New Habs Players Put On There Canadiens Jersey for the first time

Yesterday in Montreal, the new Canadiens players tried on there new jerseys for the first time. The players that put on there jersys were Hal Gill,Scott Gomez, Mike Cammalleri, Brian Gionta, Paul Mara and Travis Moen.“I love this jersey,” Scott Gomez said about waring jersey number 91. “I can not wait for the start of this upcoming season!” Cammalleri is also excited to play for Montreal next season.“So, can I keep it,” joked Cammilleri(number 13 of the Canadiens). “I can for real? Seriously? That’s amazing!” So in my opinon I think G.M Bob Gainey is done with signing people for the rest of this offseason.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

CANADIENS RE-SIGN PLEKANEC TO A 1 YEAR CONTRACT

Today in Montreal, Canadiens GM Bob Gainey announced that he had signed restricted free agent Tomas Plekanec to a 1 year $2.75 million dollar contract.Plekanec played 80 games with the Habs last season, and he had 20 goals and 19 assists. Tomas Plekanec has played 5 season's with Montreal since being drafted in the 3rd round of the 2001 NHL entry draft. Plekanec represented the Czech Republic at the World Hockey Championship on 3 occasions. His first one was in 2006. His second one was in 2007 and his third was in 2009.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

CANADIENS SIGN SANFORD TO A 1 YEAR CONTRACT

Yesterday in Montreal, Canadiens GM Bob Gainey announced that he has signed Curtis Sanford to a one year contract. Financial terms of this deal were not released due to club policy. Sanford played 19 games with the Canucks last season and he had 7 wins (1 shutout) and 8 losses. The Habs now have 4 goalies so now they will have to trade 2 or send 2 goalies to the minors.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

Jacques Martin In no Rush for a new captain; Martin Happy with Th Signings by Gainey

With former Canadiens captain Saku Koivu signing with the Ducks Canadiens coach Jacques Martin say's he's in no rush for a new Captain."You have to develop your own leadership.You look at the players who have left and it's probably the core of the leadership that ran this team the last couple of years," Martin said. "You look at captain Saku Koivu and you look at Alex Kovalev," Martin said."If nobody emerges as a captain, that's not an issue for me."

When Jacques Martin was asked if he liked what Canadiens GM Bob Gainey did so far, and if he thinks the team is a contender he reasponded: "I think we can develop competition within the team," he said. "What I like about the new players is that we've acquired players who have won the Cup in recent years. Guys like Gionta, Gomez, Hal Gill. They'll provide some leadership." So now lets be the one to decided of that in October based on the team's performance.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

“Pour toujours… les Canadiens" COMES TO THE BIG SCREEN IN DECEMBER

Yesterday in Montreal, the Canadiens announced that they are releasing a movie about the Canadiens called “Pour toujours… les Canadiens."Pour toujours… les Canadiens” was directed by Sylvain Archambault and produced by Lorraine Richard and Luc Martineau of Cite Amerique. "Pour toujours... Les Canadiens" stared Dhanaé Audet-Beaulieu, Jean Lapointe, Céline Bonnier, Claude Legault, Denis Bernard, Stéphane Jacques, Pierre-Paul Alain, Antoine L'Écuyer, Réal Bossé, Diane Langlois and none other than Canadiens legend Jean Beliveau. This movie will be about the Canadiens 100 years in the NHL."Pour toujours… les Canadiens” will have actual video's from games that the Canadiens had played in there history. Pour toujours... LES CANADIENS" will come to theaters on Christmas.

To watch the trailer for this movie visit:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdZEfaGSvac

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

CANADIENS KEY DATES TO REMEMBER IN THERE 2009-2010 SCHEDULE

Yesterday the NHL announced that they had released the 2009-2010 schedule. The Canadiens found out that on there season opener that they will be playing in toronto against the Leafs on October 1st. On October 17th Alex Kovalev will return to Montreal as a Senator.On November 28th in Montreal the Habs will be playing an outdoor game against the Capitals in the Olympic Stadium. On December 4th the Canadiens will be celebrating there 100th birthday against the Bruins in Montreal. In March, former Habs captain Saku Koivu will face Montreal for the first time as a Duck in Anaheim. The last date to remember is on April 11th when the Canadiens will close out there season against the Leafs in Montreal.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

