all three boxes and were rewarded.

“All those guys, I feel are going through a process to becoming elite and they’re doing it the right way with a team-first approach,” said head coach Martin St Louis about his top line.

Pluses:

The top line had a great game. Both Cole Caufield and Juraj Slafkovsky scored powerplay goals while Nick Suzuki had a pair of assists. The Canadiens aren’t a deep team and need their top players going if they want any chance to win.
Jake Allen held the fort. Sometimes it isn’t about how many saves you make but when you make them. Montreal’s goaltender of the night came up with a pair of huge stops on Nathan Mackinnon with just four minutes remaining. Game changing.
Joel Armia with another goal putting him at seven on the season. He’s having a solid year and although the consistency of his effort level is questionable at best, he battle hard for a loose puck in traffic to score the winning goal. “What we want from Army is just that consistency and we’re getting that right now and I hope he keeps going,” said Martin St Louis.
Pairing Kaiden Guhle with Mike Matheson for the last two games was a great adjustment. David Savard appears to be lumbering right now and with two great skating teams in town, it was smart to have Guhle log big minutes. And he didn’t disappoint keeping Colorado’s top line in check at 5-on-5.
The powerplay has looked good with goals in back-to-back games. Caufield is starting to heat up and find his touch and the movement has been fluid once they settle down and set up.
It took 16-games but Rafael Harvey-Pinard finally scored his first goal of the season.
Montreal fans showed their great class. When Jonathan Drouin was put on the big screen with the welcome back message, the fans stood up and applauded him. Drouin spent six seasons with the Canadiens and it was a roller coaster ride, he was never ever to live up to the big expectations management placed on his shoulders when they traded a blue chip prospect to bolster their offense. But even after the hard times, the fans showed their appreciation for his time with the team. Of course, when the game got back underway, they booed him every time he touched the puck. Perfect.

Minuses:

The Canadiens allowed the first goal of the game… To add salt to the wound, Drouin picked up an assist on the Ross Colton goal.
Jake Evans took an embellishment penalty that led to 4-on-4 hockey. Colorado is a dangerous team with extra space and this led to the game tying goal by Devon Toews. It is Emmy season after all.
Jesse Ylonen left to concussion protocol, hopefully nothing serious.
The bench was cut down in the third period and Joshua Roy played under 10-minutes in his second NHL game. It was an understandable decision based on where the game was at, but disappointing nonetheless.

The Montreal Canadiens will play their next three games on the road starting with a clash against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night.

16th Jan 2024 0

Post Game 34: Missed opportunity

The Montreal Canadiens were unable to take advantage of suspect goaltending and a disjointed Carolina Hurricanes team losing 5-3 Thursday night in the first game back after the holiday break.

Jordan Harris returned to the lineup after missing 15 games with a lower-body injury. He played on the right side with Jayden Struble and had a quiet night. Strubble meanwhile, continues to excel and it’s going to be hard to take him out of the line up any time soon. It’s going to be a battle between Johnathan Kovacevic and Harris for playing time.

Pluses:

The Canadiens like they usually do, started from behind and battled their way back into the game. After Carolina quickly jumped out to a 2-0 lead, Montreal overcame the deficit to even the game at two. They also came back and tied the game after trailing 3-2, but couldn’t find a way to play with the lead at any point.
It was one of those games where Mike Matheson was fumbling the puck and it looked like a grenade on his stick. Naturally, that’s the type of game where he scores a beautiful highlight real goal that should have received a little more attention.
A Josh Anderson breakaway goal! In this economy… Anderson continues to streak and it’s true for some players, the goals come in bunches.
Mitchell Stephens scored for a second straight game and the goal seemed to go right to his legs. All things considered, the fourth line was effective.
Martin St Louis won another coach’s challenge… Obviously credit the video crew upstairs, but it was a gutsy called and it worked out. If it didn’t go their way, it could have been a swing point in the game.
Cool story to have the three players who played at North Eastern all in the lineup for the first time.

