HabsCast Hockey Blog

First, a hello to all the HabsCast Blog readers out there. My personal blog titled Drive to 25 follows the team on their quest for a twenty-fifth Stanley Cup.
In coercion with this theme, I will be contributing a weekly column here which will look at some of the players and/or situations regarding the Montreal Canadiens [...]

Created by: Ken Henderson
Crosby is Bat-Man, Superman and the Hulk combined …
Here’s a video of Crosby’s Best Hockey Moments…

FYI: Ken Henderson is a sports editorial cartoons. Ken operates a blog called Off-Side Sports where he posts once weekly (Saturday / Sunday). His primary focus, for now, is the NHL but look for more Sports to [...]

Created by: Ken Henderson
Saku Koivu bluntly stated that the Habs’ have no shot at winning the Stanley Cup.
Can you blame him?
FYI: Ken Henderson is a sports editorial cartoons. Ken operates a blog called Off-Side Sports where he posts once weekly (Saturday / Sunday). His primary focus, for now, is the NHL but look for more [...]

Uploaded on June 8, 2007 (flickr.com)
by rainypete
Montreal’s preseason is coming to an end. Yet, Guy Carbonneau wishes he had more time. The real deal season is approaching and our head coach still hasn’t resolved our #2 goalie dilemma.
Early in the preseason, Carbonneau made it very clear that Huet is his number one goaltender and his [...]

Huet reminisces about his roller coaster year when he became Montreal’s #1 goalie.
( 1 ) Tell us about your state of mind during the Theodore trade and mental breakdown?
( 2 ) What’s it like going home to France, where the equivalent of hockey is soccer… is it a culture shock when you go home and [...]

Interview about the realities and myths of being a rookie in the NHL.
Here’s some questions from the interview…
( 1 ) How do you deal with all those gentlemen’s clubs and ladies in Montreal?
( 2 ) What’s your favorite city on the road?
( 3 ) Do hockey players get groupies like musicians?
( 4 ) Have you [...]

Koivu teaches us about life, setbacks and hockey.
Koivu’s modo is “whatever has happened… you can’t change… Try to take the positives with you… Learn from your mistakes… Try to conquer the next goal in front of you.”
FYI: Koivu created the Saku Koivu Foundation after his battle with cancer in 2001. Its mission was to [...]

Uploaded on September 15, 2007 (flickr.com)
by Montreal_photos
After making 29 cuts yesterday, some of which questionable (Matt D’Agostini), there are still a couple more to come by the end of this preseason. An abundance of forwards and defensemen remain, but the real dilemma is what to do with Carey Price? In a report on RDS, former [...]

CORRECTION (Preseason Log: Canadiens Roster Starting to Take Form)
I must have fell asleep with RDS on last night and dreamed that Mikhail Grabovski got sent down. It really didn’t make any sense to me because he’s been playing really well this preseason. Anyways Grabovski is staying with the Habs for the time being and [...]

Uploaded on September 15, 2007 (flickr.com)
by Montreal_photos
A day after forward Mikhail Grabovski was sent down to the Hamilton Bulldogs, management made 27 more cuts, 25 of those are headed to the AHL. Among the cuts were Yann Danis, Sergei Kostitsyn, Matt D’Agostini, Janne Lahti, and Corey Locke.
Out of the players that were cut, a handful [...]