HABS 2009-2010 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE

Thu Oct 1, 2009
Canadiens
Maple Leafs
7:00 PM


Sat Oct 3, 2009
Canadiens
Sabres
7:00 PM


Tue Oct 6, 2009
Canadiens
Flames
9:00 PM


Wed Oct 7, 2009
Canadiens
Canucks
10:00 PM


Sat Oct 10, 2009
Canadiens
Oilers
10:00 PM


Thu Oct 15, 2009
Avalanche
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Sat Oct 17, 2009
Senators
Canadiens
7:00 PM


Tue Oct 20, 2009
Thrashers
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Thu Oct 22, 2009
Islanders
Canadiens
7:00 PM


Sat Oct 24, 2009
Rangers
Canadiens
7:00 PM


Mon Oct 26, 2009
Islanders
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Wed Oct 28, 2009
Canadiens
Penguins
7:30 PM


Fri Oct 30, 2009
Canadiens
Blackhawks
8:30 PM


Sat Oct 31, 2009
Maple Leafs
Canadiens
7:00 PM


Tue Nov 3, 2009
Thrashers
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Thu Nov 5, 2009
Canadiens
Bruins
7:00 PM


Sat Nov 7, 2009
Lightning
Canadiens
7:00 PM


Tue Nov 10, 2009
Flames
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Thu Nov 12, 2009
Canadiens
Coyotes
9:00 PM


Sat Nov 14, 2009
Canadiens
Predators
8:00 PM


Tue Nov 17, 2009
Hurricanes
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Fri Nov 20, 2009
Canadiens
Capitals
7:00 PM


Sat Nov 21, 2009
Red Wings
Canadiens
7:00 PM


Tue Nov 24, 2009
Blue Jackets
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Wed Nov 25, 2009
Canadiens
Penguins
7:30 PM


Sat Nov 28, 2009
Capitals
Canadiens
7:00 PM


Tue Dec 1, 2009
Maple Leafs
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Thu Dec 3, 2009
Canadiens
Sabres
7:00 PM


Fri Dec 4, 2009
Bruins
Canadiens
8:00 PM


Mon Dec 7, 2009
Flyers
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Tue Dec 8, 2009
Canadiens
Senators
7:30 PM


Thu Dec 10, 2009
Penguins
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Sat Dec 12, 2009
Canadiens
Thrashers
7:00 PM


Mon Dec 14, 2009
Sabres
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Wed Dec 16, 2009
Canadiens
Devils
7:00 PM


Thu Dec 17, 2009
Wild
Canadiens
7:00 PM


Sat Dec 19, 2009
Canadiens
Islanders
7:00 PM


Mon Dec 21, 2009
Canadiens
Thrashers
7:00 PM


Wed Dec 23, 2009
Canadiens
Hurricanes
7:00 PM


Sat Dec 26, 2009
Canadiens
Maple Leafs
7:00 PM


Mon Dec 28, 2009
Canadiens
Senators
7:30 PM


Wed Dec 30, 2009
Canadiens
Lightning
7:00 PM


Thu Dec 31, 2009
Canadiens
Panthers
5:00 PM




Sun Jan 3, 2010
Sabres
Canadiens
3:00 PM


Tue Jan 5, 2010
Canadiens
Capitals
7:00 PM


Thu Jan 7, 2010
Panthers
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Sat Jan 9, 2010
Devils
Canadiens
7:00 PM


Thu Jan 14, 2010
Stars
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Sat Jan 16, 2010
Senators
Canadiens
7:00 PM


Sun Jan 17, 2010
Canadiens
Rangers
7:00 PM


Wed Jan 20, 2010
Blues
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Fri Jan 22, 2010
Canadiens
Devils
7:00 PM


Sat Jan 23, 2010
Rangers
Canadiens
7:00 PM


Tue Jan 26, 2010
Canadiens
Panthers
7:30 PM


Wed Jan 27, 2010
Canadiens
Lightning
7:30 PM


Sat Jan 30, 2010
Canadiens
Senators
2:00 PM


Tue Feb 2, 2010
Canucks
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Thu Feb 4, 2010
Canadiens
Bruins
7:00 PM


Sat Feb 6, 2010
Penguins
Canadiens
3:00 PM


Sun Feb 7, 2010
Bruins
Canadiens
3:00 PM


Wed Feb 10, 2010
Capitals
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Fri Feb 12, 2010
Canadiens
Flyers
7:00 PM


