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4 days ago | 
si.com | Tyler Major-Mcnicol
Roger McQueen of the Western Hockey League's Brandon Wheat Kings has every tangible that an organization would seek in a first overall selection. The 18-year-old from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, stands six-foot-five, and weighs in at just under 200 pounds. McQueen is also a center, and if not for a back injury that limited his draft year to just 17 games, he may very well be in the conversation for the first overall selection.
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4 days ago | 
si.com | Tyler Major-Mcnicol
It wasn't all rosy for Montreal Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki to start the 2024-2025 season; it was a slow start, which kept him off Team Canada's squad at the mid-season Four Nations Face-Off. Looking back at it now, it was more important for Suzuki to shift his focus to steering the Habs' ship smoothly through the 82-game NHL regular season schedule.
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1 week ago | 
yardbarker.com | Tyler Major-Mcnicol
The Montreal Canadiens were sent home in five games at the hands of the Washington Capitals, but their loss doesn't spell out no playoff hockey in La Belle Province. Thanks to the Laval Rocket, the hockey-crazed locals can shift their focus to Laval.
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1 week ago | 
si.com | Tyler Major-Mcnicol
The Montreal Canadiens were sent home in five games at the hands of the Washington Capitals, but their loss doesn't spell out no playoff hockey in La Belle Province. Thanks to the Laval Rocket, the hockey-crazed locals can shift their focus to Laval. Kent Hughes will assuredly have a close eye on the Rocket and on two of the teams' young blueliners, who have the potential to crack a spot left open by David Savard's retirement.
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1 week ago | 
si.com | Tyler Major-Mcnicol
The first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs wrapped up on Sunday night, with the Winnipeg Jets booking the final ticket to the second round of the playoffs. With the results in hand, Canada's hope for a Stanley Cup to return home for the first time since 1993 remains intact. The Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Winnipeg Jets will look to keep the Canadian team flavor alive and well. McDavid and the Oilers will battle the Vegas Golden Knights.
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1 week ago | 
si.com | Tyler Major-Mcnicol
With the Montreal Canadiens' season officially over thanks to a 4-1 series loss against Alex Ovechkin and the Stanley Cup-hopeful Washington Capitals, the burning question is what went wrong for the Habs? You’d be hard-pressed to find a single soul who will argue the validity of the CH top line - captain Nick Suzuki, flanked by Cole Caufield and Juraj Slafkovsky on his wings. But a stone's throw away, you have a dramatically different picture.
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3 weeks ago | 
awinninghabit.com | Tyler Major-Mcnicol
Tyler Thorpe, Luke Tuch, and Florian Xhekaj are the CH that could use right now in the playoff matchup versus the big, physical Washington Capitals. Now that I have your attention, I intend to keep it for some real talk about the Laval Rocket, which have been a powerhouse in the American Hockey League.
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3 weeks ago | 
awinninghabit.com | Tyler Major-Mcnicol
Lane Hutson stole the show with two assists, and Ivan Demidov played under 12 minutes of ice time. Onto the next one we go. If the Montreal Canadiens, who haven’t sniffed anything come playoff time since 2021, weren’t excited about their looming first round matchup, Ivan Demidov cranks the excitement to richter scale-level numbers. Now, put him against the best Russian hockey player in NHL history Alex Ovechkin, and let the two studs separated by 20 years of age, battled it out for bragging rights.
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3 weeks ago | 
awinninghabit.com | Tyler Major-Mcnicol
Martin St. Louis has stapled Arber Xhekaj to the pressbox - likened to put a piece of meat right in front of a lion with steel bars separating it from the meal. Xhekaj is hungry, and the playoffs could be where he shows his appetite. It's no secret that the usage of Arber Xhekaj has been a sore spot on the overall team culture for the Montreal Canadiens, and Martin St Louis hasn't given any indication that it will improve.
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3 weeks ago | 
awinninghabit.com | Tyler Major-Mcnicol
No. 58's last playoff battle of his career is looming, and after it, he will depart into the sunset, leaving a gaping hole on the Habs' blueline. What an interesting storyline this sets up. Pascal Vincent has the Montreal Canadiens farm team operating like a nice classic v8, they are purring along, and have a real nasty edge. #Rocket Pascal Vincent on clinching first overall "I'm really proud of them. After the game, I told them that everyone did their job[...] and worked well together.
