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Le Club de Hockey Canadien de Montreal</subtitle><link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/" /><link rel="next" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false&amp;v=2" /><author><name>Curious Explorer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13122021644422501529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5L0rwRLKr0/S0mzXunb64I/AAAAAAAAAjI/9XvMPHpICsU/S220/andrebeauregard" /></author><generator version="7.00" uri="http://www.blogger.com">Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>74</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing" /><feedburner:info uri="mtlcanadiens-theyearofthering" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A0YMR3oycSp7ImA9WxJUF0U.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561378112191021696.post-648240163470796497</id><published>2009-07-16T20:05:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T20:06:26.499-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-16T20:06:26.499-04:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hPv637Aq7TRAOzBD9FZG07-MSw5Q"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  sign forward Latendresse and blue-liner Belle to one &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The Canadian Press -  MONTREAL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/b&gt; — The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; signed  forward Guillaume Latendresse and defenceman Shawn Belle to one-year deals  Wednesday. Latendresse scored 26 points &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hPv637Aq7TRAOzBD9FZG07-MSw5Q&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/734281.html"&gt;Sabres open against  &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Buffalo News - NY,  United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Mike Harrington The Buffalo Sabres will open the  2009-10 National Hockey League season on Saturday, Oct. 3, at 7 pm, when the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; visit &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/734281.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://canadiens.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=442670&amp;amp;page=NewsPage&amp;amp;service=page"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  announce 2009-10 schedule&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;canadiens.com  - Montreal,QC,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;MONTRÉAL&lt;/b&gt; -- The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  and the NHL today released the schedule for the 2009-10 season. For a ninth  consecutive year, the team will open the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://canadiens.nhl.com/team/app%3Farticleid%3D442670%26page%3DNewsPage%26service%3Dpage&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.thetimesnews.com/sports/winger-26613-hurricanes-kostopoulos.html"&gt;Hurricanes  sign winger Kostopoulos away from &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Burlington Times News - Burlington,NC,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kostopoulos,  30, joins the Hurricanes after two seasons with the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;.  He was second on the team with 167 hits and 106 penalty minutes during  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.thetimesnews.com/sports/winger-26613-hurricanes-kostopoulos.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl/article/2009-07-15/tanguay-drawing-interest-no-rush-sign"&gt;Tanguay  drawing interest, in no rush to sign&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;SportingNews.com - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tanguay, 29, who scored 16 goals  in 50 games for the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; last season, is one of the  highest-profile free agents still available. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl/article/2009-07-15/tanguay-drawing-interest-no-rush-sign&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl/article/2009-07-14/next-winter-classic-likely-its-fenway"&gt;Next  Winter Classic? Likely, it's in Fenway&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;SportingNews.com - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Earlier, the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; and Edmonton Oilers played outdoors in Edmonton on a cold and  frosty night. Fenway is baseball's oldest park, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl/article/2009-07-14/next-winter-classic-likely-its-fenway&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/turmoil-at-cit-could-ripple-through-nhl/article1217296/"&gt;Turmoil  at CIT could ripple through NHL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Globe  and Mail - Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has been an important lender to several,  including the Ottawa Senators, &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, New Jersey Devils and  Nashville Predators. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/turmoil-at-cit-could-ripple-through-nhl/article1217296/&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://thedartmouth.com/2009/07/14/sports/Hockey/"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/t8ROGQQQKisJ" border="0" height="53" width="80" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://thedartmouth.com/2009/07/14/sports/Hockey/"&gt;The  Dartmouth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://thedartmouth.com/2009/07/14/sports/Hockey/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, Boston Bruins draft Dartmouth players&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The Dartmouth - Hanover,NH,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joe Stejskal '11,  pictured here, was drafted by the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. If you are using  Internet Explorer, you may be viewing this article in all capitals.  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://thedartmouth.com/2009/07/14/sports/Hockey/&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/Habs+sign+Engqvist+year+deal/1787342/story.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  sign Andreas Engqvist to 3-year deal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/b&gt; -  The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; have signed Swedish forward Andreas Engqvist to a  three-year contract. Engqvist, 21, was an invitee at the team's &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.montrealgazette.com/Habs%2Bsign%2BEngqvist%2Byear%2Bdeal/1787342/story.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/Arsonist+sentenced+Canadiens+riot/1786915/story.html"&gt;Man  sentenced for taking part in &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; riot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The Gazette (Montreal) -  Quebec,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Catherine and Mackay Sts. after the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; defeated the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the division quarterfinals  in April 2008. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.montrealgazette.com/Arsonist%2Bsentenced%2BCanadiens%2Briot/1786915/story.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.reginapatshistory.com/2009/07/lamb-becomes-new-swift-current-coach.html"&gt;REGINA  PATS HISTORY: LAMB BECOMES NEW SWIFT CURRENT COACH &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Ron "Scoreboard" JOHNSTON &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He played  play just 27 games for the Flyers before he was traded to the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; for cash. He finished his career with four seasons in the  International Hockey League with the Houston Aeros and one in the Deutsche  Eishockey &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.reginapatshistory.com/" href="http://www.reginapatshistory.com/"&gt;REGINA PATS HISTORY -  http://www.reginapatshistory.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://nationalpasstime.blogspot.com/2009/07/not-killer.html"&gt;National  Passtime: Not Killer!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Jenn Casey  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; are in the middle of Extreme Team  Makeover... but I thought that they might try to keep a few players. One of the  players I thought they would make a bother to keep is Tom Kostopoulos. This is a  guy i've nicknamed &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://nationalpasstime.blogspot.com/" href="http://nationalpasstime.blogspot.com/"&gt;National Passtime -  http://nationalpasstime.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.lionsinwinter.ca/2009/07/2nd-montrealer-named-to-nhl-gm-post.html"&gt;Lions  in Winter: &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; (Habs) News and Commentary  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Topham &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today,  we get news that one Quebec-born GM will be replaced by another as  Rouyn-Noranda's (and Toronto's) Dale Tallon will be replaced by Stan Bowman, the  son of &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; legend Scotty. His connection to  &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; is even &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.lionsinwinter.ca/" href="http://www.lionsinwinter.ca/"&gt;Lions in  Winter: Montreal Canadiens... - http://www.lionsinwinter.ca/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://yourhabs.com/2009/07/14/pour-toujours-les-canadiens-the-movie/"&gt;Pour  Toujours… Les &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; The Movie | &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Justin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For Always...  &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. A poor translation, I know, but that is the title of the  upcoming movie staring many of your favorite &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  including.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://yourhabs.com/" href="http://yourhabs.com/"&gt;Montreal Canadiens Blog -  http://yourhabs.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2009/07/brothers-ken-and-dave-dryden.html"&gt;Greatest  Hockey Legends.com: Brothers: Ken and Dave Dryden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Joe Pelletier &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ken at the time was a late season  rookie call up who would later that year go on to lead the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; to the Stanley Cup. Buffalo coach Punch Imlach wanted a  brother-against-brother match up right from the opening faceoff.  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/" href="http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/"&gt;Greatest Hockey Legends.com -  http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.tkqlhce.com/oo82cA6wy-296z-CLNRMMQTPUR?target=_blank&amp;mouseover=Y"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2561378112191021696-648240163470796497?l=mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~4/JrQ7Z6Ka1NM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/feeds/648240163470796497/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2561378112191021696&amp;postID=648240163470796497" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/648240163470796497?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/648240163470796497?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~3/JrQ7Z6Ka1NM/canadiens-sign-forward-latendresse-and.html" title="" /><author><name>Curious Explorer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13122021644422501529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5L0rwRLKr0/S0mzXunb64I/AAAAAAAAAjI/9XvMPHpICsU/S220/andrebeauregard" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/2009/07/canadiens-sign-forward-latendresse-and.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A0YASX89cSp7ImA9WxJUF0U.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561378112191021696.post-6204452411280265797</id><published>2009-07-16T20:05:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T20:05:48.169-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-16T20:05:48.169-04:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/216092-travis-moen-signed-for-three-years"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/oVNRkuW0CNkJ" border="0" height="54" width="80" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/216092-travis-moen-signed-for-three-years"&gt;Bleacher  Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/216092-travis-moen-signed-for-three-years"&gt;Travis  Moen Signs Three-Year, $4.5 Million Deal with &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bleacher Report -  CA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by Elie Aintabi (Contributor) The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; and  General Manager Bob Gainey continued to reshape the face and defensive core of  Les Habitants today, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/216092-travis-moen-signed-for-three-years&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/216232-canadiens-player-profile-hal-gill"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/G7lZnCdw_o4J" border="0" height="54" width="80" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/216232-canadiens-player-profile-hal-gill"&gt;Bleacher  Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/216232-canadiens-player-profile-hal-gill"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  Player Profile: Hal Gill&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bleacher  Report - CA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the series continues, today we will be taking a  look at what Hal Gill brings to the table in his acquisition to the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/216232-canadiens-player-profile-hal-gill&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=436825"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; sign Kyle  Chipchura to a one-year contract&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;NHL.com - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; General Manager  Bob Gainey announced Saturday the signing of forward Kyle Chipchura to a  one-year contract for the 2009-10 season. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm%3Fid%3D436825&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/canadiens-sign-chipchura-to-one-year-deal/article1215308/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  sign Chipchura to one-year deal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Globe  and Mail - Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; continued their busy  week by signing forward Kyle Chipchura to a one-year contract Saturday. The move  comes a day after the &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/canadiens-sign-chipchura-to-one-year-deal/article1215308/&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/07/10/sp-paul-mara.html"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/cYVFLfaJJXMJ" border="0" height="45" width="80" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/07/10/sp-paul-mara.html"&gt;CBC.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/07/10/sp-paul-mara.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  add Moen, Mara&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;CBC.ca -  Toronto,Ontario,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Jeff Lewis/Associated Press) The &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; continued the dramatic makeover of their roster on Friday, signing  veterans Travis Moen and Paul Mara. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/07/10/sp-paul-mara.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/215627-canadiens-player-profile-brian-gionta"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/VIVhfsMSsMUJ" border="0" height="54" width="80" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/215627-canadiens-player-profile-brian-gionta"&gt;Bleacher  Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/215627-canadiens-player-profile-brian-gionta"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  Player Profile: Brian Gionta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bleacher  Report - CA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; Note to the reader: This is the second of a  series of articles reviewing the newly acquired players who have signed with the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/215627-canadiens-player-profile-brian-gionta&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.thefranchiseradio.net/2009/07/kyle-chipchura-signs-for-1-year-with-montreal-canadiens.html"&gt;THE  Franchise Radio.NET: Kyle Chipchura Signs for 1 Year With  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By  thefranchiseradio@yahoo.ca &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chipchura has been up and down in both his  NHL career and consistency and one would think that this is a make or break  season for the 6 foot 2 centreman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.thefranchiseradio.net/" href="http://www.thefranchiseradio.net/"&gt;THE Franchise Radio.NET -  http://www.thefranchiseradio.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.letsgokings.com/bbs/f34/sports_briefing_hockey_canadiens_sign_forward-122940.html"&gt;#NHL  Sports Briefing | Hockey: &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Sign Forward (AP) - Los  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By rinkrat &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kyle  Chipchura, 6-foot-2, 204-pound forward who signed a one-year contract with the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, had three assists and five penalty minutes in 13  regular-season games.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.letsgokings.com/bbs/" href="http://www.letsgokings.com/bbs/"&gt;Los  Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum - http://www.letsgokings.com/bbs/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/archive/2009/07/11/habs-ink-deal-with-chipchura.aspx"&gt;Habs  ink deal with Chipchura - Posted Sports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Erin Valois &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; signed  forward Kyle Chipchura to a one-year contract for the 2009-10 season on  Saturday. Last season, the 6-2, 204-pound centre had three assists and five  penalty minutes in 13 regular-season games with the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/default.aspx" href="http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/default.aspx"&gt;Posted  Sports -  http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://habs4ever.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/montreal-canadiens-alexei-kovalev-and-saku-koivu-wont-be-forgotten/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;: Alexei Kovalev and Saku Koivu Won't Be &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By habs4ever &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A lot happened with the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; since July 1st. New players came in the  organization,while other players to who we cheered night after night in front of  our television sets or at the Bell Centre went to other teams.  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://habs4ever.wordpress.com/" href="http://habs4ever.wordpress.com/"&gt;HABS 4 EVER -  http://habs4ever.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.yathehabsrule.com/2009/07/great-chat-on-course-with-captain-kirk.html"&gt;Ya!  The Habs Rule! - &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Fan Site: A great chat on  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Kevin aka "yathehabsrule"  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On this blog you will find mostly articles and commentary, etc. on  the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. From time to time I will be sharing lots of other  hockey related articles as well as ones I have on Bleacher Report (see my web  link). &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.yathehabsrule.com/" href="http://www.yathehabsrule.com/"&gt;Ya! 