Sat Feb 13, 2010
Flyers
Canadiens
7:00 PM


Tue Mar 2, 2010
Canadiens
Bruins
7:00 PM


Thu Mar 4, 2010
Canadiens
Sharks
10:30 PM


Sat Mar 6, 2010
Canadiens
Kings
10:00 PM


Sun Mar 7, 2010
Canadiens
Ducks
8:00 PM


Tue Mar 9, 2010
Lightning
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Thu Mar 11, 2010
Oilers
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Sat Mar 13, 2010
Bruins
Canadiens
7:00 PM


Tue Mar 16, 2010
Canadiens
Rangers
7:00 PM


Sat Mar 20, 2010
Canadiens
Maple Leafs
7:00 PM


Mon Mar 22, 2010
Senators
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Wed Mar 24, 2010
Canadiens
Sabres
7:30 PM


Thu Mar 25, 2010
Panthers
Canadiens
7:30 PM


Sat Mar 27, 2010
Devils
Canadiens
7:00 PM


Wed Mar 31, 2010
Hurricanes
Canadiens
7:00 PM

Fri Apr 2, 2010
Canadiens
Flyers
7:00 PM


Sat Apr 3, 2010
Sabres
Canadiens
7:00 PM


Tue Apr 6, 2010
Canadiens
Islanders
7:00 PM


Thu Apr 8, 2010
Canadiens
Hurricanes
7:00 PM


Sat Apr 10, 2010
Maple Leafs
Canadiens
7:00 PM

CANADIENS SIGN LATENDRESS AND BELLE TO A 1 YEAR CONTRACTS

Today in Montreal Canadiens GM Bob Gainey announced that he has signed Latendresse and Belle to 1 year contracts. Latendresse will make $803,000 for the 2009-10 seson.Last season with Montreal in 56 games, Latendress had 14 goals and 12 assist for a total of 26 points. As for Swan Belle he registerd 13 points in 60 games in the AHL last season. The terms of his contract were not announced.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

CANADIENS GIVE MORE NEW COMERS JERSEY NUMBERS

Yesterday evening in Montreal, Canadiens GM Bob Gainey announced that he has given out jersey numbers to Spacek, Gionta, Mara, Gill and Moen. Jaroslav Spacek will wear the number 6 next season with Montreal. Which means that Kostopulus will not be back next season because he wore number 6. Brian Gionta will wear the number 14 next season with the Canadiens. Which probaly means that Plekanec will be traded. Paul Mara will wear number 32 on the Habs next season. Hal Gill will not wear number 2 because it's been retired. So he will wear number 75. The last player on Montreal that was given a number was Paul Mara. Mara will wear the number 22 next season.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

CANADIENS SIGN Engqvist TO A 3 YEAR DEAL

Today in Montreal Canadiens GM Bob Gainey announced that he had signed forward Andreas Engqvist to a 3 year contract.In 126 games in 3 seasons in the Swedish league, Engqvist had 15 goals, 17 assists and 44 penalty minutes. Engqvist is another peace to Canadiens puzzel of getting bigger and tougher.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

CANADIENS RE-SIGN CHIPCHURA TO A 1 YEAR CONTRACT ; TERMS ON MOENS CONTRACT HAVE BEEN RELEASED

This afternoon in Montreal, Canadiens GM Bob Gainey announced that he has re-signed forward Kyle Chipchura to a 1 year contract How much the contract was worth, has not been announced.Chipchura was selected, 18th overall in round 1 of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. Last season in Montreal,Kyle Chipchura played 13 games and got no goals and 3 assist. But in the AHL with the Hamilton Bulldogs,Kyle Chipchura had14 goals and 21 assistsfor atotal of 35 points in 51 games.

Travis Moen was signed to a 3 year contract yesterday by Canadiens GM Bob Gainey, and today he released the terms of the contract. The deal that Moen had signed is worth 4.5 million dollars for 3 seasons..

