http://yourhabs.com Your Habs Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:33:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well folks, it's almost that time again.  After a small hiatus I am once again redesigning YourHabs.com with a sleak new look and many new features, and will hopefully have it done by the end of August.  I hated leaving the blog empty for so long, and it was even ... http://yourhabs.com/2008/08/13/almost As most of you are probably already aware, the Montreal Canadiens have exclusive talking rights to Mats Sundin until July 1st, at which time he'll be an Unrestricted Free Agent. The probably of landing such a player is very low, but it seems Gainey is still going after the ... http://yourhabs.com/2008/06/24/could-sundin-come-to-montreal It seems that Mr. Gainey is at it early this year. Gainey announced today the signing of Maxim Lapierre to a two year deal locking him in until the 2010-2011 season, as per club policy the financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Lapierre will be and always has ... http://yourhabs.com/2008/06/09/summer-starts-early I hope everyone is enjoying the off-season thus far, I know I am. I just wanted to update the blog as it hasn't been in quite some time, and wanted to let you guys know to keep checking back as I'm coming up with some great new posts to ... http://yourhabs.com/2008/05/31/howdy It looks like Gainey is continuing on, even after the rough second round loss against Philadelphia, by signing forward, Ryan White, to a three year contract. Financial details were not disclosed. White ended his four-year junior career with the WHL’s Calgary Hitmen with 237 points (91 goals, 146 assists) and ... http://yourhabs.com/2008/05/13/montreal-canadiens-sign-ryan-white Well folks, now that we're into the quarter-final matchups of the World Hockey Championships, I wanted to go over the stats totals for Canadiens players. These are direct from the IIHF site, so they are accurate as of 5/10/2008. Unfortunately, Belarus has been eliminated from the tournament by ... http://yourhabs.com/2008/05/11/montreal-canadiens-stat-totals-at-the-worlds Montreal just can't catch a break it seems. TSN sources say that Sweden star, Fabian Brunnstrom, has decided to make his rookie season in Dallas. Here is the direct article from TSN.ca Sources tell TSN Fabian Brunnstrom will make his NHL debut next season with the Dallas Stars. The 23 ... http://yourhabs.com/2008/05/08/brunnstrom-to-dallas Now that the wound has healed a little bit, Bob Gainey and Guy Carbonneau had their year end press conference for the media yesterday, and it didn't appear that either were one bit rattled over the early departure of the Montreal Canadiens from the Stanley Cup playoffs, and why would ... http://yourhabs.com/2008/05/07/bob-gaineys-thoughts-on-the-future Now that the Stanley Cup is out of our reach this season, some Montreal Canadiens have decided to take a different route to victory by participating in the IIHF World Hockey Championships. Six Canadiens in total will be playing for their countries which include Saku Koivu for Finland, Andrei Markov for ... http://yourhabs.com/2008/05/06/canadiens-heading-to-the-worlds 'Tis a sad day for all us Habs fans, as the Montreal Canadiens were eliminated from the playoffs last night in only 5 games in the second round. I'm sure many fans will wake up today pretending it didn't happen, but when they tune in to watch the next ... http://yourhabs.com/2008/05/04/montreal-canadiens-out-in-5