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Moen started last season  in Anaheim, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j95PNrp08WLhm2ZGayQNE7J2aTOgD99BRMKG0&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Capitals-sign-Morrison-Canadiens-continue-makeo?urn=nhl,175966"&gt;Capitals  sign Morrison; &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; continue makeover with Moen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Yahoo! Sports - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, meanwhile, continued their offseason makeover with a pretty great  signing: Travis Moen(notes), formerly of the San Jose Sharks, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Capitals-sign-Morrison-Canadiens-continue-makeo%3Furn%3Dnhl,175966&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/215683-canadiens-player-profile-mike-cammalleri"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/jLJusot39yMJ" border="0" height="54" width="80" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/215683-canadiens-player-profile-mike-cammalleri"&gt;Bleacher  Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/215683-canadiens-player-profile-mike-cammalleri"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  Player Profile: Mike Cammalleri&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bleacher Report - CA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These so far are not the  biggest names to be added to the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. The biggest splash  in the pool that is &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; is Mike Cammalleri, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/215683-canadiens-player-profile-mike-cammalleri&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=436749"&gt;Mara signs one-year deal with  &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;NHL.com -  USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; continued to add new faces Friday,  signing defenseman Paul Mara to a one-year contract. The 29-year-old native of  Ridgewood, NJ, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm%3Fid%3D436749&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/215487-player-profile-scott-gomez"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/FFsKl6TeI6MJ" border="0" height="54" width="80" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/215487-player-profile-scott-gomez"&gt;Bleacher  Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/215487-player-profile-scott-gomez"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  Player Profile: Scott Gomez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bleacher  Report - CA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gomez is not that big, but he will be the first line  center for the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. His salary was what was most spoken  about when he was acquired which &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/215487-player-profile-scott-gomez&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&amp;amp;sid=aJx3ZVXvQKrQ"&gt;Molsons  Will Pay C$633 Million for &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, La Presse Says&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bloomberg - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; League's  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, the team's arena and a concert-production unit, La  Presse newspaper reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news%3Fpid%3D20601082%26sid%3DaJx3ZVXvQKrQ&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.thefranchiseradio.net/2009/07/montreal-canadiens-ink-lw-travis-moen-to-3-year-deal.html"&gt;THE  Franchise Radio.NET: &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Ink LW Travis Moen to  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By  thefranchiseradio@yahoo.ca &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparently, it appears that Bob Gainey  wasn't quite finished signing players to bolster his 2009-10 roster. Gainey has  added toughness, size, grit and Stanley Cup experience in signing former San  Jose Shark, Travis Moen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.thefranchiseradio.net/" href="http://www.thefranchiseradio.net/"&gt;THE Franchise Radio.NET -  http://www.thefranchiseradio.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.scorespro.com/news/20090711/montreal-canadiens-sign-moen-and-mara.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Sign Moen and Mara - ScoresPro.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Ian P. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; signed two more  free agents as they inked forward Travis Moen to a three-year contract and  defenceman Paul Mara to a one-year deal on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.scorespro.com/news/" href="http://www.scorespro.com/news/"&gt;Sports News by ScoresPro.com -  http://www.scorespro.com/news/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://sports-guys.com/nhl/travis-moen-agrees-to-3-year-4-5-deal-with-montreal-canadiens/8012"&gt;Travis  Moen agrees to 3-year, $4.5 deal with &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By SPORT &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; have signed forward Travis Moen to a three-year  contract on Friday. See the original post here: Travis Moen agrees to 3-year,  $4.5 deal with &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://sports-guys.com/" href="http://sports-guys.com/"&gt;SPORTS-GUYS.com -  http://sports-guys.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://bruinsrumors.blogspot.com/2009/07/did-montreal-really-improve-that-much.html"&gt;Bruins  Rumors and News: Did &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; really improve that much?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Matt &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; had  a very disappointing 100th season by many standards. After the 2007-2008 season,  the Habs were supposed wins Lords Stanley Cup. The Habs spent this season  reassembling a team by signing and trading for major &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://bruinsrumors.blogspot.com/" href="http://bruinsrumors.blogspot.com/"&gt;Bruins Rumors and News -  http://bruinsrumors.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.lionsinwinter.ca/2009/07/paul-mara-gainey-raises-more-eyebrows.html"&gt;Lions  in Winter: &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; (Habs) News and Commentary  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Topham &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lions  in Winter: &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; (Habs) News and Commentary. Friday, July  10, 2009. Paul Mara: Gainey Raises More Eyebrows &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; Did the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; need to be overhauled? About this Hab Fan. Tobalev · Topham.  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&lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/hockey/other_nhl/view/20090709saku_koivu_leaves_montreal_canadiens/"&gt;Saku  Koivu leaves &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Boston Herald - United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Herald wire services  Two-time All-Star center Saku Koivu left the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; after 13  seasons and signed a one-year deal with the Anaheim Ducks &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/hockey/other_nhl/view/20090709saku_koivu_leaves_montreal_canadiens/&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=267782&amp;amp;sc=99"&gt;With NHL's  Eastern &lt;b&gt;Canadian&lt;/b&gt; teams, it's all about change&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Charlottetown, The Guardian - Charlottetown,Prince Edward  Island,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OTTAWA — Imagine the following possible scenario for a  diehard &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; fan: Into the Bell Centre one night come the  Ottawa Senators and Alex &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm%3Fsid%3D267782%26sc%3D99&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/blood+between+Habs+Kovalev/1767606/story.html"&gt;No  bad blood between &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; and Alex Kovalev&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The  ex-&lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadien&lt;/b&gt; is bound for Ottawa after signing a two-year deal  with the Senators. &lt;b&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/b&gt; - The popular story about Alex Kovalev's  negotiations &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.montrealgazette.com/blood%2Bbetween%2BHabs%2BKovalev/1767606/story.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/08/AR2009070802976.html"&gt;Koivu  leaves &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; for the Ducks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Washington Post - United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; Veteran  center Saku Koivu joined the Anaheim Ducks on a one-year contract Wednesday  after playing 13 seasons in the NHL with the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;.  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/08/AR2009070802976.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tv20detroit.com/sports/50247272.html"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/2UhCNrLQvQYJ" border="0" height="60" width="80" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tv20detroit.com/sports/50247272.html"&gt;My TV20  Detroit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.tv20detroit.com/sports/50247272.html"&gt;Wings Sign  Janik&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;My TV20 Detroit -  Detroit,MI,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Janik, 29, appeared in 13 games for the Dallas Stars  and two games for the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; in 2008-09. He finished the  season with one assist and four &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.tv20detroit.com/sports/50247272.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/rumors/post/Canadiens-lose-Saku-Koivu-to-Ducks?urn=nhl,175462"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  lose Saku Koivu to Ducks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Yahoo! Sports  - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saku Koivu(notes) ended his 13-year run with the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; when the free agent center signed one-year, $3.25 million contract  with the Ducks, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/rumors/post/Canadiens-lose-Saku-Koivu-to-Ducks%3Furn%3Dnhl,175462&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.milehighhockey.com/2009/7/8/941894/top-avs-of-all-time-2-patrick-roy"&gt;Top  Avs Of All Time: #2 Patrick Roy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Mile  High Hockey - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That was enough for the &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; to call up  Roy to the NHL the next season, where he put in an era-respectable .875 save  percentage and 3.35 GAA. &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.milehighhockey.com/2009/7/8/941894/top-avs-of-all-time-2-patrick-roy&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://hockeyjabber.com/2009/07/08/times-are-changing/"&gt;Times are changing  « Hockey Jabber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;By captainburrows  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;News broke today that Saku Koivu signed a 1-year contract with the  Anaheim Ducks, ending his 13 year career with the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;.  Koivu was captain in &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; for 9 of those 13 season (the second  longest tenure. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://hockeyjabber.com/" href="http://hockeyjabber.com/"&gt;Hockey Jabber -  http://hockeyjabber.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://habsinsideout.com/main/20890"&gt;Saku heads west to Ducks | Habs  Inside/Out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;By Mike Boone  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; play in a league that abolishes  the salary cap and/or players play for free, then yes, I will take a younger and  more defensively responsible Scott Gomez, albeit grudgingly because of some of  his own &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://habsinsideout.com/main/feed.xml" href="http://habsinsideout.com/main/feed.xml"&gt;Habs Inside/Out -  http://habsinsideout.com/main/feed.xml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://eljournal.com/content/nhl-free-agents-saku-koivu-signs-anaheim-ducks-leaves-montreal-canadiens"&gt;NHL  free agents: Saku Koivu signs with Anaheim Ducks, leaves &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;By admin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NHL free agents: Saku Koivu  signs with Anaheim Ducks, leaves &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. Submitted by admin  on Wed, 07/08/2009 - 12:05pm. ESPN · NHL. Saku Koivu, the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;' longtime captain and fan favorite, signed with the Anaheim  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://eljournal.com/" href="http://eljournal.com/"&gt;el Journal - Spanish  news, blogs... - http://eljournal.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.lionsinwinter.ca/2009/07/dont-call-us-well-call-you-other.html"&gt;Lions  in Winter: &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; (Habs) News and Commentary: &lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.lionsinwinter.ca/2009/07/dont-call-us-well-call-you-other.html"&gt;...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;By Topham &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While  it is regrettable that we had to part, one can only say that many of them will  still look back and have the memory that most of you and I don't have – that of  donning the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; sweater for real. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.lionsinwinter.ca/" href="http://www.lionsinwinter.ca/"&gt;Lions in Winter: Montreal Canadiens... -  http://www.lionsinwinter.ca/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090708/BREAKING02/90708041/-1/RSS01?source=rss_breaking"&gt;NHL:  Saku Koivu leaves &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; to join Anaheim Ducks &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ANAHEIM, Calif. — Saku Koivu has left the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  after 13 seasons to join the Anaheim Ducks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/" href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/"&gt;Honolulu Advertiser - Breaking news -  http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 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&lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20090707_NHL___Kovalev_signs_with_Senators_after_no_deal_with_Canadiens.html"&gt;NHL:  Kovalev signs with Senators after no deal with &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Philadelphia Inquirer -  Philadelphia,PA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AP Winger Alex Kovalev, 36, signed a two-year, $10  million deal yesterday with the Ottawa Senators, leaving the rival &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; after nearly five &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20090707_NHL___Kovalev_signs_with_Senators_after_no_deal_with_Canadiens.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.bradenton.com/sports/story/1556830.html"&gt;Wade will stay if Heat  contend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bradenton Herald - FL, United  States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SENATORS — Alex Kovalev signed a two-year, $10 million deal  with Ottawa, leaving the rival &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; after parts of five  seasons. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.bradenton.com/sports/story/1556830.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1764454"&gt;Rangers sign  Higgins to new deal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;National Post -  Toronto,Ontario,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Higgins, 26, was acquired by the Rangers on  June 30 from the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; in the deal that sent veteran  centreman Scott Gomez to the Habs. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html%3Fid%3D1764454&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1765271"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  offered identical deal for Kovalev&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few hours after  Kovalev agreed to a two-year, US$10-million contract with the Senators, word  came down from the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;' front office that &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html%3Fid%3D1765271&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/ny-sprang0712947875jul06,0,1763740.story"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/G7AnTbXgrd8J" border="0" height="52" width="80" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/ny-sprang0712947875jul06,0,1763740.story"&gt;Newsday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/ny-sprang0712947875jul06,0,1763740.story"&gt;Higgins  signs one-year, $2.25&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Newsday - Long  Island,NY,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chris Higgins of the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; skates  during their NHL game against the Columbus Blue Jackets on November 7, 2008 at  Nationwide Arena in Columbus, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/ny-sprang0712947875jul06,0,1763740.story&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/want+Kovy+fans+plead/1763430/story.html"&gt;We  want Kovy, fans plead&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The Gazette  (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By mid-afternoon yesterday more than 200  die-hard &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; fans gathered in front of the Bell Centre  with one recurring chant: They were mainly &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.montrealgazette.com/want%2BKovy%2Bfans%2Bplead/1763430/story.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=434556"&gt;Leafs sign Beauchemin to  three-year deal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;NHL.com -  USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beauchemin was a 1998 third-round pick of the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, but played just one game for them and was waived and claimed by  the Columbus Blue Jackets &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm%3Fid%3D434556&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.calgaryherald.com/Canadiens+ties+with+Alexei+Kovalev/1764511/story.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  cut ties with Alexei Kovalev&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Calgary  Herald - AB, Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; right-winger Alexei  Kovalev acknowledges the &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; fans during a 2008 NHL playoff game.  &lt;b&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/b&gt; — Forward Alexei Kovalev's days in &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.calgaryherald.com/Canadiens%2Bties%2Bwith%2BAlexei%2BKovalev/1764511/story.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Kovalev-snagged-by-Senators-Burke-adds-Ducks-de?urn=nhl,174963"&gt;Kovalev  snagged by Senators; Burke adds Ducks defenseman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Yahoo! Sports - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Greg Wyshynski A few moves of  note this afternoon, all involving the Toronto Maple Leafs and &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; in one way or another. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Kovalev-snagged-by-Senators-Burke-adds-Ducks-de%3Furn%3Dnhl,174963&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hxvRB5Z9F9AN6KdoyZCLYiBmwD_AD9994GAG0"&gt;Rangers  agree to terms with LW Higgins on new deal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The Associated Press&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; agreed to terms with  Chris Higgins, a restricted free agent acquired last week in a six-player trade  that sent Scott Gomez to the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hxvRB5Z9F9AN6KdoyZCLYiBmwD_AD9994GAG0&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://truhst.com/blog-news/kovalev-leaves-canadiens-to-join-sens-ap"&gt;Kovalev  leaves &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; to join Sens (AP) | Truhst&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Yahoo! Sports - Top News &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Kovalev signed a  two-year, $10 million deal Monday with the Ottawa Senators, leaving the rival  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; after parts of five seasons. Kovalev, a 16-season NHL  veteran, led &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; with 26 goals and 65 points last season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://truhst.com/" href="http://truhst.com/"&gt;Truhst - http://truhst.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://communities.canada.com/shareit/blogs/soundoff/archive/2009/07/06/436777.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  cut ties with Alexei Kovalev - Soundoff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By soundoff &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Forward Alexei Kovalev's days in  &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; appear to officially be over. &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; general  manager Bob Gainey said Monday on radio station CJAD, the club's  English-language play-by-play rights-holder, that the unrestricted  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://communities.canada.com/shareit/blogs/soundoff/default.aspx" href="http://communities.canada.com/shareit/blogs/soundoff/default.aspx"&gt;Soundoff  - http://communities.canada.com/shareit/blogs/soundoff/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://habs4ever.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/alex-kovalev-wont-be-back-with-the-canadiens/"&gt;Alex  Kovalev won't be back with the &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; « HABS 4 EVER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By habs4ever &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This morning spoke to  &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; radio station CJAD on Monday where he restated the comments he  made last week about Kovalev not coming back with the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;.  