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

CANADIENS SIGN TRAVIS MOEN TO A 3 YEAR CONTRACT

Yesterday evening in Montreal, Canaadiens GM Bob Gainey announced that he has signed forward Travis Moen to a 3 year contract.Moen was selected in the 5th round by the Calgary Flames, 155th overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. "Travis Moen is a character player. He is versatile, and he plays hard. His size and style will contribute to adding physicality to our team," said general manager Bob Gainey told TSN in a statement. Last season with the Sharks, Travis Moen had 7 goals and 9 assist in 82 games for a total of 16 points.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

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CANDIENS SIGN PAUL MARA TO A 1 YEAR CONTRACT

Today in Montreal, Canadiens GM Bob Gainey announced that he has signed defensman Paul Mara to a 1 year contract."Paul Mara will bring size and experience to our group of defensemen. How much the contract is worth for that year has not been announced."He can contribute to all facets of the game," Gainey told TSN in a statement.In 76 games in the 08-09 season with New York Rangers, Paul Mara had 5 goals and 16 assists for a total of 21 points. Paul Mara also had 94 minutes in penalties.Mara was selected in the first round by the Tampa Bay Lightning, 7th overall at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. Mara will bring just what the Canadiens need next season which is size.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

DUCKS SIGN HABS CAPTAIN SAKU KOIVU TO A 1 YEAR 3.5 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT

Today in Anaheim, Ducks GM Bob Murray announced that he has signed Saku Koivu to a 1 year 3.5 Million dollar Contract."I'm very excited to join the Ducks this coming season," Koivu said in a statement. "I'm also looking forward to a full season with Teemu Selanne as a teammate." Saku Koivu has played with Montreal for 13 seasons and 9 seasons as captain. In those seasons he had played 792 games and has scored 191 goals with 450 assists."I enjoyed every moment there," Koivu said today in a telephone conference call from Finland.

"It's a great place to play hockey. Not an easy place always, but a very interesting place.I think and I know I'm a better person after these years. I've learned a lot from Montreal. I will never forget the years I spent there." Koivu was drafted by the Canadiens with the 21st overall pick in the 1993 NHL entry draft."Saku Koivu's character and leadership qualities are unquestioned," said general Manager Bob Murray in a team statement. "He is a skilled playmaker and we are thrilled to add him to our team."Now it's official Saku Koivu will no longer be the Canadiens captain as he joins the Ducks.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

Cammalleri And Comez get Jersey Numbers

Today in Montreal Mike Cammalleri and Scott Gomez chose there jersey numbers. Scott Gomez chose the number 91. As for Mike Cammalleri, he chose the number 13. Which means that Alex Tanguay will not re-sign with Montreal next season. You can tell that Tanguay won't sign because Mike Cammalleri has took his jersey number. Hal Gill, Brian Gionta and Jaroslav Spacek have yet to decide on a jersey number but I think they will chose there number in the next week or so.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

GAINEY ADDS GROULX AND PEARN TO HABS COACHING STAFF

Today in Montreal, Canadiens GM Bob Gainey announced that he has named his goalie coach Pierre Groulx and he named his other assistant coach Perry Pearn. With Pearn and Groulx being added to Habs coaching staff, this means that the Habs have finished adding people to his coaching staff. The Canadiens coaching staff included: Jacques Martin as head coach, Kirk Muller as a assitant coach,Perry Pearn the other assistant and Pierre Groulx as goalie coach. So now lets wait and see how the Canadiens will play next season with this coaching staff.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

KOVALEV LEAVES MONTREAL AND JOINS OTTAWA

ALEX KOVALEV UPDATE:

Today in Ottawa, Senators GM Brian Murray announced that he has signed Alex Kovalev to a 2 year $10 million contract. The Kovalev signing comes 1 day after the Habs fans were rallying outside of the Bell Center to keep Kovalev in Montreal."We hadn't agreed on the amount, but another player was willing to come and join our team," Canadiens GM Bob Gainey said. "So the dollars that we had allotted there for a particular position were grabbed up by another player." The Kovalev signing comes at a time when Sens GM Brian Murray was struggling to trade Dany Heatley. So now with Kovalev leaving Montreal who will be the HABS Captain? Scott Comez Perhaps.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

KOIVU,TANGUAY AND KOVALEV GET CONTRACT OFFERS

According to RDS, Saku Koivu has received offers from the Minnesota Wild, the New York Rangers and the New Jersey Devils.Alex Kovalev is receiving offers the Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens and the Washington Capitals. Tanguay has received offers from Montreal and Colaorado. So now the question is who will they sign with?