Minuses:

Cayden Primeau was just average… This goes in the minus category because when the Canadiens don’t get stellar goaltending, they rarely win.
Terrible start and terrible third period. Carolina was vulnerable in the third period and Antti Raanta looked extremely shaky, but Montreal couldn’t muster up much offensively.
Really tough game for Justin Baron who was on the ice for three of the four even strength goals and was directly responsible for two of them. He could be an option to be scratched if Martin St Louis wants to go back to Kovacevic next game.
High hit that wasn’t needed by Stephan Noesen on Juraj Slafkovsky. This hit was to the head and should have resulted in a penalty, which it didn’t. Slafkovsky was removed from the game by spotter for a potential concussion. The test came back negative and it appears that he will be fine. But the NHL should look at the play because it wasn’t necessary.
This game was a missed opportunity for Montreal to get some points because the brutal schedule increases in difficulty with Tampa Bay, Florida and Dallas coming up. Carolina played the previous night, have been very inconsistent with their play and had a goaltending between the pipes that has near zero confidence…

Next up for the Montreal Canadiens will be a match-up with the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night at 7pm.

29th Dec 2023 0

Post Game 19: That’s how you bounce back

The Montreal Canadiens started their California road trip with a solid bounce back effort against a team in similar spot to themselves by beating the Anaheim Ducks by a score of 4-3 on Wednesday night.

Following their miserable effort against the Boston Bruins on Saturday, head coach Martin St Louis had them grind it out with a couple days of tough, skating heavy practices. It seemed to pay off, Montreal had what was possibly their best first period of the season jumping out to a quick 2-0 lead and having an edge on the shot clock. The first period hasn’t exactly been kind to Montreal this season.

It helps that they once again got top tier goaltending from Sam Montembeault.

Pluses:

The quick start! Two first period goals 38- seconds apart from Alex Newhook and Kaiden Guhle… It’s a lot easier to win a game when you’re not chasing it.
Alex Newook is heating up and looked dangerous all night long. That’s three goals in his last two games.
Monteambeault made some ridiculous saves. This was especially the case in the third period when Anaheim played more desperately. His nicest was the glove save on Frank Vantrano taking away what look like a sure goal.
Jake Evans’ game might quietly go under the radar and it shouldn’t. Even though it was a secondary assist on the Guhle goal, he started the play. And then a 2-on-1 pass that was perfectly executed to Newhook for the game winner. Almost 60 per cent in the face off circle and did it all with limited minutes.
Jayden Struble just solid, especially being his NHL debut. It felt like nothing bad happened when he was on the ice. Credit to the coaching staff here as well because they did an excellent job on the road sheltering him and getting him favorable matchups.
A win in regulation! (That’s only the third this year)

Minuses:

That will be a game Johnathan Kovacevic wants to forget. He was fighting it and it was an adventure every time he was on the ice.
Nothing is happening for Cole Caufield. Another five shots on goal but nothing to show for it. One would hope that when he get his next goal, he’ll go on a scoring frenzy. But five goals on the season and just one at 5-on-5 is extremely disappointing.
Josh Anderson will never score again. Another chance in the third period where you’re left wondering.. “How did that NOT go in?!”

The Montreal Canadiens will continue their trip through California with an afternoon match-up against the LA Kings at 3:30pm on Friday.

23rd Nov 2023 0

Post Game 13: He did it again (3)

The Montreal Canadiens snapped their four game losing streak with a near perfect road game, beating the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in overtime Thursday night.

The lines went into a blender, Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield were split up and both seemed to respond to the move. They each had goals and even though they came on the powerplay while on the ice together, their play at 5-on-5 apart was solid.

“I didn’t just like Cole (Caufield) on the powerplay or in overtime, he was good 5-on-5 as well,” said head coach Martin St Louis. “He looked engaged and committed defensively.”

Changes on the blueline as well, Kaiden Guhle and Justin Barron were separated, likely in an effort to get a couple other struggling defenseman going, specifically Mike Matheson.

And Cayden Primeau got his second start of the season in his home state of Michigan. With four games this week it was smart to get him some game action.

Pluses:

Great all around team effort and one of the better games start to finish of the season. On a couple of occasions they could have easily let things slip away, but stayed with the game plan. As perfect of a road game as you can play.
Cayden Primeau was solid stopping 27 of 29 shots faced and gave his team a chance to win. Much like in previous games, the goalie needs to play near perfect for them to have a chance at to win. Maybe the JT Compher goal wasn’t great, but was it still a well placed shot.
Mike Matheson, welcome back. Clearly there was an imposter wearing #8, because this looked more like the player we saw to start to year. He contributed a goal and two assists.
Cole Caufield, another overtime winner. How many players are more dangerous to a score a goal in overtime than Montreal’s sniper? The list is a short one (no pun intended).
Nothing on the scoresheet, but a solid showing from Juraj Slafkovksy. Many were pointing at him not getting shifts in the final moments of the game. This had little to do with Slafkovksy performance and more to do with St Louis wanting two players on the ice who can take faceoffs, especially with Suzuki struggling in the circle. Don’t worry, it’s going to be aright.