They made him an offer last week but he took too long to consider  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://habs4ever.wordpress.com/" href="http://habs4ever.wordpress.com/"&gt;HABS 4 EVER -  http://habs4ever.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://hockeyblog-kev.blogspot.com/2009/07/canadiens-sign-forward-darche-re-sign.html"&gt;Hockey  Blog: &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Sign Forward Darche, Re-Sign Glumac &amp;amp;  Henry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By kev &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; made some depth signings on Thursday by signing left wing Mathieu  Darche to a one-year, two-way contract and re-signing right wing Mike Glumac and  defenseman Alex Henry to one-year, two-way contracts. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://hockeyblog-kev.blogspot.com/" href="http://hockeyblog-kev.blogspot.com/"&gt;Hockey Blog -  http://hockeyblog-kev.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/soundoff/archive/2009/07/06/308359.aspx"&gt;Ex-Hab  Alex Kovalev headed to Senators - Soundoff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By soundoff &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; fan for years,  sometimes I think someones gonna yell "April Fools" &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;. July 06,  2009. 6:04 PM. Pollywog7. The last few weeks have seemed like a horrible dream  with nothing but bad news in the press about the Habs. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/soundoff/default.aspx" href="http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/soundoff/default.aspx"&gt;Soundoff  -  http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/soundoff/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.tkqlhce.com/oo82cA6wy-296z-CLNRMMQTPUR?target=_blank&amp;mouseover=Y"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2561378112191021696-5062019911124478334?l=mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~4/9K3NEBwOniY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/feeds/5062019911124478334/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2561378112191021696&amp;postID=5062019911124478334" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/5062019911124478334?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/5062019911124478334?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~3/9K3NEBwOniY/nhl-kovalev-signs-with-senators-after.html" title="" /><author><name>Curious Explorer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13122021644422501529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5L0rwRLKr0/S0mzXunb64I/AAAAAAAAAjI/9XvMPHpICsU/S220/andrebeauregard" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/2009/07/nhl-kovalev-signs-with-senators-after.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUAEQ3Y-eSp7ImA9WxJVF00.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561378112191021696.post-8475574358852612489</id><published>2009-07-04T06:34:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-04T06:35:02.851-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-04T06:35:02.851-04:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" width="80" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/211648-new-faces-new-questions-my-new-montreal-canadiens-review"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/CnMcfbhfL08J" border="0" width="80" height="54" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/211648-new-faces-new-questions-my-new-montreal-canadiens-review"&gt;Bleacher  Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/211648-new-faces-new-questions-my-new-montreal-canadiens-review"&gt;New  Faces, New Questions. My "New" &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Review.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bleacher Report - CA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He won't surpass  Jean Beliveau as the longest running &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; captain but  somehow I think management would not have allowed it. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/211648-new-faces-new-questions-my-new-montreal-canadiens-review&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://canadiens.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;amp;page=NewsPage&amp;amp;articleid=433430"&gt;40  players to take part in the &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Development Camp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;canadiens.com -  Montreal,QC,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/b&gt; --The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  announced today that 40 prospects will participate in the team's annual  development camp from July 6-12, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://canadiens.nhl.com/team/app/%3Fservice%3Dpage%26page%3DNewsPage%26articleid%3D433430&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2009/7/3/936804/komisareks-a-leaf-montreal-deal"&gt;Komisarek's  a Leaf, &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;: Deal With It&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Pension Plan Puppets - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; stop because  otherwise I take pity on all of its paying customers just like I take pity on  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; fans for being oxygen starved in the womb.  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2009/7/3/936804/komisareks-a-leaf-montreal-deal&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=433263"&gt;Higgins excited about joining  Rangers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;NHL.com - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By John  McGourty - NHL.com Staff Writer Lifelong &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; fan Chris  Higgins is "as excited as I've heard anyone about getting traded here," New  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm%3Fid%3D433263&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.rotorob.com/2009/07/03/ice-chips-free-agency-recap/"&gt;NHL Free  Agency Report | RotoRob&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Mike Chen  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; have remade themselves…sort of.  Remember that notion that the Habs were undersized but talented? Um, well…Chris  Higgins takes flight in exchange for Gomez, then the Habs sign Mike Cammalleri  and Brian Gionta. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.rotorob.com/" href="http://www.rotorob.com/"&gt;RotoRob -  http://www.rotorob.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.themudflats.net/2009/07/03/what-is-sarah-palin-thinking-one-alaskans-perspective/"&gt;The  Mudflats » What is Sarah Palin Thinking? One Alaskan's Perspective&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By akmuckraker &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The former New York Ranger  Center is headed to to the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;…The Rangers have been  trying to trade Gomez since their season ended. The 29 year old Alaskan whose  career high point total was 84 in 2005-06 with the New Jersey  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.themudflats.net/" href="http://www.themudflats.net/"&gt;The  Mudflats - http://www.themudflats.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://mapleleafshotstove.com/index.php/2009/07/03/new-priority-target-barker-versteeg/"&gt;New  Priority: Target Barker, Versteeg : Maple Leafs Hot Stove&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Ron Guillet &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But hey, at the end of the  day it doesn't really matter because I'll still wake up every morning knowing  that the Leafs are going to completely manhandle the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;'  Fellowship of the Midgets next season. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://mapleleafshotstove.com/" href="http://mapleleafshotstove.com/"&gt;Maple Leafs Hot Stove -  http://mapleleafshotstove.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.waytooloud.com/2009/07/04/propagandhi-jord-samolesky/"&gt;Way Too  Loud! &gt; Propagandhi - Jord Samolesky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Luke &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My mom's side of the family are French Canadian  and all Habs (&lt;b&gt;Montréal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;) fans and they couldn't stand me 'cuz I  was youngest of all the cousins and here I am, a snotty kid cheering for an  American team and they couldn't &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.waytooloud.com/" href="http://www.waytooloud.com/"&gt;Way Too Loud -  http://www.waytooloud.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/27102-The-Straight-Edge-Delivering-a-digital-draft-dream.html"&gt;The  Hockey News: The Straight Edge: The Straight Edge: Delivering  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;But with the 199th pick in the draft, the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; called out what would be their second-last selection  of 2009: from the Indiana Ice of the USHL, center Mike Cichy. Related Links.  More 'The Straight Edge' columns &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.thehockeynews.com/" href="http://www.thehockeynews.com/"&gt;The Hockey News -  http://www.thehockeynews.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.tkqlhce.com/oo82cA6wy-296z-CLNRMMQTPUR?target=_blank&amp;mouseover=Y"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2561378112191021696-8475574358852612489?l=mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~4/lAqEwqf-RIg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/feeds/8475574358852612489/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2561378112191021696&amp;postID=8475574358852612489" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/8475574358852612489?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/8475574358852612489?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~3/lAqEwqf-RIg/bleacher-report-new-faces-new-questions.html" title="" /><author><name>Curious Explorer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13122021644422501529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5L0rwRLKr0/S0mzXunb64I/AAAAAAAAAjI/9XvMPHpICsU/S220/andrebeauregard" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/2009/07/bleacher-report-new-faces-new-questions.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUEBSH88cCp7ImA9WxJVF00.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561378112191021696.post-6225749306005312300</id><published>2009-07-04T06:34:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-04T06:34:19.178-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-04T06:34:19.178-04:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://elvishasleft.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/montreal-canadiens-apparently-last-people-on-earth-who-still-think-scott-gomez-is-good/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Apparently Last People On Earth Who Still Think  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Dan Hopper  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Apparently Last People On Earth Who Still  Think Scott Gomez Is Good. By Dan Hopper. Rangers GM Glen Sather is whitewashing  a fence. Glen Sather: Dag nabbit. How'm I gon get ridduh this here Scott Gomez?  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://elvishasleft.wordpress.com/" href="http://elvishasleft.wordpress.com/"&gt;Elvis Has Left -  http://elvishasleft.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.lionsinwinter.ca/2009/07/gainey-gets-his-centre.html"&gt;Lions in  Winter: &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; (Habs) News and Commentary  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By noreply@blogger.com  (Topham) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They were never to play for the &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, so trade  chips for the league, they might as well be. But just switching Higgins to the  throw-in, from McDonagh puts it all in a new light for me. It's hot prospect for  top centre. Fine. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.lionsinwinter.ca/" href="http://www.lionsinwinter.ca/"&gt;Lions in  Winter: Montreal Canadiens... - http://www.lionsinwinter.ca/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://nhl-hockeybetting.com/1996/sports-hockey-news/nhl-hockey-news/rangers-trade-gomez-to-canadiens-in-6-player-deal/"&gt;NHL  Hockey Betting » Blog Archive » Rangers trade Gomez to &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By admin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gomez was sent to  &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; with minor leaguers Tom Pyatt, a forward, and defenseman Mike  Busto. Along with Higgins, the Rangers received defensemen Ryan McDonagh and  Pavel Valentenko from the &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://nhl-hockeybetting.com/" href="http://nhl-hockeybetting.com/"&gt;NHL Hockey Betting -  http://nhl-hockeybetting.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://national-hockey-league-nhl.suite101.com/article.cfm/gomez_traded_to_canadiens_higgins_to_rangers"&gt;Gomez  Traded to &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, Higgins to Rangers: Bob Gainey Makes a  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;The only difference, however, will be the club  they represent, as Gomez and Higgins headlined a seven-player swap between the  New York Rangers and &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; on the eve of free agency.  Joining Gomez from the Rangers' side are &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.suite101.com/sports/" href="http://www.suite101.com/sports/"&gt;Suite101: Sports Articles -  http://www.suite101.com/sports/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://duelingcouches.blogspot.com/2009/07/rangers-trade-gomez-to-canadiens.html"&gt;DUELING  COUCHES: Rangers Trade Gomez To &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Dueling Couches &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Scott Gomez' brief New York tenure  ended yesterday when the star center was traded by the Rangers to the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; as part of a six-player deal. The key player coming  back to New York is forward Chris Higgins, a Long Island &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://duelingcouches.blogspot.com/" href="http://duelingcouches.blogspot.com/"&gt;DUELING COUCHES -  http://duelingcouches.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://blog.mlive.com/snapshots/2009/07/while_red_wings_did_their_best.html"&gt;While  Red Wings did their best to retain Hossa, Blackhawks &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By George James Malik &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think that the  current scuttlebutt about Marian Hossa going to the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  per the Puck Daddy chat makes more sense than Hossa heading to Chicago given  that the Hawks have to re-sign Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews in short  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://blog.mlive.com/snapshots/" href="http://blog.mlive.com/snapshots/"&gt;Snapshots -  http://blog.mlive.com/snapshots/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.thescriptpoint.com/2009/06/canadiens-secure-gomez-in-seven-player-trade-with-rangers-the-guardian/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  secure Gomez in seven-player trade with Rangers - The &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By admin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; secure Gomez in  seven-player trade with Rangers - The Guardian &lt;b&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/b&gt;, June 30  (Reuters) - The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; acquired Scott Gomez, and his sizeable  contract, from the New York Rangers in a seven-player trade on Tuesday.  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.thescriptpoint.com/" href="http://www.thescriptpoint.com/"&gt;The  Script Point - http://www.thescriptpoint.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.albumgrab.com/sports-central/48837-gomer-goner.html"&gt;Gomer a  goner - Albumgrab&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By kNoWmAn  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Getting a jump on the free agent market, the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; moved to secure their centre ice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.albumgrab.com/" href="http://www.albumgrab.com/"&gt;Albumgrab -  http://www.albumgrab.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.tkqlhce.com/oo82cA6wy-296z-CLNRMMQTPUR?target=_blank&amp;mouseover=Y"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2561378112191021696-6225749306005312300?l=mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~4/GicuSO3tph4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/feeds/6225749306005312300/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2561378112191021696&amp;postID=6225749306005312300" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/6225749306005312300?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/6225749306005312300?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~3/GicuSO3tph4/montreal-canadiens-apparently-last.html" title="" /><author><name>Curious Explorer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13122021644422501529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5L0rwRLKr0/S0mzXunb64I/AAAAAAAAAjI/9XvMPHpICsU/S220/andrebeauregard" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/2009/07/montreal-canadiens-apparently-last.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUEGQn89eyp7ImA9WxJVF00.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561378112191021696.post-6763998390149732186</id><published>2009-07-04T06:33:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-04T06:33:43.163-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-04T06:33:43.163-04:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/soundoff/archive/2009/06/30/304770.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; trade Higgins for Gomez - Soundoff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By soundoff &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The online source for &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; news,  business, sports, entertainment, classified ads, horoscopes, weather, local news  and more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/soundoff/default.aspx" href="http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/soundoff/default.aspx"&gt;Soundoff  -  http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/soundoff/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.flyersfancentral.com/2009/07/rangers-ship-gomez-contract-to-montreal/"&gt;Rangers  ship Gomez, contract to &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; | Flyers Fan Central&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Mike &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez's brief New York  tenure ended yesterday when the star center was traded by the Rangers to the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; as part of a six-player deal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.flyersfancentral.com/" href="http://www.flyersfancentral.com/"&gt;Flyers Fan Central -  http://www.flyersfancentral.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://7kl.net/rangers-trade-gomez-to-canadiens-in-6-player-deal-ap-15478.html"&gt;Rangers  trade Gomez to &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; in 6-player deal (AP) | 7KLnet News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By 7KLnewsbot &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rangers trade Gomez to  &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; in 6-player deal (AP). By 7KLnewsbot on July 1, 2009. AP -  Scott Gomez's brief New York tenure ended Tuesday when the star center was  traded by the Rangers to the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; as part of a  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://7kl.net/" href="http://7kl.net/"&gt;7KLnet News - http://7kl.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://economicsmajor.quebecblogue.com/2009/06/30/the-monitor-sports-habs-%D0%92lite-kirkland-natal-as-outstrip-choice/"&gt;economics  major » Archive du blog » The Monitor &gt; Sports &gt; Habs  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By economicsmajor  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two years ago the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; had the opening to choice  shape progression Angelo Esposito in the outstanding globe-shaped, but opted as  contrasted with as a amenities to American-born defenseman Ryan McDonough with  the 12th gross &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://economicsmajor.quebecblogue.com/" href="http://economicsmajor.quebecblogue.com/"&gt;economics major -  http://economicsmajor.quebecblogue.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://topics.oneriot.com/rangers-trade-gomez-for-higgins"&gt;OneRiot.com -  Rangers Trade Gomez for Higgins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  Traded Higgins For Gomez. The &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; traded veteran winger Christopher  Higgins to the New York Rangers Tuesday as part of a seven-body swap that will  bring impact centre. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.oneriot.com/" href="http://www.oneriot.com/"&gt;OneRiot Hot Topics  - http://www.oneriot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://tbsportsblog.com/2009/07/vinny-a-bolt-for-life-team-focuses-on-free-agency.html"&gt;Vinny  a Bolt for Life, Team Focuses on Free Agency - JC De La &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;The clock struck midnight on the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, Los Angeles  Kings and other suitors of the Tampa Bay Lightning's team captain Vincent  Lecavalier. The superstar's no movement clause kicked in today and likely  guaranteeing the player &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://tbsportsblog.com/" href="http://tbsportsblog.com/"&gt;JC De La Torre's  Tampa Bay Sports Blog - http://tbsportsblog.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://shiftsandsets.blogspot.com/2009/07/okay-im-going-to-get-sappy-for-second.html"&gt;Shifts  and Sets: okay, I'm going to get sappy for a second here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Eternal Pessimist &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know I say I'm a  fan of the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, but in truth, right now, I'm a fan of the  guys on the ice. It may sound like a slight difference, but it's totally  different as I'm sitting here, less than one hour away from when most  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://shiftsandsets.blogspot.com/" href="http://shiftsandsets.blogspot.com/"&gt;Shifts and Sets -  http://shiftsandsets.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.tkqlhce.com/oo82cA6wy-296z-CLNRMMQTPUR?target=_blank&amp;mouseover=Y"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2561378112191021696-6763998390149732186?l=mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~4/29UG1v9UmTc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/feeds/6763998390149732186/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2561378112191021696&amp;postID=6763998390149732186" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/6763998390149732186?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/6763998390149732186?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~3/29UG1v9UmTc/montreal-canadiens-trade-higgins-for.html" title="" /><author><name>Curious Explorer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13122021644422501529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5L0rwRLKr0/S0mzXunb64I/AAAAAAAAAjI/9XvMPHpICsU/S220/andrebeauregard" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/2009/07/montreal-canadiens-trade-higgins-for.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUIMSH8_fyp7ImA9WxJVF00.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561378112191021696.post-5470293100268959834</id><published>2009-07-04T06:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-04T06:33:09.147-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-04T06:33:09.147-04:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://emosewami.com/?p=12112"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; acquire Scott  Gomez from New York Rangers &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By admin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; acquire Scott Gomez  from New York Rangers. The &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; acquired center Scott Gomez from the  Rangers in exchange for winger Chris Higgins. This entry was posted on Tuesday,  June 30th, 2009 at 2:21 pm and is filed &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://emosewami.com/" href="http://emosewami.com/"&gt;emosewami | imawesome -  http://emosewami.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/archive/2009/06/30/eastern-conference-free-agency-preview.aspx"&gt;Eastern  Conference free agency preview - Posted Sports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Noah Love &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Photo: Either Saku Koivu (R) or Alex  Kovalev likely won't be back with the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; next season.  REUTERS/Christinne Muschi). NHL free agency kicks off on Wednesday. Here is a  look at some of the key free agents from the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/default.aspx" href="http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/default.aspx"&gt;Posted  Sports -  http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/glr/comments/thoughts_on_gomez_trade/"&gt;KuklasKorner  : Goal Line Report : Thoughts on Gomez trade?/Update&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Patrick Hoffman &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; have  acquired centre Scott Gomez, winger Tom Pyatt and defenceman Mike Busto from the  New York Rangers in exchange for winger Chris Higgins and defensemen Ryan  McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php" href="http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php"&gt;Kuklas Korner -  http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://njmg.typepad.com/rangersblog/2009/06/gomez-to-montreal.html"&gt;Ranger  Rants: Gomez to &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By  Andrew Gross &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Rangers have just confirmed that they have traded  center Scott Gomez to the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; for Chris Higgins, a  26-year-old left wing who had 12 goals and 11 assists in 57 games last season.  Higgins is a restricted free...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://njmg.typepad.com/rangersblog/" href="http://njmg.typepad.com/rangersblog/"&gt;Ranger Rants -  http://njmg.typepad.com/rangersblog/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.tosports.ca/?p=5332"&gt;Free Agent Frenzy- Part I : T.O.  Sports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By The Captain &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If the  Sedin Twins sign with the Vancouver Canucks than Edmonton Oilers will feel  pressure to add more scoring, if Mike Komisarek signs with the New York  Islanders, then the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; will have to look elsewhere to  replace him. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.tosports.ca/" href="http://www.tosports.ca/"&gt;TO Sports -  http://www.tosports.ca/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.thefranchiseradio.net/2009/06/mike-komisarek-to-test-free-agency-canadiens-can-match.html"&gt;THE  Franchise Radio.NET: Mike Komisarek to Test Free Agency &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By thefranchiseradio@yahoo.ca &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According  to an article at RDS Komisarek's agent has apparently confirmed to the media  that the young defenceman has refused the contract offer extended to him by the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; and would like to see what he could fetch on the  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.thefranchiseradio.net/" href="http://www.thefranchiseradio.net/"&gt;THE Franchise Radio.NET -  http://www.thefranchiseradio.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.antidna.com/let-the-spending-begin-scott-gomez-traded-to-montreal/"&gt;antiDNA.com  » Let the Spending Begin: Scott Gomez Traded to &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By blaha &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Give Rangers general manager  Glen Sather credit; he found somebody take on one of the team's ugly contracts  when he sent Scott Gomez to the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; for Chris Higgins on  Tuesday afternoon. Gomez, 29, signed a seven-year, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.antidna.com/" href="http://www.antidna.com/"&gt;antiDNA.com - http://www.antidna.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://gospelofhockey.blogspot.com/2009/06/every-contract-is-moveable.html"&gt;Gospel  of Hockey: Every Contract is Moveable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Scott &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of these teams was the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. One of the teams in a bit of a cap pickle was the New York  Rangers. Today these two organizations made a trade: To New York - Chris  Higgins, Ryan McDonagh, Pavel Valentenko &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://gospelofhockey.blogspot.com/" href="http://gospelofhockey.blogspot.com/"&gt;Gospel of Hockey -  http://gospelofhockey.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://5-hole.com/2009/06/30/rangers-trade-scott-gomez-for-chris-higgins/"&gt;Rangers  trade Scott Gomez for Chris Higgins (Updated) | 5-hole.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Eric &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New York Rangers President and  General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has acquired forward  Chris Higgins and defensemen Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko from the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; in exchange for forwards Scott &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://5-hole.com/" href="http://5-hole.com/"&gt;5-hole.com - http://5-hole.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://mapleleafshotstove.com/index.php/2009/06/30/gomez-a-hab/"&gt;Gomez A  Hab, Sedins Signed? : Maple Leafs Hot Stove&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Micheal Aldred &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; have  acquired center Scott Gomez, Tom Pyatt, and Mike Busto from the New York Rangers  in exchange for Chris Higgins, Doug Janik, Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko.  Also, reports out of Sweden suggest the Sedin &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://mapleleafshotstove.com/" href="http://mapleleafshotstove.com/"&gt;Maple Leafs Hot Stove -  http://mapleleafshotstove.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2009/06/30/nhl-free-agency-preview-defensemen/"&gt;NHL  Free Agency Preview: Defensemen -- NHL FanHouse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;Mike  Komisarek, &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. One of the many &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  eligible for unrestricted free agency, Komisarek's game is the exact opposite of  Bouwmeester's, as the 6-foot-4, 240-pound Long Island native is the classic  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://nhl.fanhouse.com/" href="http://nhl.fanhouse.com/"&gt;NHL FanHouse -  http://nhl.fanhouse.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.thehockeyprogram.net/2009/06/fa-frenzy-predictions.html"&gt;The  Program: FA Frenzy Predictions!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By The  Hockey God &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Brendan Shanahan… Chicago  Blackhawks Mats Sundin… No one will sign him. Petr Sykora… Russia (KHL) Joel  Ward… Nashville Predators Jason Williams… Calgary Flames Greg Zanon… Washington  Capitals Sergei Zubov… &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.thehockeyprogram.net/" href="http://www.thehockeyprogram.net/"&gt;The Program -  http://www.thehockeyprogram.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.themonitor.ca/article-353582-Habs-select-Kirkland-native-as-top-choice.html"&gt;The  Monitor &gt; Sports &gt; Habs select Kirkland native as top choice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;Mike Somma Two years ago the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; had the  opportunity to select local forward Angelo Esposito in the first round, but  opted instead for American-born defenseman Ryan McDonough with the 12th overall  selection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.themonitor.ca/" href="http://www.themonitor.ca/"&gt;The Monitor -  http://www.themonitor.ca/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://blogs.tampabay.com/lightning/2009/06/canadiens-trade-for-scott-gomez-probably-means-vinnys-here-for-now.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  trade for Scott Gomez probably means Vinny's here &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Damian Cristodero &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; the  rumors persisted that Lecavalier would be dealt to the &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; before  midnight tonight, when his 11-year, $85 million contract kicks in and its  no-move clause. That, however, was before &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; traded for center  Scott Gomez &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://blogs.tampabay.com/lightning/" href="http://blogs.tampabay.com/lightning/"&gt;Lightning Strikes -  http://blogs.tampabay.com/lightning/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.newschex.com/sports-news/habs-get-gomez-from-blueshirts-miamiheraldcom/"&gt;NewsChex  - Welcome to NewsChex » Blog Archive » Habs get Gomez &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Ted &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Sports Network Just one day  before the start of free agency, the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; acquired forward  Scott Gomez and two other players from the New York Rangers in exchange for  forward Christopher Higgins and three defensemen on &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.newschex.com/" href="http://www.newschex.com/"&gt;NewsChex - Welcome to NewsChex -  http://www.newschex.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/rss/article/714176"&gt;dailygleaner.com -  O Canada, we don't know much about you | By &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;Only  29 per cent replied the "&lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;," when asked which Canadian  hockey team last won the Stanley Cup. Eleven per cent said the Calgary Flames  and nine per cent said the Edmonton Oilers. The poll of 1000 Canadians was  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/" href="http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/"&gt;City &amp;amp; Region -  http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.hockeytraderumors.com/modules.php?name=News&amp;amp;file=article&amp;amp;sid=11526"&gt;Do  They Really Need That Many Skaters?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;RealisticNick writes  "The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; in the 2009/2010 season will likely look  different then the one that just finished last season. But will there be more  new faces from outside the organization than inside? &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.hockeytraderumors.com/" href="http://www.hockeytraderumors.com/"&gt;Hockey Trade Rumors - NHL Rumors... -  http://www.hockeytraderumors.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/26997-Notable-names-among-NHL-free-agents-for-those-GMs-ready-to-pay.html"&gt;The  Hockey News: Headlines: Notable names among NHL free agents  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; face a mass exodus  as defencemen Mike Komisarek and Mathieu Schneider, wingers Alex Kovalev and  Alex Tanguay and captain Saku Koivu are headed for the open market. But the  matched set of Henrik and Daniel Sedin &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.thehockeynews.com/" href="http://www.thehockeynews.com/"&gt;The Hockey News -  http://www.thehockeynews.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.tkqlhce.com/oo82cA6wy-296z-CLNRMMQTPUR?target=_blank&amp;mouseover=Y"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2561378112191021696-5470293100268959834?l=mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~4/XiQxn_xFb3M" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/feeds/5470293100268959834/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2561378112191021696&amp;postID=5470293100268959834" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/5470293100268959834?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/5470293100268959834?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~3/XiQxn_xFb3M/montreal-canadiens-acquire-scott-gomez.html" title="" /><author><name>Curious Explorer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13122021644422501529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5L0rwRLKr0/S0mzXunb64I/AAAAAAAAAjI/9XvMPHpICsU/S220/andrebeauregard" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/2009/07/montreal-canadiens-acquire-scott-gomez.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEcDSXk4fip7ImA9WxJXEUw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561378112191021696.post-5382060382332480492</id><published>2009-06-04T06:41:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-04T06:41:18.736-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-04T06:41:18.736-04:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" width="80" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/191584-montreal-canadiens-serge-savard-is-out-of-the-bid"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt3.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=C4-i8K_RyrEJ&amp;amp;imgurl=bleacherreport.com/images_root/image_pictures/0411/5765/sa_feature.jpg" border="0" width="80" height="54" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/191584-montreal-canadiens-serge-savard-is-out-of-the-bid"&gt;Bleacher  Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/191584-montreal-canadiens-serge-savard-is-out-of-the-bid"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;: Serge Savard Is Out of the Bid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bleacher Report - CA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by Daniel Arouchian (Columnist)  Former player and former GM of the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Hall of Famer Serge  Savard is changing his mind about buying the Habs. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/191584-montreal-canadiens-serge-savard-is-out-of-the-bid&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=424699"&gt;Picking top 3 all-time goalies  in Final easy as 1 2 3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;NHL.com -  USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Terry Sawchuk, 1952 Detroit Red Wings -- The names on the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;' roster for the 1952 Stanley Cup Final reads like a  who's who of the Hockey &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm%3Fid%3D424699&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/sports/article/687619"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  dismiss goaltending coach Rollie The Goalie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Times and Transcript - Moncton,New  Brunswick,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/b&gt; - After 11 seasons with the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, Shediac's Roland Melanson is no longer the team's  goaltending coach. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/sports/article/687619&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://hittingthepost.blogspot.com/2009/06/off-day-news-and-notes-from-elsewhere.html"&gt;Hitting  The Post: Off-day news and notes from elsewhere&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Kevin Jacobsen &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**First, I'm going to steal from  someone else - Puck Daddy I believe - who said Jacques Martin was done ruining  the Florida Panthers, so now he's going to further ruin the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, who hired Martin to become their next head &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://hittingthepost.blogspot.com/" href="http://hittingthepost.blogspot.com/"&gt;Hitting The Post -  http://hittingthepost.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_12515066?source=rss"&gt;20 games and  counting for Vikings - TwinCities.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By By Charley Walters Pioneer Press &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that Jacques  Martin has resigned from the Florida Panthers to coach the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, ex-Wild coach Jacques Lemaire could be headed to the Panthers  either as an adviser or head coach. Lemaire also is expected to have an offer  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.twincities.com/sports/" href="http://www.twincities.com/sports/"&gt;Sports -  http://www.twincities.com/sports/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.icefirecn.com/sports/nhl/red-wings-pk-puts-cup-chances-at-risk/"&gt;Red  Wings' PK puts Cup chances at risk | Hot News EveryDay &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By admin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the road, its success rate  dips to .655 percent to lead only the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; this postseason.  “It's not even the percentage, it's when you give them up,” Detroit coach Mike  Babcock said Wednesday. “Last night we needed a kill, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.icefirecn.com/" href="http://www.icefirecn.com/"&gt;Hot News EveryDay!! -  http://www.icefirecn.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://samb1988.