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

HABS SIGN 3 MORE PLAYERS

Yesterday in Montreal, Bob Gainey announced that he has signed forwards Mike Glumac and Mathieu Darche, as well as defenseman Alex Henry, to one-year, two-way contracts for the 2009-10 season. Last season Alex Henry played 2 games with the Canadiens and had no points and was a minus 2 player. But the Canadiens signed him not to score goals but to be a fighter and a tough guy like he was in the games he played last year. As for Glumac, he was the leading goal scorer of the Bulldogs in the AHL last season.As for Mathieu Darche, he led the Portland Pirates of the AHL in goals.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

KOIVU WILL NOT BE BACK NEXT SEASON WITH MONTREAL; MORE NEWS ON KOVALEV

This afternoon in Montreal, Canadiens GM Bob Gainey told Canadiens captain Saku Koivu that he will not be re-signed.Koivu was drafted 21^st overall in round 1 of the 1993 NHL entry draft. Koivu played 13 seasons with Montreal (11 seasons as Habs captain). In those seasons he had 191 goals and 450 assist for a total of 641 points with Montreal.“I had good conversation with Saku on Wednesday morning and I thanked him for everything. He was tremendous for us for a very long time, a special player,” said Gainey. “I have great memories of his time here and Saku was a great player for us. The time came for us as an organization to move on, create a new team with a new identity.”

So the big question is who will be the Habs next captain? It could be Kovalev if he re-signs with Montreal. Gainey talked about Kovalev today.“Both sides were interested in having Alex come back to Montreal, but we couldn’t come to terms in time,” said Gainey who had to move quickly as players were being signed in a hurry. “As it stands now, this would mark the end for Alex with the Canadiens.”

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

CANADIENS SIGN BRIAN GIONTA TO A 5 YEAR 25 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT

Tonight in Montreal, Canadiens GM Bob Gainey announced that he has signed Brian Gionta to a 5 year 25 million dollar contract. Last season in 81 games with the Devils,Gionta had 20 goals and 40 assists for a total of 60 points. Brian Gionta has won 1 Stanley Cup and that was with the Devils in 2003.Brian Gionta (right winger) was selected by the Devils 82nd overall in round number 3 in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. This is just the Habs 4th UFA that has been signed today. The other players who were signed today by Montreal was Mike Cammalleri to a five-year deal (worth $30-million),Jaroslav Spacek to a three year deal(Worth $11.5-million) and Hal Gill to a 2 year deal(Worth $4.5-million).

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

CANADIENS SIGN MIKE CAMMALLERI TO A 5 YEAR 30 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT

Today in Montreal, Habs GM Bob Gainey announced that he has signed Mike Cammalleri to a 5 year 30 million dollar contract.Cammalleri has posted 132 goals and 155 assists for a total of 287 points in 364 career games in the NHL. Now with the Canadiens landing Comez and Cammilleri the big question or shall I say the Science experiment is that how will they work together? That's a question that we will have to find out at the start of the 2009-2010 season.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

KOMISAREK SIGNS BUT WITH WHO?

Mike Komisarek Update:

Komisarek has signed with the Canadiens old time rivals the Maple Leafs.Komisarek was selected 7th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.Komisarek had 2 goals and 9 assists and an even rating in 66 games with the Montreal Canadiens last season. He also led Montreal in Hits and blocked shots.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

CANADIENS SIGN GILL TO A 2 YEAR 4.5 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT

This afternoon in Montreal, Canadiens GM Bob Gainey announced that he has signed defenseman Hal Gill to a 2 year 4.5 million dollar contract. Last season, Hal Gill won the Stanley cup with the Penguins. So the big question is why Montreal? "I think the time was right to join Montreal. The Canadiens always had a good organization," Gill said."I also decided to sign with Montreal because I always wanted to be on the home team playing in Montreal.Hal Gill had played 62 games last season with the Pens and had 2 goals and 8 assist for a total of 10 points. Now the Canadiens have signed 2 defensemen's so now it's time to add more forwards.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

CANDIENS SIGN SPACEK TO A 3 YEAR 11.5 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT

This afternoon in Montreal, Bob Gainey announced that he has signed defenseman Jaroslav Spacek to a 3 year 11.5 million dollar contract.Last season Spacek led the Buffalo Sabres defencemen in scoring with 45 points in 80 games which included 8 goals, 37 assists. Spacek played 14 seasons in the NHL and had a total of 25 points. In the 1998 draft the Florida Panthers drafted Spacek 117th overall in round 5. In my opinion the Canadiens have spent too much money on this player. This player is only worth 5 million dollors. But I think the Habs made the right choice to sign him. But like I said before he spent to much on him.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo