posted by Dave Stubbs at 14h08 EST on Jul 15
Final reminder about tonight's Habs Inside/Out microsummit, from 7:30 pm onward at Le Manoir in Pointe-Claire, corner of Hymus and St. Jean boulevards. Stubbs, Boone, Hickey, Mio and cold beer, if not necessarily in that order. All the details at this post, which appears a short scroll down. Hope to see you there, provided you're 18 and older.
posted by Kevin Mio at 11h51 EST on Jul 15
The Canadiens have signed Russian prospect Alexander Avtsin to a three-year contract.
The 19-year-old played in 30 games with the KHL's Moscow Dynamo last season and scored three goals and added six assists. The 6-foot-2, 188-pound right winger was selected 109th overall in the 2009 NHL entry draft by the Canadiens.
Continue reading "Avtsin signs three-year deal with Habs" »
posted by Dave Stubbs at 22h46 EST on Jul 14
Canadiens all-star defenceman Andrei Markov, a Russian native, reportedly will be sworn in as a Canadian citizen in a Montreal court this week.
Radio-Canada is reporting the news tonight, echoed by CKAC, but credit columnist Mike Cohen of The Suburban for breaking the story in his column last week. Cohen reported that a source told him a pitch had been made to the Canadiens to hold a swearing-in ceremony at the Bell Centre during a game, but that it was turned down.
• Desharnais signs – Pat Hickey
• Julien Brisebois following Guy Boucher to Tampa?
• David Shoalts on Donald Fehr and the NHLPA
posted by Mike Boone at 18h50 EST on Jul 14
What Price is right?
Put less cloyingly, what should the Canadiens pay their newly-anointed Number One goaltender?
As per CapGeek, the team has 20 players under contract and $4.7 million of salary cap space.
Carey Price's base salary through his first three seasons has been $850,000. Bonuses have brought his annual cap hit to $2.2 million.
Josh Harding, the backup goaltender in Minnesota, signed a one-year contract for $1.2 million today.
Harding played in 25 games last year, cmpared to 41 for Price. But their career numbers make an interesting comparison:
Price: 134 regular season GP, a record of 60 wins, 48 losses and 18 overtime losses. GAA of 2.73, save percentage of 91.2
Harding: 83 GP, 28-39-8, 2.66, 91.5.
Harding is 26. Price turns 23 next month.
Here's a look at some other NHL goaltenders in their 20s:
Continue reading "Carey's comparables" »
posted by Mike Boone at 14h54 EST on Jul 14
We've got till 2012 to learn to like basketball.
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John Ferguson died three years ago today.
Jimmy Murphy, of ESPN-Boston, Tweeted this link.
posted by Mike Boone at 6h04 EST on Jul 14
posted by Mike Boone at 11h34 EST on Jul 13
Who we are, in pie graph form, courtesy of Gazette marketing stats wizard David Klimek
Interesting proportions of women and young fans: 42 per cent in the 18-34 sweet spot that advertisers covet.
(No breakdown on what percentage of the women find Boone better looking than either Stubbs or Hickey. Conservative estimate: 80)
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The Canadiens make it official: Maxim Lapierre signed for 2010-'11 season; also Mathieu Carle and James T. Wyman.
Continue reading "The HIO community" »
posted by Mike Boone at 6h42 EST on Jul 13
posted by Dave Stubbs at 15h25 EST on Jul 12
Brasserie Le Manoir, where the HIO crew will greet site visitors and hecklers this Thursday evening.
Allen McInnis, Gazette
• Pat Hickey on Thursday's HIO event
Since hockey season must almost be over, Habs Inside/Out is idling back a bit. But a “team dinner” for those of us who keep the site afloat seemed unfulfilling without the participation of the HIO users in the Montreal area who often ask where they can find us to talk hockey, so…
HIO founding members Dave Stubbs and Mike Boone, joined by Gazette hockey beat writer Pat Hickey and HIO contributor Kevin Mio, plan to break buns and sip a pint (singular?) on the West Island this coming Thursday, July 15 at Brasserie Le Manoir, at the southwest corner of Hymus and St. Jean boulevards in Pointe-Claire.
We'll then hang around to chat Habs with anyone (18 and older ONLY) who wishes to drop in to join us from 7:30 pm until whenever. Spread the word. It will be extremely informal and we’ll not be buying chow or beer beyond our own – we’ve got new owners and we’re not pushing the expense-report envelope yet.
The AMT's 200, 202 and 203 buses stop almost at the door. Please plan your transportation accordingly.
• PLEASE NOTE: If you're pretty sure you'll join us, let us know with a comment below; we'd like to advise Le Manoir on Thursday morning so they can prepare some space for us. And please, use Comments on this post only to discuss this event; use other posts for general chatter.
posted by Mike Boone at 15h04 EST on Jul 12
Gary Bettman makes more money than all but 11 players – including the Canadiens' new number 11 – in the NHL.
More than Patrick Marleau, even with his new contract.
More than Anze Kopitar, Pavel Datsyuk or Nicklas Backstrom.
More than Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, the Sedin twins or Ryan Miller.
Gary Bettman makes more than 539 NHL players.
That ain't right.
Good and depressed now?
Here's something to cheer you up.
posted by Mike Boone at 6h05 EST on Jul 12
Doesn't really roll off the tongue, does it?
Maybe Tsar Ilya?
But the hockey team the prize of the UFA market is meeting today is not called the Los Angeles Tsars (maybe that will be part of the deal)
• Patrick Lalime talked to the Canadiens
• Jonathan Toews brings the Stanley Cup to Winnipeg
• Bruins beat man Fluto Shinzawa suggests "untradeable" Michael Ryder be sent to the AHL as a cap move
• Dan Hamhuis hopes people don't forget Haiti
• Viva Espana, but what a crap game
The Spanish Chantal Machabée gets a big wet one from the Spanish Jaro Halak
posted by Dave Stubbs at 11h45 EST on Jul 11
It'll be too small to even call a mini-summit, but stay tuned to Habs Inside/Out Monday for complete details on a little event that's in the works for this coming Thursday evening, July 15, in Montreal-suburban Pointe-Claire.
Very informal, but a chance for Habs fans and HIO visitors to gather in 30C temperatures of July and talk about, what else, the Canadiens.
posted by Mike Boone at 7h27 EST on Jul 11
posted by Mike Boone at 12h04 EST on Jul 10
posted by Mike Boone at 7h26 EST on Jul 10