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/game-3-4/"&gt;Game 3 « The  Pittsburgh Penguins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By samb1988  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They are: 1 Terry Sawchuck of the 1952 Detroit Red Wings, 2 Ken  Dryden of the 1971 &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, and 1 Martin Brodeur of the 2003  New Jersey Devils. This entry was posted on June 3, 2009 at 11:07 PM and is  filed under stats . &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://samb1988.wordpress.com/" href="http://samb1988.wordpress.com/"&gt;The  Pittsburgh Penguins - http://samb1988.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.intersportswire.com/archives/2059"&gt;Angry Commentary: The  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; And A Bunch Of Douche &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By exposrip &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Beaker Like anything in  life, sports has its fair share of dipshits, defenders of mediocrity, bad  commentary and egomaniacs. That's just the way it is. I.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.intersportswire.com/" href="http://www.intersportswire.com/"&gt;Intersportswire -  http://www.intersportswire.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.tkqlhce.com/oo82cA6wy-296z-CLNRMMQTPUR?target=_blank&amp;mouseover=Y"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2561378112191021696-5382060382332480492?l=mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~4/KglQHsUgQCk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/feeds/5382060382332480492/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2561378112191021696&amp;postID=5382060382332480492" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/5382060382332480492?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/5382060382332480492?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~3/KglQHsUgQCk/bleacher-report-montreal-canadiens.html" title="" /><author><name>Curious Explorer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13122021644422501529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5L0rwRLKr0/S0mzXunb64I/AAAAAAAAAjI/9XvMPHpICsU/S220/andrebeauregard" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/2009/06/bleacher-report-montreal-canadiens.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C04NQns-fip7ImA9WxJXEUw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561378112191021696.post-2506222902175852586</id><published>2009-06-04T06:39:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-04T06:39:53.556-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-04T06:39:53.556-04:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j1qJgSaGTJuDizMuOk7J6vEUGFRg"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;'  strength and conditioning coach Livingston to leave &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The Canadian Press -  MONTREAL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/b&gt; — Strength and conditioning coach Scott  Livingston will leave the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; this summer, the NHL club  announced Sunday. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j1qJgSaGTJuDizMuOk7J6vEUGFRg&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1648843"&gt;Wings' Smith,  Osgood have plenty in common&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;National  Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a whispered finish to a 199-game  NHL career that had begun spectacularly in the 1930-31 sweater of the Maroons,  signed from &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; AAA. &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html%3Fid%3D1648843&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" width="80" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/189387-gary-bettman-montreal-canadiens-not-going-anywhere"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=1Bdex5f_OokJ&amp;amp;imgurl=bleacherreport.com/images_root/image_pictures/0403/3980/11641_feature.jpg" border="0" width="80" height="54" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/189387-gary-bettman-montreal-canadiens-not-going-anywhere"&gt;Bleacher  Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/189387-gary-bettman-montreal-canadiens-not-going-anywhere"&gt;Gary  Bettman: &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Not Going Anywhere&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bleacher Report - CA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The potential sale of the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; was mentioned during his press conference. Here's what  Bettman had to say about the potential sale of the Habs. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/189387-gary-bettman-montreal-canadiens-not-going-anywhere&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://news.therecord.com/article/545709"&gt;TheRecord.com - News - Guilty  Pleasures: June 1/09 (The stuff you &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;As Ken  Dryden said during his sabbatical from the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; during the  1973-74 season while he articled for a Toronto law firm (yes, I'm that old); the  national (Canadian) pastime is watching hockey replays. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.therecord.com/" href="http://www.therecord.com/"&gt;More News -  http://www.therecord.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://weblogs.asp.net/lduveau/archive/2009/06/01/bing-com-new-decision-engine-by-microsoft.aspx"&gt;Bing.com  – new “decision engine” by Microsoft - Laurent Duveau&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By pluginbaby &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sample searches: “&lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;”. Bing First link with latest games! Sub-queries on the left bar.  Note these categories are contextual, sometimes you get “Downloads”, “Reviews”,  “Maps”, “Shopping”, etc.. Mouse hover the thumbnails, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://weblogs.asp.net/lduveau/default.aspx" href="http://weblogs.asp.net/lduveau/default.aspx"&gt;Laurent Duveau -  http://weblogs.asp.net/lduveau/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2009/06/stanley-cup-lesson-2-never-give-up.html"&gt;Greatest  Hockey Legends.com: Stanley Cup Lesson #2 - Never Give Up  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Joe Pelletier  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In &lt;b&gt;Montreal's&lt;/b&gt; case the &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; suffered from a  Stanley Cup let down after an emotional series with Boston. In addition, while  most people will remember 1971 as the magical debut of rookie goalie Ken Dryden,  the &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; dressing room &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/" href="http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/"&gt;Greatest Hockey Legends.com -  http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/emptynetters/archive/2009/05/31/penguins-at-red-wings-game-2-third-period-5-30-09.aspx"&gt;Penguins  at Red Wings - Game 2 - Third Period - 5-31-09 - Empty &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Seth Rorabaugh &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Today's obligatory  mention of the last team to win the Stanley Cup despite being down 2-0 in a  series was the 1971 &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; who came back to beat the Chicago  Blackhawks. -Bill Guerin moved past George Ferguson and Sergei  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/emptynetters/default.aspx" href="http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/emptynetters/default.aspx"&gt;Empty  Netters -  http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/emptynetters/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://dennis-kane.com/parity-in-the-nhl-right-sure-gary/"&gt;Parity In The  NHL? Right. Sure Gary | Dennis-Kane.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Dennis Kane &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And seeing Detroit, and also Pittsburgh,  perform in this final series only magnifies just how much work the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; have to do before they become a serious threat. Detroit in  particular just has too much going for them, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://dennis-kane.com/" href="http://dennis-kane.com/"&gt;Dennis-Kane.com -  http://dennis-kane.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.tkqlhce.com/oo82cA6wy-296z-CLNRMMQTPUR?target=_blank&amp;mouseover=Y"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2561378112191021696-2506222902175852586?l=mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~4/JAeAd6QKmTI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/feeds/2506222902175852586/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2561378112191021696&amp;postID=2506222902175852586" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/2506222902175852586?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/2506222902175852586?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~3/JAeAd6QKmTI/canadiens-strength-and-conditioning.html" title="" /><author><name>Curious Explorer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13122021644422501529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5L0rwRLKr0/S0mzXunb64I/AAAAAAAAAjI/9XvMPHpICsU/S220/andrebeauregard" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/2009/06/canadiens-strength-and-conditioning.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DEQFSHszeSp7ImA9WxJQF00.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561378112191021696.post-4261911595300696204</id><published>2009-05-30T13:58:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-30T13:58:39.581-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-30T13:58:39.581-04:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.freep.com/article/20090530/SPORTS05/905300321/1048"&gt;How finals  rematches have panned out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Detroit Free  Press - United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They beat the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; to  repeat in 1955, then lost to the &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; the next season. The Wings are  0-2 as the runner-up in finals rematches, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.freep.com/article/20090530/SPORTS05/905300321/1048&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/Lafleur+appeal+conviction/1638847/story.html"&gt;Guy  Lafleur to appeal conviction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The  Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  hockey legend Guy Lafleur will appeal his conviction for obstruction of justice,  his lawyer disclosed Thursday. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.montrealgazette.com/Lafleur%2Bappeal%2Bconviction/1638847/story.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=553286"&gt;Molson family  member considers bid to buy &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;SportingNews.com - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Several members of the Molson  family owned shares of the &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; from 1957 to 2001 -- when the team  and the Molson Centre (now the Bell Centre) were sold &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php%3Ft%3D553286&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" width="80" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/05/29/sp-hockey-kostitsyns.html"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=bofdR72lPNkJ&amp;amp;imgurl=www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/sports/photos/2009/05/29/kostitsyn-brothers-090529.jpg" border="0" width="80" height="45" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/05/29/sp-hockey-kostitsyns.html"&gt;CBC.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/05/29/sp-hockey-kostitsyns.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;'  Kostitsyns fully cleared of wrongdoing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Andrei, left, and Sergei Kostitsyn were cleared of illegal  activity on Friday. (Graham Hughes/&lt;b&gt;Canadian&lt;/b&gt; Press) &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; police  fully &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/05/29/sp-hockey-kostitsyns.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124338232128656507.html?mod=googlenews_wsj"&gt;Seven  of History's Most Terrifying Sports Riots&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Wall Street Journal - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Hall  of Famer Maurice "The Rocket" Richard was undoubtedly the top scorer of his era.  As a result of this talent, he was also a target &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124338232128656507.html%3Fmod%3Dgooglenews_wsj&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.wickedbruinsfan.com/blog/2009/05/it_still_tastes_bitter.php"&gt;WickedBruinsFan's  Blog : It still tastes bitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;That is what makes this  series loss extra bitter compared to last season's first round loss to the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. The Bruins weren't the underdog this time around and  they dug themselves a 3-1 hole. Nobody else put them in that &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.wickedbruinsfan.com/blog/" href="http://www.wickedbruinsfan.com/blog/"&gt;Wicked Bruins Fan -  http://www.wickedbruinsfan.com/blog/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://mtlcanadienshabs.blogspot.com/2009/05/kostitsyn-brothers-cleared-by-police.html"&gt;MTL  &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Habs: The Kostitsyn Brothers Cleared by Police&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By PhiL &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le Journal de &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;  have learned that Andrei Kostitsyn, Sergei Kostitysn and Roman Hamrlik have been  fully cleared by the Police of any wrongdoing related to the arrest in Febuary.  The Police have went through 2000 of the 5000 of &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://mtlcanadienshabs.blogspot.com/" href="http://mtlcanadienshabs.blogspot.com/"&gt;MTL Canadiens Habs -  http://mtlcanadienshabs.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://redlightd.blogspot.com/2009/05/when-will-canada-end-their-cup-drought.html"&gt;Red  Light District: When will Canada end their Cup drought?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By The Hockey God &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;MONTREAL  CANADIENS&lt;/b&gt; The Habs have a huge summer ahead after the disappointing showing  in their centennial season. &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; is in need of a coach, and their  current roster is full of UFA's and RFA's that need new deals before July 1.  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://redlightd.blogspot.com/" href="http://redlightd.blogspot.com/"&gt;Red  Light District - http://redlightd.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.sportsfangoods.com/report-andrei-sergei-kostitsyn-cleared/"&gt;Report:  Andrei, Sergei Kostitsyn Cleared | Sports Fan Goods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By admin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Back in February, the &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; media,  and by extension, everybody else in the hockey world, was awaiting a bombshell  of a story that was sure to not only rock the very foundation the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; franchise stood on, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.sportsfangoods.com/" href="http://www.sportsfangoods.com/"&gt;Sports Fan Goods -  http://www.sportsfangoods.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://redwingscorner.blogspot.com/2009/05/heres-one-thing-ive-never-understood.html"&gt;The  Macomb Daily Blogs: Red Wings Corner: Neverending success?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Bruce MacLeod &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before the Oilers, the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; won five Cups in fewer than 12 seasons, doing it with  several permutations before running dry after 1993. But before that, you have to  go back to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1951 to find a &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://redwingscorner.blogspot.com/" href="http://redwingscorner.blogspot.com/"&gt;Red Wings Corner -  http://redwingscorner.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:+1;"&gt;Google Web Alert for: &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.habseyesontheprize.com/2009/5/29/892712/gainey-speaks-actual-montreal?ref=yahoo"&gt;Gainey  Speaks Actual &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; News Habs Eyes On The Prize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;La Presse caught up with &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; GM Bob Gainey at the draft  prospects combine in Toronto this week and reports that it is in fact the  ownership issue of &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://ballhype.com/story/gainey_speaks_actual_montreal_canadiens_news/"&gt;Gainey  Speaks Actual &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; News Hockey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;Gainey  Speaks: Actual &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; News! - Gainey has been awfully  discreet since the &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; elimination a month ago. He was in Toronto  yesterday, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.tkqlhce.com/oo82cA6wy-296z-CLNRMMQTPUR?target=_blank&amp;mouseover=Y"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2561378112191021696-4261911595300696204?l=mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~4/lbiHf7AfMCo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/feeds/4261911595300696204/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2561378112191021696&amp;postID=4261911595300696204" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/4261911595300696204?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/4261911595300696204?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~3/lbiHf7AfMCo/how-finals-rematches-have-panned-out.html" title="" /><author><name>Curious Explorer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13122021644422501529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5L0rwRLKr0/S0mzXunb64I/AAAAAAAAAjI/9XvMPHpICsU/S220/andrebeauregard" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-finals-rematches-have-panned-out.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DEUMQ3k6eip7ImA9WxJQF00.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561378112191021696.post-6869344364106213065</id><published>2009-05-30T13:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-30T13:58:02.712-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-30T13:58:02.712-04:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" width="80" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/186622-guy-lafleurthe-unofficial-montreal-canadiens-spokesman"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt3.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=d5bKivphwucJ&amp;amp;imgurl=bleacherreport.com/images_root/image_pictures/0393/1272/275474_resize_feature.jpg" border="0" width="80" height="54" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/186622-guy-lafleurthe-unofficial-montreal-canadiens-spokesman"&gt;Bleacher  Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/186622-guy-lafleurthe-unofficial-montreal-canadiens-spokesman"&gt;Guy  Lafleur:the Unofficial &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Spokesman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bleacher Report - CA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by Daniel  Arouchian (Columnist) I think The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; should hire Guy  Lafleur as the official spokesman for the team. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/186622-guy-lafleurthe-unofficial-montreal-canadiens-spokesman&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=424101"&gt;Check out these Stanley Cup  facts and figures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;NHL.com -  USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; legend, Maurice Richard, is second with  eight. 10 -- Consecutive Finals involving the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, the  longest streak in NHL &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm%3Fid%3D424101&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jfsq3gfwB4EZ0v6aMgebhfMFIymgD98FD32O5"&gt;Tom  Hicks willing to sell control of Rangers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The Associated Press&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two years ago, he combined with  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; owner George Gillett Jr. to buy the English soccer  club Liverpool through a different entity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jfsq3gfwB4EZ0v6aMgebhfMFIymgD98FD32O5&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jkpprmvIdkQ4-ZlBvnIpljNQTcrA"&gt;Bronfmans  renew efforts to find stolen Habs Stanley Cup rings &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The Canadian Press - TORONTO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TORONTO — One  of Canada's wealthiest families is renewing their search for a pair of  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Stanley Cup rings and other valuables stolen from  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jkpprmvIdkQ4-ZlBvnIpljNQTcrA&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.vancouversun.com/Lafleur+could+lose+Order+Canada/1585884/story.html"&gt;Lafleur  could lose Order of Canada&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Vancouver  Sun - British Columbia, Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;QUEBEC – The advisory council of the  Order of Canada will ponder whether to strip &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; legend  Guy Lafleur of his medal after he was found &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.vancouversun.com/Lafleur%2Bcould%2Blose%2BOrder%2BCanada/1585884/story.