Minuses:

Another goal taken away from Montreal because of the ability to challenge offsides… I might be on an island by myself on this one but I can’t stand it. Let them call it on the ice and if they get it wrong, too bad!
Josh Anderson might never score again…
Penalties came in bunches, four powerplays given to the Red Wings.

Montreal’s next matchup will be with the rival Boston Bruins on Saturday night back the Bell Centre.

9th Nov 2023 0

Post Game 12: Ticked off Tampa

The Tampa Bay Lightning are always a tough matchup for the Montreal Canadiens. Add in the fact that Tampa Bay blew a 4-1 lead against Toronto the night before playing in Montreal, the outcome Tuesday night at the Bell Centre was predictable.

The Lightning got four first period goals, including one just 22-seconds into the game and beat the Canadiens 5-3 in a game where the final score didn’t tell the whole story… It wasn’t close.

Even with a late third period push by Montreal, the game was over 13-minutes in after Michael Eyssimont scored a terrible goal from behind the goal line on Jake Allen, forcing Montreal to make a goaltender change. Funny enough, Allen was named the Molson Cup winner for October given to the team’s best player.

Although that goal was a bad one to give up, the game was not on Allen. It’s on the team as a collective who didn’t look ready to start the game or match the intensity of the opposition. It doesn’t help that Tampa Bay is more experienced and talented as well.

“We have too many pockets where we let our foot off the gas, miss an assignment, we don’t manage the risk, it’s a combination of many things,” said head coach Martin St Louis after the game. “Teams go through that, you just got to tighten it up.”

Just eight days after St Louis praised his team for playing their best game since his appointment as head coach, they’ve lost three straight in regulation and all to teams who played the night before.

Pluses:

Montreal didn’t quit, even though it would have been easy to mail it in for the third period and look ahead to Thursday night in Detroit. Instead, they pushed and made the Lightning sweat just a little bit. They won the final frame and showed the never say die attitude that has been a constant this season.
Sam Montembeault wasn’t expecting to play but was solid in relief. Named the third star of the game, things probably get out of hand with a lopsided score if he doesn’t come in and make some big saves, especially in the second period. Also made a highlight reel right pad save on Brayden Point
Christian Dvorak scored in just his second game back. The goal was in garbage time, but it’s always good to get that first one out of the way when coming back from a long injury.

Minuses:

The slow starts, particularly on the scoreboard. That’s six straight games where Montreal allows the first goal. “We kind of dug the hole too fast and weren’t able to fill it up so it’s something to learn off of for sure,” said Tanner Pearson.
The struggles continue for Mike Matheson and Jordan Harris. Even though one of the goals was a powerplay marker, the pair managed to be on the ice for all four first period goals. Matheson is logging too many minutes and the workload is affecting his play.
Terrible discipline, best outlined by Arber Xhekaj taking taking two penalties and putting Tampa Bay on the powerplay when Montreal had clear momentum, just because he wanted to settle a score with Tanner Jeannot. “Whatever you do on the ice, the actions you take have them taking care of the team mentality, not necessarily what you want to do at that time; what does the team need you to do at that time,” said St Louis. “I thought we were pretty good at that and to me that slipped away.”
When the goalies don’t steal the game, the Canadiens don’t have a shot to win. Allen wasn’t at his best but at some point the team will have to learn to win without the goalie standing on their head.

Montreal’s next opponent is in Detroit on the road taking on the Red Wings.

8th Nov 2023 0

Post Game 8: Habs do it again

The Montreal Canadiens have another team leaving Bell Centre wondering, “what went wrong?”

For consecutive games, the Habs were able to overcome a 3-1 deficit and win a game in which they never had the lead, 4-3 the final over the Winnipeg Jets Saturday at the Bell Centre.

Nick Suzuki had the winner in the shootout, while Justin Barron, Sean Monahan and Joel Armia scored goals in regulation.

“Really bad start for us in the second period but I like how we responded,” said Suzuki following the game. “We didn’t quit, we’re a team that likes to keep pushing when we’re down and I think we showed a lot of character coming back from down 3-1.”

Pluses:

The Canadiens don’t win this one without some heroics from Jake Allen. If there was a competition to get the bulk of work between the pipes, early on it’s not even close. Allen’s 43-saves earned him third star of the game honours, and it he should be been the first star. He currently leads the NHL in goals saved above expected.
Great to see Kaiden Guhle back in the lineup and he picked up right where he left off. The young blueliner was terrific at both ends of the ice, picking up two assists and leading all Montreal skater’s in ice time.
There’s no way it’s been easy for Armia, being sent down to Laval to start the season and then waiting in limbo for a week after a call up to the big club. It seems like he’s popular with his teammates and there was a little extra on the celebration on the bench when he capitalized off a nice pass from Guhle.
The powerplay got another one! That’s five straight games.
For a second straight game the penalty kill came up huge after a late penalty that carried into overtime.

Minuses:

Juraj Slafkovsky struggled mightily. In fact, it may have been the worst game he’s played in the NHL. When he has the puck, it looks like he’s guessing. The play is going to fast and he’s managing the puck extremely poorly. They don’t want to send him to the AHL but if his play continue to be this bad when Christian Dvorak returns, they won’t have a choice. And let’s be clear, it’s not the end of the world if he gets some big reps and minutes on the farm. It doesn’t mean he’s a bust and it won’t shatter his confidence. Let him develop his game away from the spotlight, like most players who are only 19-years-old get to do.
The start to the second period was comical, two goals allowed in 18-seconds on boneheaded plays with the puck.
Mike Matheson left in the third period and is day-to-day with a lower body injury. Good thing it doesn’t appear to be serious, because a long term injury would be devastating.

Montreal heads on the road for their first extended trip of the season. It all begins on Monday night in Las Vegas taking on the Golden Knights at 10pm.

29th Oct 2023 0

Post Game Seven: Habs find a way

The Montreal Canadiens showed their resiliency once again, beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 in overtime Thursday at the Bell Centre.

“I think we’re a resilient group but if you constantly have to come back from behind it just takes a toll on everybody,” said Montreal Canadiens’ coach Martin St Louis.

Montreal never had a lead and had to overcome 2-0 and 3-1 deficits to force overtime. In the extra frame, a little more Cole Caufield magic was on display when he sniped his second game winner of the week.

“I think that was all Marty, he fired us up and said some things that needed to be said,” said Caufield about the greater urgency showed in the second period. “I love how we responded with the first shift and a goal, it obviously got us going and I thought from there we played a full 45-minutes after that.”

Pluses:

Nick Suzuki scored, finally. It took Montreal’s captain seven games to get his first goal of the year and maybe it will be a spark and more will follow. Suzuki capitalized on an egregious Boone Jenner turnover and made no mistake with time and space to pick his spot. He also picked up two assists in the game.
It might not always be pretty, but it was another two powerplay goals for the Montreal Canadiens. Mike Matheson scored a powerplay goal on a nice fake that froze the four Columbus penalty killers, opening up a shooting lane. And Caufield with a set play, a shot/pass to Monahan who had great positioning in front of the net and tipped the puck in.
Justin Barron had another strong outing logging big minutes. His defensive game is coming along and though he might not play as much when Kaiden Guhle comes back from injury, he’s getting precious reps and experience.
Sam Montembeault made some huge saves, but none bigger than a pair in overtime while killing a penalty. The second save on Zack Werensky looked like a sure goal and robbed Columbus of an extra point in the standings. The balancing act with the three goaltenders will continue to be a big talking point if all three keep playing well.

Minuses:

Terrible start that forced Montreal to chase the game. Last week the issue was how they were finishing games, tonight it’s how they started. They’ll play a full 60-minutes at some point…
Juraj Slafkovksy had his worst game of the season. Couldn’t make a play, couldn’t breakout and was taking too long to make decisions. It’s just one game, but the game seemed to be moving way too fast for him.
Josh Anderson can’t buy a goal while on a breakaway. Twice he was all alone with Elvis Merzlikins and couldn’t finish. Anderson is still searching for his first goal and only has one point on the season. He had a strong game but the production is not there.
It was the worst officiated game of the season. The bad calls went on both sides, Kevin Pollock and Cody Beach… Come on! Be better… Enough with the excuses. It’s a fast game, it’s hard being a referee. Wah, Wah, Wah. Make a mistake or two, fine. But you know you’ve made too many mistakes when it’s a talking point after the game.

The Montreal Canadiens will host the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night. Good timing for the Habs, the Jets have won three straight.

27th Oct 2023 0

Post Game Five: Turning back the clock

They won’t be awarded style points, but the Montreal Canadiens found a way to escape Buffalo with two points beating the Sabres 3-2 on Monday night.

The win came at a cost, David Savard will be out indefinitely with an upper body injury. He blocked multiple shots on a penalty kill in the third period and didn’t play the final 8-minutes of the game. The shift itself was making the rounds on social media, it displayed a great example of sheer determination and sacrifice for the betterment of the team.

The Canadiens were outplayed by a Buffalo team that has underperformed this season. With the chaotic upcoming schedule, they’ll take wins any way they can get them.

Pluses:

Jake Allen followed up his terrific performance against the Washington Capitals with an even better outing against the Sabres. Tough angle on the Jeff Skinner goal, but he settled in after that and at times stood on his head including in the second period when Montreal was severely outchanced.
Brendan Gallagher scored for a second straight game and it was once again a typical Gallagher goal, right on the edge of the crease. The third line is developing chemistry with Sean Monahan and Tanner Pearson also having solid performances. But for Gallagher in particular has to feel good contributing while playing limited minutes.
Justin Barron gave the Canadiens something they haven’t gotten so far this season, a goal from a defenseman. It was a nice shot after the puck found him at the top on the right circle.
The points haven’t been there but Juraj Slafkovsky continues to stand out for all the right reasons. He was noticeable early, is getting a lot of touches on the puck and eventually the production will come.
While the powerplay looks disjointed and unorganized, it’s still back-to-back games with a powerplay goal!

Minuses:

Savard is the latest player to head to the injured list. That’s three injuries (two significant ones) in three games. Ouch!
Another goal against the Montreal Canadiens for Jeff Skinner… What’s up with that?! He now has 24-goals against the Habs in his career, more than he’s scored against any NHL team.
They handed the opposition another five powerplays, this early trend can’t continue.

The Montreal Canadiens gets right back at it tonight taking on Jack Hughes and he New Jersey Devils. Game time is 7:15pm ET with staggered starts around the NHL with the league attempting to pull of their own version of the NFL’s “Red Zone,” with what their calling “Frozen Frenzy.”

24th Oct 2023 0

Post Game Three: Deja Vu

Nothing went right for the Montreal Canadiens in their 5-2 loss Tuesday night against the Minnesota Wild at the Bell Centre.

The Habs had to completely shake things up because of the injury to Kirby Dach and nothing clicked. Granted, most of the game was played on the penalty kill which disrupted any chance at developing chemistry at 5-on-5.

Rafael-Harvey Pinard got a chance to play on the top line with Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield, Josh Anderson went down to the third line with Sean Monahan and Brendan Gallagher while Alex Newhook centered Juraj Slafkovksy and Tanner Pearson.

None of the combinations worked.

Pluses:

The Canadiens outscored the Minnesota Wild at even strength by a score of 2-0.
Tanner Pearson scored for a second straight game with a beautiful shot upstairs past Marc-Andre Fleury.
Fleury made some old-school saves, including a double pad stack on Johnathan Kovacevic early in the third period. He made 27-saves in the win, was named the first star of the game and got an ovation from the fans that were left in the building in what might be his final game at the Bell Centre.

Minuses:

Montreal allowed two shorthanded goals in 25-seconds. The powerplay is so bad that they’ve now been scored on more while up a man than they’ve scored.
Discipline issues again, after giving the Chicago Blackhawks 7 powerplays on Saturday night, they followed it up by giving 8 to the Minnesota Wild. And many of them were bad decisions, Slafkovksy’s interference penalty 200-feet from his own net or Arber Xhekaj’s roughing penalty on Marcus Johansson well after the siren went to end the second period.
On the same day that Montreal announced that Dach would be out for the remainder of the season, Kaiden Guhle left in the second period with an injury and didn’t return. He has an upper body injury and needs to be evaluated… Great.

Next up for the Montreal Canadiens is the Washington Capitals on Saturday night at home. Washington might have the slowest team in the league, so you’d think the Canadiens don’t take another 13 penalties, but who knows?

18th Oct 2023 0