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.kansascity.com/485/story/1220913.html"&gt;Tom Hicks willing to  sell control of Rangers - Kansas City Star&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;Hicks has said  he owns 95 percent of both teams.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two years ago, he combined  with &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; owner George Gillett Jr. to buy the English  soccer club Liverpool through a different entity. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.kansascity.com/baseball/index.xml" href="http://www.kansascity.com/baseball/index.xml"&gt;Kansas City Star: Baseball -  http://www.kansascity.com/baseball/index.xml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2009/05/catching-up-with-past-lafleur-tonelli.html"&gt;Greatest  Hockey Legends.com: Catching Up With The Past - Lafleur &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Joe Pelletier &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lafleur said he thinks  it is time for the &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; to bid adieu to long time captain Saku  Koivu. There is some suggestion that &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; may quietly low ball the  classy Koivu in hopes that a larger offer will come from elsewhere.  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/" href="http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/"&gt;Greatest Hockey Legends.com -  http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/thesnap/archive/2009/05/28/als-obviously-don-t-need-the-publicity.aspx"&gt;Als  obviously don't need the publicity - The Snap&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Herb Zurkowsky &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One thought: Can you see the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; pulling this stunt? Not in a million years. But rest  assured. Once the veterans report for their medicals on June 6, and hit the  field for the first time, the next day, we'll be there. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/thesnap/default.aspx" href="http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/thesnap/default.aspx"&gt;The  Snap -  http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/thesnap/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/story/750216.html"&gt;Tom Hicks  willing to sell control of Rangers | CharlotteObserver.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;Two years ago, he combined with &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; owner George  Gillett Jr. to buy the English soccer club Liverpool through a different entity.  The Charlotte Observer welcomes your comments on news of the day.  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/" href="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/"&gt;CharlotteObserver.com Most Recent... -  http://www.charlotteobserver.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://sportsmedianews.com/05/hockey-and-hollywood-stars-align-in-las-vegas-at-2009-nhl-awards/"&gt;Hockey  and Hollywood Stars Align in Las Vegas at 2009 NHL Awards  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By admin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex  Kovalev, &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Rick Nash, Columbus Blue Jackets VEZINA  TROPHY Niklas Backstrom, Minnesota Wild Steve Mason, Columbus Blue Jackets Tim  Thomas, Boston Bruins. About the National Hockey League The National Hockey  League, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://sportsmedianews.com/" href="http://sportsmedianews.com/"&gt;Sports  Media News - http://sportsmedianews.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.tkqlhce.com/oo82cA6wy-296z-CLNRMMQTPUR?target=_blank&amp;mouseover=Y"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2561378112191021696-6869344364106213065?l=mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~4/cp5SJYkWahg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/feeds/6869344364106213065/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2561378112191021696&amp;postID=6869344364106213065" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/6869344364106213065?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/6869344364106213065?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~3/cp5SJYkWahg/bleacher-report-guy-lafleurthe.html" title="" /><author><name>Curious Explorer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13122021644422501529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5L0rwRLKr0/S0mzXunb64I/AAAAAAAAAjI/9XvMPHpICsU/S220/andrebeauregard" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/2009/05/bleacher-report-guy-lafleurthe.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DEUARH4-eCp7ImA9WxJQF00.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561378112191021696.post-6216350470061601651</id><published>2009-05-30T13:56:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-30T13:57:25.050-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-30T13:57:25.050-04:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/186013-saku-koivu-done-in-montreal"&gt;Saku  Koivu Done in &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bleacher  Report - CA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by Gouche (Scribe) For the first time in 13 years  there is a great chance that the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; will be opening up  training camp next September &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/186013-saku-koivu-done-in-montreal&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/molson-brothers-ponder-return-to-habs-ownership/article1154727/"&gt;Molson  brothers ponder return to Habs ownership&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Globe and Mail - Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A young face with a very old  link to the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; is the latest to step forward as a  potential bidder for the 100-year-old NHL franchise. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/molson-brothers-ponder-return-to-habs-ownership/article1154727/&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Molsons+mulling+Habs+purchase/1633039/story.html"&gt;Molsons  mulling Habs purchase&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The Gazette  (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; of the Molson family announced  yesterday it hopes to bring ownership of the storied &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  hockey club back under direct family control. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Molsons%2Bmulling%2BHabs%2Bpurchase/1633039/story.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gNfe0H32uVW00hfG6INdRTYS0z0g"&gt;Hockey  transactions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The Canadian  Press&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Movements in the world of hockey Wednesday: National Hockey  League &lt;b&gt;MONTREAL CANADIENS&lt;/b&gt;-Signed F Mikael Johansson to a one-year  contract. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gNfe0H32uVW00hfG6INdRTYS0z0g&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" width="80" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/wingsblog/index.php?blogid=2879"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=3lpUTrr7zSgJ&amp;amp;imgurl=detnews.com/graphics/2009/blogs/mikewilkinsonblog.jpg" border="0" width="80" height="59" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/wingsblog/index.php?blogid=2879"&gt;The  Detroit News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/wingsblog/index.php?blogid=2879"&gt;Past  precedent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The Detroit News -  Detroit,MI,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The previous consecutive dance partners were the Boston  Bruins and the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; in 1977 and 1978. The &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  won both series.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/wingsblog/index.php%3Fblogid%3D2879&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/scores+again+with+prize+winner/1622352/story.html"&gt;Red  scores again with prize-winner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The  Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Column on Patrick Roy earns dean of  hockey writers third National Newspaper Award One of the greatest chroniclers of  the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, Red Fisher, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.montrealgazette.com/scores%2Bagain%2Bwith%2Bprize%2Bwinner/1622352/story.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/Habs+offer+Kovalev+captaincy+deal+Russian+report/1636236/story.html"&gt;Habs  offer Kovalev captaincy, new deal: Russian report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saku Koivu (left)  of the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; is congratulated by teammate Alex Kovalev after  his goal in overtime against the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Bell  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.montrealgazette.com/Habs%2Boffer%2BKovalev%2Bcaptaincy%2Bdeal%2BRussian%2Breport/1636236/story.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ig6HCHQEAFPbBXjDh2MiiyBdcl8gD98ERHI00"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  sign Johansson to one-year deal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The  Associated Press&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/b&gt; (AP) — The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  have signed Swedish forward Mikael Johansson to a one-year contract. The  23-year-old Johansson signed as a free agent &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ig6HCHQEAFPbBXjDh2MiiyBdcl8gD98ERHI00&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" width="80" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/184447-another-buyers-interested-in-purchasing-the-montreal-canadiens"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=CEyD8gFwdkIJ&amp;amp;imgurl=bleacherreport.com/images_root/image_pictures/0385/1316/molson_feature.jpg" border="0" width="80" height="54" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/184447-another-buyers-interested-in-purchasing-the-montreal-canadiens"&gt;Bleacher  Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/184447-another-buyers-interested-in-purchasing-the-montreal-canadiens"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;: Another Buyer Interested&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bleacher Report - CA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Molson family owned the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; since 1957 when brothers Thomas et Hartland Molson  bought the team from Senator Donat Raymond. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/184447-another-buyers-interested-in-purchasing-the-montreal-canadiens&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/scott_cullen/?id=280123"&gt;Off-Season Game  Plan: &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;TSN.ca -  Scarborough,Ontario,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With so much optimism going into the  2008-2009 season, the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; limped into the playoffs and  were unmercifully swept out by the arch-rival &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/scott_cullen/%3Fid%3D280123&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.thefranchiseradio.net/2009/05/canadiens-sign-forward-mikael-johansson-to-a-one-year-contract.html"&gt;THE  Franchise Radio.NET: &lt;b&gt;CANADIENS&lt;/b&gt; SIGN FORWARD MIKAEL JOHANSSON  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By  thefranchiseradio@yahoo.ca &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With all the rumours floating around  concerning the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; such as Alex Kovalev being offered 6  million and the Captaincy, Mike Komisarek supposedly refusing 4 million per year  and the plethora of potential owners wanting a &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.thefranchiseradio.net/" href="http://www.thefranchiseradio.net/"&gt;THE Franchise Radio.NET -  http://www.thefranchiseradio.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=255262&amp;amp;sc=99"&gt;Charlottetown,  The Guardian: Sports | Russian report: Habs offer &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;A Russian sports newspaper said Wednesday that the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; have offered the team's captaincy to pending unrestricted free  agent Alex Kovalev and that Saku Koivu is no longer in plan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sc=99" href="http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sc=99"&gt;The Guardian: Sports -  http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sc=99&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/26441-Hockey-transactions.html"&gt;The  Hockey News: Headlines: Hockey transactions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;MONTREAL  CANADIENS&lt;/b&gt;-Signed F Mikael Johansson to a one-year contract. NEW YORK  RANGERS-Agreed to terms with F Andres Ambuhl. VANCOUVER CANUCKS-Signed F Rick  Rypien to a two-year contract extension. MOTOR SPORTS &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.thehockeynews.com/" href="http://www.thehockeynews.com/"&gt;The Hockey News -  http://www.thehockeynews.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://lyke2drink.blogspot.com/2009/05/molson-might-again-own-montreal.html"&gt;Lyke  2 Drink: A Molson Might Again Own the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Rick Lyke &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We in the middle of some  pretty amazing hockey as we near the Stanley Cup finals, but the team that has  won the most cups -- the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; -- made an early exit thanks  to a sweep handed out by the Boston Bruins. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://lyke2drink.blogspot.com/" href="http://lyke2drink.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lyke 2 Drink -  http://lyke2drink.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://blog.mlive.com/snapshots/2009/05/montreal_canadiens_sign_former.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; sign former Red Wings prospect Mikael Johansson  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By George James Malik  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 27, &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;.com: &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; General  Manager Bob Gainey announced Wednesday the signing of free agent forward Mikael  Johansson to a two-way contract for the 2009-10 season. 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&lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/640935"&gt;Why we pray for a  Stanley Cup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Toronto Star - Ontario,  Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Former &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; goaltender Ken Dryden and  members of his family gather at centre ice in the Bell Centre in &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;  as his number is raised on Jan &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/640935&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2009/05/27/Many-Canadiens-avoide-mental-therapy/UPI-50531243397124/"&gt;Many  &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; avoide mental therapy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;United Press International - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Study author Aline  Drapeau of the University of &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; said data from a Statistics Canada  &lt;b&gt;Canadian&lt;/b&gt; Community Health Survey revealed women are 1.5 times  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2009/05/27/Many-Canadiens-avoide-mental-therapy/UPI-50531243397124/&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1633060"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;'  ownership drawing interest from Molson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/b&gt; •  A late entry with an impressive pedigree may turn the quest for control of the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; into a three-horse race. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html%3Fid%3D1633060&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2009/05/26/kelley_roy_end_of_the_deal/"&gt;Roy  end of the deal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Sportsnet.ca -  Toronto,Ontario,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A cynic might conclude that Roy is playing the  leverage game, hoping to get the word out to the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; that  Colorado's offer is real and that if &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2009/05/26/kelley_roy_end_of_the_deal/&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iTK-JNGtEnlDmCdC-cstjB3nbvug"&gt;Member  of the Molson family considers bid to buy &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The Canadian Press -  MONTREAL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/b&gt; — A pitch to acquire the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; is brewing in the Molson family. Geoffrey E. Molson,  vice-president of marketing for the Molson Coors &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iTK-JNGtEnlDmCdC-cstjB3nbvug&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/molson-family-to-bid-for-canadiens/article1154117/"&gt;Molson  family to bid for &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Globe and Mail - Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It appears the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; are attracting ownership interest from a new bidder with a very  old relationship with the team. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/molson-family-to-bid-for-canadiens/article1154117/&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.calgaryherald.com/still+angling+Canadiens/1609135/story.html"&gt;Roy  may still be angling for &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; job&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Calgary Herald - AB, Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Pat Hickey, Canwest News  ServiceMay 19, 2009 &lt;b&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/b&gt; -- Is Patrick Roy biding his time while  waiting for the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; to offer him their head  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.calgaryherald.com/still%2Bangling%2BCanadiens/1609135/story.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/more-morning-skate-pat-quinn-to-coach-oilers/"&gt;More  Morning Skate: Pat Quinn to Coach Oilers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;New York Times - United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; Gazette, was presented with his third National Newspaper Award  last Friday, this one for his column on why the &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; should not  retire &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/more-morning-skate-pat-quinn-to-coach-oilers/&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://ipcommunications.tmcnet.com/topics/ip-communications/articles/56701-nortel-intros-data-products-enterprise-speed-simplicity.htm"&gt;Nortel  Intros Data Products for Enterprise Speed, Simplicity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;TMCnet - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; executive director, information  and communication technology, for the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. "Our commitment  to our customers is unwavering. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://ipcommunications.tmcnet.com/topics/ip-communications/articles/56701-nortel-intros-data-products-enterprise-speed-simplicity.htm&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1631858"&gt;Roy continues to  play his cards close to his chest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roy's comments  will fuel speculation that he might be waiting for a better offer and that means  a call from the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html%3Fid%3D1631858&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.thebruinsblog.net/2009/05/26/northeast-division-roy-might-be-leveraging-avs-offer-to-get-habs-job/"&gt;The  Bruins Blog » Blog Archive » Northeast Division: Roy might be  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By mattk  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Northeast Division: Roy might be leveraging Avs' offer to get Habs  job. Roy. I bet it's been about two or three weeks since I wrote at length about  the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, who are by far my most favorite soap opera on  Earth. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.thebruinsblog.net/" href="http://www.thebruinsblog.net/"&gt;The  Bruins Blog - http://www.thebruinsblog.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.deepintosports.com/2009/05/26/nhl-hockey-stanley-cup-finals-rematch-pittsburgh-penguins-detroit-red-wings/"&gt;NHL  Hockey Stanley Cup Finals Rematch Pittsburgh Penguins Detroit  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Nate Barlow  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Back-to-back appearances by both teams with the same team winning:  1976/77 &amp;amp; 1977/78 &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; and Boston Bruins (the  &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; were the victor). Share/Save/Bookmark. May 22, 2009 --  VideoDeep: Playoff Letdowns (1) &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.deepintosports.com/" href="http://www.deepintosports.com/"&gt;Deep Into Sports -  http://www.deepintosports.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/30950986/"&gt;On to the finals: Penguins sweep  Hurricanes - NHL- nbcsports.msnbc.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;The Hurricanes were  swept for the first time since 1989, when the franchise was still the Hartford  Whalers and was beaten by the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. Fedotenko scored the  Penguins' first goal with 11½ minutes left when he sneaked behind  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/3032113/" href="http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/3032113/"&gt;NBCSports.com: Sports -  http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/3032113/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/may/26/hkn-penguins-hurricanes-052609/?sports"&gt;Penguins  sweep Canes, return to Stanley Cup finals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;The Hurricanes  were swept for the first time since 1989, when the franchise was still the  Hartford Whalers and was beaten by the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. "We just  talked about staying in (the game) as long as we possibly could," coach Paul  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/sports/" href="http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/sports/"&gt;SignOnSanDiego.com: Sports  - http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/sports/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.ontheforecheck.com/2009/5/26/888152/whos-hitting-who-among-nhl-teams"&gt;Who's  hitting who among NHL teams - On the Forecheck&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Dirk Hoag &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, 1974, 1827. New  Jersey Devils, 1430, 1448. Nashville Predators, 1671, 1467. New York Islanders,  1828, 1562. New York Rangers, 2312, 2173. Ottawa Senators, 1923, 1844.  Philadelphia Flyers, 1712, 1608 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.ontheforecheck.com/" href="http://www.ontheforecheck.com/"&gt;On the Forecheck -  http://www.ontheforecheck.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.tkqlhce.com/oo82cA6wy-296z-CLNRMMQTPUR?target=_blank&amp;mouseover=Y"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2561378112191021696-7068747588800429060?l=mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~4/rgatd8FmMok" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/feeds/7068747588800429060/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2561378112191021696&amp;postID=7068747588800429060" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/7068747588800429060?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/7068747588800429060?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~3/rgatd8FmMok/why-we-pray-for-stanley-cup-toronto.html" title="" /><author><name>Curious Explorer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13122021644422501529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5L0rwRLKr0/S0mzXunb64I/AAAAAAAAAjI/9XvMPHpICsU/S220/andrebeauregard" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/2009/05/why-we-pray-for-stanley-cup-toronto.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DEYBQH89cCp7ImA9WxJQF00.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561378112191021696.post-2538761532760473579</id><published>2009-05-30T13:55:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-30T13:55:51.168-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-30T13:55:51.168-04:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_12448155"&gt;Frei: Avs' policy proving  silence isn't golden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Denver Post -  Denver,CO,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whether fair or not, the Roy drama is coming off as  gamesmanship, including factors such as: a) Roy possibly playing off the Avs and  the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_12448155&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Sports/2009/05/26/9570316-sun.html"&gt;Mail Bag  Column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;London Free Press -  Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doug Houghton (Big Ba-ad Bruins, Mail Bag, May 20) suggests the  Boston Bruins beat an injury riddled &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; team. What future  Hall of Famers &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Sports/2009/05/26/9570316-sun.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" width="80" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/183819-report-canadiens-sign-swedish-forward-alexei-yemelin-on-the-horizon"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=iM2dyWwTkDsJ&amp;amp;imgurl=bleacherreport.com/images_root/image_pictures/0382/6107/3980001_feature.jpg" border="0" width="80" height="54" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/183819-report-canadiens-sign-swedish-forward-alexei-yemelin-on-the-horizon"&gt;Bleacher  Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/183819-report-canadiens-sign-swedish-forward-alexei-yemelin-on-the-horizon"&gt;Report:  &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Sign Swedish Forward, Alexei Yemelin On The  Horizon?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bleacher Report -  CA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by Kevin van Steendelaar (Analyst) Swedish Media is reporting  that the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; have signed free-agent forward Mikael  Johansson, from the Swedish &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/183819-report-canadiens-sign-swedish-forward-alexei-yemelin-on-the-horizon&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/Bettman+goes+over+edge/1626655/story.html"&gt;Bettman  goes over the edge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The Gazette  (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;here we are, boils and girls, six months  into the interminable NHL playoff season, YOUR &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; gone so  long we can hardly remember their names. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.montrealgazette.com/Bettman%2Bgoes%2Bover%2Bedge/1626655/story.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.examiner.com/x-2503-NHL-Examiner%7Ey2009m5d25-A-season-in-review-The-Montreal-Canadiens"&gt;A  season in review: The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Examiner.com - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today it's the bleu, blanc, et rouge  aka the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; on the table. The Habs were celebrating their  100th season in existence this season, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.examiner.com/x-2503-NHL-Examiner%7Ey2009m5d25-A-season-in-review-The-Montreal-Canadiens&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" width="80" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-1405-Detroit-Red-Wings-Examiner%7Ey2009m5d25-On-this-date-in-Red-Wings-and-NHL-history-May-25"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=OvcTKuyTsZ0J&amp;amp;imgurl=image.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/det_on_history%2858%29.JPG" border="0" width="80" height="79" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-1405-Detroit-Red-Wings-Examiner%7Ey2009m5d25-On-this-date-in-Red-Wings-and-NHL-history-May-25"&gt;Examiner.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.examiner.com/x-1405-Detroit-Red-Wings-Examiner%7Ey2009m5d25-On-this-date-in-Red-Wings-and-NHL-history-May-25"&gt;On  this date in Red Wings and NHL history, May 25&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Examiner.com - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1978: Conn Smythe Trophy winner Larry  Robinson assisted on Mario Tremblay's Stanley Cup-winning goal to lead the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; past the Boston Bruins &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.examiner.com/x-1405-Detroit-Red-Wings-Examiner%7Ey2009m5d25-On-this-date-in-Red-Wings-and-NHL-history-May-25&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" width="80" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1628390"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=wrMVaX2JWDAJ&amp;amp;imgurl=a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/www.nationalpost.com/sports/399098.bin%3Fsize%3D404x272" border="0" width="80" height="54" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1628390"&gt;National  Post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1628390"&gt;Roy offered Avs'  coach, GM jobs: Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;National Post -  Toronto,Ontario,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; current co-owner, general manager  and head coach of the QMJHL's Quebec Remparts, has also reportedly drawn some  interest from the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html%3Fid%3D1628390&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1627968"&gt;Garage  sale&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;National Post -  Toronto,Ontario,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; did a little  spring cleaning on Saturday in Brossard, offering a few mountains of game-used  equipment for sale to the public. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html%3Fid%3D1627968&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Calgary/2009/05/25/9560421-sun.html"&gt;20  years ago, the Flames won&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Canoe.ca -  Toronto,Ontario,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; protecting a two-goal lead after  Gilmour scored his second of the game into an empty net, on the verge of beating  the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; to capture the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Calgary/2009/05/25/9560421-sun.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1242212462286&amp;amp;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull"&gt;Keeping  &lt;b&gt;Canadians&lt;/b&gt; on their toes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Jerusalem Post - Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Canada's thriving metropolis of  &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; was in dire need of a classical dance company. So in 1957, Les  Grands Ballets &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; De &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; was founded. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite%3Fcid%3D1242212462286%26pagename%3DJPost%252FJPArticle%252FShowFull&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/423/story/745291.html"&gt;Canes hopeful  despite 0-3 deficit | CharlotteObserver.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;In the  Hurricanes' 2006 run to the Stanley Cup, Carolina lost the first two games of  the playoffs to the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, both at the RBC Center. The  Hurricanes responded with four consecutive wins. Albeit, it was the first round,  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/" href="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/"&gt;CharlotteObserver.com Most Recent... -  http://www.charlotteobserver.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://nodogsoranglophones.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post.html"&gt;No Dogs or  Anglophones: Like It Or Not - NHL is English&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Editor &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since it's inception the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; have always been an anglophone company. In recent years (starting  with President Ronald Corey), the team began an earnest program of  frenchification, with the non-hockey, day to day business &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://nodogsoranglophones.blogspot.com/" href="http://nodogsoranglophones.blogspot.com/"&gt;No Dogs or Anglophones -  http://nodogsoranglophones.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.ariannerh.com/history-and-hockey"&gt;history and hockey -  hyphenated&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;Hockey fans in &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; are trained from  a very young age to despise Toronto and vice versa. Hating Toronto becomes  natural for a &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; fan, even if they've never visited the  city. The idea of a Montrealer living in Toronto &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.ariannerh.com/" href="http://www.ariannerh.com/"&gt;hyphenated -  http://www.ariannerh.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://nationalsportsreview.com/sports/us/BobBirge/2009/05/25/rematches-are-rare-in-stanley-cup-finals/"&gt;Rematches  are rare in Stanley Cup Finals | NationalSportsReview.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By bobbirge3 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the expansion era  (post-1967), there have been only three Finals rematches, and, not surprisingly,  two of them involved the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. The Habs beat the St. Louis  Blues in the 1968-69 Finals and the Boston Bruins in the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://nationalsportsreview.com/sports/us/BobBirge/" href="http://nationalsportsreview.com/sports/us/BobBirge/"&gt;Bob Birge's blog --  Hockey Night... - http://nationalsportsreview.com/sports/us/BobBirge/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/26384-Rumor-Roundup-Northern-exposure.html"&gt;The  Hockey News: Rumor Roundup: Rumor Roundup: Northern exposure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;Beauchemin suggested if he hits the free agent market he'd be willing to  consider returning to the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; – the team that drafted him,  but lost the blueliner via waivers several years ago. 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&lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/a-power-broker-with-a-social-bent/article1151399/"&gt;A  power broker with a social bent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Globe  and Mail - Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When he's not scouting out ownership options for the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, he is campaigning to reverse staggering dropout rates  among the province's youth. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/a-power-broker-with-a-social-bent/article1151399/&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_12443561"&gt;Report: Roy has combo  offer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Denver Post -  Denver,CO,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; as a way of one-upping any offer that might  come his way from another team — particularly the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;,  whose coaching job is vacant. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_12443561&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/bce-ponders-purchase-of-share-in-canadiens/article1150514/"&gt;BCE  ponders purchase of share in &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Globe and Mail - Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Telecom giant BCE is looking at  playing defence by backing a bid for the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, a move that  would keep rival Quebecor Inc. from seizing the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/bce-ponders-purchase-of-share-in-canadiens/article1150514/&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/what_team_do_you_associate_scotty_bowman_with/"&gt;KuklasKorner  : Hockey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Paul &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His two  greatest stretches of accomplishements happened in &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;, and Detroit.  Each incarnation was impressive to behold. My heart says Scotty Bowman is  first-and-foremost identified with the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, but my head  says that &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/" href="http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/"&gt;KK Hockey -  http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://npac.ca/?p=4273"&gt;NPAC - News Photographers Association of  Canada&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By admin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; goalie Patrick Roy lifts the Stanley Cup over his head following  the Habs 1993 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. Roy was named the Conn Smythe  Trophy winner as playoff MVP. (JOHN MAHONEY/ &lt;b&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/b&gt; GAZETTE)  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://npac.ca/" href="http://npac.ca/"&gt;NPAC - News Photographers Association... -  http://npac.ca/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://mapleleafshotstove.com/index.php/2009/05/24/top-priority-mike-komisarek/"&gt;Top  Priority: Mike Komisarek : Maple Leafs Hot Stove&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Ron Guillet &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Komisarek has been a serviceable  defensive defenseman for the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, no doubt about it. Ever  since he completed his first full season with the &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; back in the  2005-06 campaign, Habs fans have been privy to the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://mapleleafshotstove.com/" href="http://mapleleafshotstove.com/"&gt;Maple Leafs Hot Stove -  http://mapleleafshotstove.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://neatesager.blogspot.com/2009/05/windsor-wins-memorial-cup-scores-one.html"&gt;Out  Of Left Field: Windsor wins Memorial Cup, scores one for &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By sager &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Oddly enough, the Belleville  Bulls are losing P.K. Subban, who went from sixth-round pick in the OHL to a top  prospect for the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; and a two-time world junior  defenceman. Subban's birthday? May 13, making him another &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://neatesager.blogspot.com/" href="http://neatesager.blogspot.com/"&gt;Out Of Left Field -  http://neatesager.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://theacademyisbrasil.blogspot.com/2009/05/chizz-concorrendo-ao-posto-de.html"&gt;The  Academy Is... Brasil: Chizz concorrendo ao posto de &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Vanessa &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Georges Laraque (&lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;) Gordy Foreman (Frenzal Rhomb) Greg Attonito (The Bouncing Souls)  Greg Cipes Greg Wood GZA (The Wu-Tang Clan) Hrishikesh Hirway (The One AM Radio)  Hunter Burgan (AFI) &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://theacademyisbrasil.blogspot.com/" href="http://theacademyisbrasil.blogspot.com/"&gt;The Academy Is... Brasil -  http://theacademyisbrasil.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.tkqlhce.com/oo82cA6wy-296z-CLNRMMQTPUR?target=_blank&amp;mouseover=Y"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2561378112191021696-6948972242367632184?l=mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~4/k-FuQvjFsDU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/feeds/6948972242367632184/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2561378112191021696&amp;postID=6948972242367632184" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/6948972242367632184?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/6948972242367632184?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~3/k-FuQvjFsDU/power-broker-with-social-bent-globe-and.html" title="" /><author><name>Curious Explorer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13122021644422501529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5L0rwRLKr0/S0mzXunb64I/AAAAAAAAAjI/9XvMPHpICsU/S220/andrebeauregard" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/2009/05/power-broker-with-social-bent-globe-and.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DEcARHsyeip7ImA9WxJQF00.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561378112191021696.post-2335665358353400089</id><published>2009-05-30T13:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-30T13:54:05.592-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-30T13:54:05.592-04:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/sports/hockey/24mcguire.html"&gt;A  Broadcaster Ready to Do More Than Just Talk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;New York Times - United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;McGuire, 47, got his  start in broadcasting on the radio for the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. He has  examples to follow in John Davidson and Dale Tallon. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/sports/hockey/24mcguire.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" width="80" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/05/22/sp-canadiens-lapierre.html"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=FkWj_QAj4EMJ&amp;amp;imgurl=www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/sports/photos/2009/04/06/306-schneider090406.jpg" border="0" width="80" height="45" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/05/22/sp-canadiens-lapierre.html"&gt;CBC.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/05/22/sp-canadiens-lapierre.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  Lapierre, Schneider undergo surgery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Tom Mihalek/Associated  Press) &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; forward Maxim Lapierre and defenceman Mathieu  Schneider are expected to be ready for training camp in &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/05/22/sp-canadiens-lapierre.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://ronsview.org/2009/05/23/black-hawks-vs-red-wings/"&gt;Black Hawks vs.  Red Wings « Ron's View&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Ron  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Red Wings and Black Hawks got to mix it up with the Toronto Maple  Leafs and the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, and the Rangers and Bruins, after a  regular season of embarrassment, got to go home. I didn't even understand that  the Rangers and &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://ronsview.org/" href="http://ronsview.org/"&gt;Ron's View -  http://ronsview.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://identi.ca/notice/4513790"&gt;habs's status on Saturday, 23-May-09  22:54:12 UTC - Identi.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Montreal  Canadiens de Montréal &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;habs's status on Saturday, 23-May-09 22:54:12  UTC. &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;Montréal&lt;/b&gt; habs. [CKAC] #Habs Louis  Leblanc avec le &lt;b&gt;Canadien&lt;/b&gt;? http://bit.ly/f21f6. Published: about 10  minutes ago. From: twitterfeed. Secondary site navigation &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://identi.ca/habs" href="http://identi.ca/habs"&gt;habs - http://identi.ca/habs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://moviemusicprev.blogspot.com/2009/05/rocket-2005.html"&gt;Movie and  Music Preview: The Rocket (2005)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Uba  Guru &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; the first player to score 50 goals in 50 games and  the man generally regarded as the Babe Ruth of the National Hockey League (he  was a member of the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, the hockey equivalent of the New  York Yankees). &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://moviemusicprev.blogspot.com/" href="http://moviemusicprev.blogspot.com/"&gt;Movie and Music Preview -  http://moviemusicprev.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/23/fdl-book-salon-welcomes-adam-gopnik-angels-and-ages-a-short-book-about-darwin-lincoln-and-modern-life/"&gt;Firedoglake  » FDL Book Salon Welcomes Adam Gopnik - Angels and &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Scott McLemee &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My only regular on-line  home , I should add, is a &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; fan-board site, where I  argue, under a pseydonym , for more Swedish and Russian players, against those  Canadian nationalists who think we suffer from the absence of  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/09/campaign-launch-tell-congress-no-more-dough-till-we-know-where-it-goes/" href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/09/campaign-launch-tell-congress-no-more-dough-till-we-know-where-it-goes/"&gt;Firedoglake  -  http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/09/campaign-launch-tell-congress-no-more-dough-till-we-know-where-it-goes/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://discounthockey.net/NHL/3223/"&gt;Patrick Roy &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  Red Heroes of Hockey Jersey &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By admin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You'll honor one of the game's all-time greats  every time you wear this Patrick Roy &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Red Heroes of  Hockey Jersey from Reebok. Features embroidered team logo with applique twill on  chest and, where applicable, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://discounthockey.net/" href="http://discounthockey.net/"&gt;Discount Hockey -  http://discounthockey.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.tkqlhce.com/oo82cA6wy-296z-CLNRMMQTPUR?target=_blank&amp;mouseover=Y"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2561378112191021696-2335665358353400089?l=mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~4/kZp-YFJkSTo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/feeds/2335665358353400089/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2561378112191021696&amp;postID=2335665358353400089" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/2335665358353400089?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/2335665358353400089?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~3/kZp-YFJkSTo/broadcaster-ready-to-do-more-than-just.html" title="" /><author><name>Curious Explorer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13122021644422501529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5L0rwRLKr0/S0mzXunb64I/AAAAAAAAAjI/9XvMPHpICsU/S220/andrebeauregard" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/2009/05/broadcaster-ready-to-do-more-than-just.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CE8GSXozeSp7ImA9WxJRGU0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561378112191021696.post-3450218188652241278</id><published>2009-05-21T06:46:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-21T06:47:08.481-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-21T06:47:08.481-04:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_12407475"&gt;Dater: Mom backs next move  by Roy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Denver Post -  Denver,CO,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is he waiting for the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; to make  him an offer? Will he want to stay home when all is said and done, coaching  youngsters on the junior hockey &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_12407475&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/179268"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=Aj4pneAl6dIJ&amp;amp;imgurl=bleacherreport.com/images_root/image_pictures/0365/0039/2604_feature.jpg" border="0" height="54" width="80" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/179268"&gt;Bleacher  Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/179268"&gt;Claude Julien Wins The Sporting  News NHL Coach Of The Year&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bleacher  Report - CA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Julien began his NHL coaching career with the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;—leading the Habs to two fourth-place seasons in the  Eastern Conference. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/179268&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/Statue+captures+Morenz+spirit+says/1607570/story.html"&gt;Statue  captures Morenz spirit, son says&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The  Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Howie Morenz Jr., the 82-year-old  son of &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; legend Howie Morenz, gets his first look at the statue  honouring his father in the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;' &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.montrealgazette.com/Statue%2Bcaptures%2BMorenz%2Bspirit%2Bsays/1607570/story.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/05/19/9496846-sun.html"&gt;We want  another team: Poll&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Toronto Sun -  Ontario, Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A majority -- 54% -- are even cheering for the bid  even in the home of the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. Yesterday, the NHL Fans  Association also announced the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/05/19/9496846-sun.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.icehockeynews.eu/2009/05/20/davos-gets-a-shot-at-chicago-2/"&gt;Davos  gets a shot at Chicago | Icehockey News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By admin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CSKA Moscow (URS). 2-4. Chicago vs. NHL teams  in Europe. Date. Venue. Game. Score. Sep. 12, 1992. London (GBR). &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; vs. Chicago Blackhawks. 3-2. Sep. 13, 1992. London (GBR).  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; vs. Chicago Blackhawks &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.icehockeynews.eu/" href="http://www.icehockeynews.eu/"&gt;Icehockey News -  http://www.icehockeynews.eu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://jamesglenn17.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/donald-brashear/"&gt;Donald  Brashear « My Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By jamesglenn17  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He previously played for the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, Vancouver  Canucks and Philadelphia Flyers. Born in Bedford, Indiana, he moved to Quebec in  his youth. Brashear's stay in &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; ended suddenly [...]  http://ping.fm/4wjY7 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://jamesglenn17.wordpress.com/" href="http://jamesglenn17.wordpress.com/"&gt;My Blog -  http://jamesglenn17.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://ingoalmag.com/news/goalie-news-wednesday-may-20-2009/"&gt;Goalie News  Wednesday May 20, 2009 | News | Hockey Goalie Resource &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By David Hutchison &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pat Hickey: Is Patrick  Roy biding his time while waiting for the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; to offer him  their head coaching job? That seems to be a distinct possibility. Rumor Roundup:  Theodore's return &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://ingoalmag.com/" href="http://ingoalmag.com/"&gt;inGoalMag.com - In Goal  Magazine... - http://ingoalmag.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.dagens-hockey.se/hbh/?p=349"&gt;Dagens-hockey » Dagens hockey  090520 5:00&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By admin  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; · Ottawa Senators · Toronto Maple Leafs.  Southeast Atlanta Thrashers · Carolina Hurricanes · Florida Panthers · Tampa Bay  Lightning · Washington Capitals. Central Chicago Blackhawks · Columbus Blue  Jackets &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.dagens-hockey.se/hbh/" href="http://www.dagens-hockey.se/hbh/"&gt;Dagens-hockey -  http://www.dagens-hockey.se/hbh/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://thehockeywriters.com/johan-franzen-potentially-rocket-richard-material/"&gt;Johan  Franzen Potentially Rocket Richard Material | The Hockey Writers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Rafal Ladysz &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donated by the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; in 1999, Richard was the first player in NHL history  to net 50 goals in one year. Stars like Pavel Bure, Teemu Selanne, Jarome Iginla  and Ilya Kovalchuk have earned this prestigious honor through their  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://thehockeywriters.com/" href="http://thehockeywriters.com/"&gt;The  Hockey Writers - http://thehockeywriters.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.tkqlhce.com/oo82cA6wy-296z-CLNRMMQTPUR?target=_blank&amp;mouseover=Y"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2561378112191021696-3450218188652241278?l=mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~4/mWnLqNiMRbw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/feeds/3450218188652241278/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2561378112191021696&amp;postID=3450218188652241278" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/3450218188652241278?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/3450218188652241278?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~3/mWnLqNiMRbw/dater-mom-backs-next-move-by-roy-denver.html" title="" /><author><name>Curious Explorer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13122021644422501529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5L0rwRLKr0/S0mzXunb64I/AAAAAAAAAjI/9XvMPHpICsU/S220/andrebeauregard" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/2009/05/dater-mom-backs-next-move-by-roy-denver.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0AARXs4eyp7ImA9WxJRFk0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561378112191021696.post-5417753109476169841</id><published>2009-05-17T19:08:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-17T19:09:04.533-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-17T19:09:04.533-04:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090515.wrquebecor15art1942/BNStory/Business/home"&gt;Quebecor  and Les Habs: Is Péladeau on thin ice?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Globe and Mail - Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The chief executive officer of  Quebecor Inc. is pitching the business case for buying the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; as a source of cable and wireless content, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090515.wrquebecor15art1942/BNStory/Business/home&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090515.RQUEBECOR15ART1942/TPStory/Business"&gt;Quebecor  and Les Habs: Is Péladeau on thin ice?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Globe and Mail - Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BT is pitching the business case  for buying the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; as a source of cable and wireless  content, raising alarms bells among analysts. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090515.RQUEBECOR15ART1942/TPStory/Business&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://sports.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090514.wdowbiggin15/GSStory/GlobeSportsHockey/home"&gt;Upstart  team faces TV challenges&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Globe and Mail  - Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition, neither would be willing to bump the Leafs or  even Vancouver Canucks and &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; from their featured  Saturday or midweek packages to &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://sports.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090514.wdowbiggin15/GSStory/GlobeSportsHockey/home&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/Habs+B%C3%A9liveau+receive+honorary+degree/1597115/story.html"&gt;Habs  legend Béliveau to receive honorary degree&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jean Béliveau led  the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; to 10 Stanley Cup wins during his 18 seasons with  the team. &lt;b&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/b&gt; – A pioneering anti-nuclear activist and two  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.montrealgazette.com/Habs%2BB%25C3%25A9liveau%2Breceive%2Bhonorary%2Bdegree/1597115/story.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20090514_In_the_Crease.html"&gt;Tit for  tat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Philadelphia Inquirer -  Philadelphia,PA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Five years ago, Claude Julien coached the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; to a Game 7 win in the first round of the playoffs  after they had trailed Boston, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20090514_In_the_Crease.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3822989"&gt;PK Subban  Signs Contract with &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;OurSports Central (press release) -  Marshfield,WI,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Belleville Bulls defenceman PK Subban has signed a  three year entry level contract with the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. Subban was  selected in the second round of &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/%3Fid%3D3822989&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.canada.com/sports/Honouring+flag+family/1594031/story.html"&gt;Honouring  flag and family&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Canada.com - Don  Mills,Ontario,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only the maple leaf flies higher, and the only  other flag they've flown was a &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; flag from 2002-06 when Claude  was head coach in &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.canada.com/sports/Honouring%2Bflag%2Bfamily/1594031/story.html&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/1198515.html"&gt;Carolina knocks off  Boston 3-2 in overtime - Kansas City Star&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;The other came  last year in the first round against the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="subhead"&gt;Red  Wings 4, Ducks  3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Detroit wins  series 4-3&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DETROIT | Dan Cleary came through  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.kansascity.com/sports/index.xml" href="http://www.kansascity.com/sports/index.xml"&gt;Kansas City Star: Sports -  http://www.kansascity.com/sports/index.xml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/soundoff/archive/2009/05/14/288964.aspx"&gt;Habs  legend Béliveau to receive honorary degree - Soundoff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By soundoff &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A pioneering anti-nuclear activist and two  big names long associated with the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; hockey team are  among those slated to accept honorary degrees at upcoming convocations of  Concordia University and l'Université de &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/soundoff/default.aspx" href="http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/soundoff/default.aspx"&gt;Soundoff  -  http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/soundoff/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/30753869/"&gt;Walker, 'Canes deliver final KO  punch to Bruins in OT - NHL &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;The other came last  year in the first round against the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. Walker's goal  “sucks the life out of you,” said Milan Lucic, who tied the game 2-2 at 6:19 of  the third period. “We worked hard to get back in the series and  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/3032113/" href="http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/3032113/"&gt;NBCSports.com: Sports -  http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/3032113/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/sports_ap_boston_bruins_lose_game_7_to_carolina_hurricanes20090515_tro"&gt;Boston  Bruins' season ends with loss to Carolina Hurricanes l WPRI.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;The other came last year in the first round against the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. Bitz, a rookie forward, gave Boston the first lead with his first  playoff goal. Michael Ryder's shot from the left point hit the back wall and  rebounded to the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.wpri.com/" href="http://www.wpri.com/"&gt;WPRI TV -  http://www.wpri.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://nationalsportsreview.com/sports/us/BobBirge/2009/05/14/hurricanes-walker-punches-out-bruins-season/"&gt;Hurricanes'  Walker punches out Bruins' season &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By bobbirge3 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 5, 1979 — &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; 5, Bruins  4. Boston is less than two minutes away from ending &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;' dynasty.  But coach Don Cherry can't execute a proper line change, resulting in a power  play for &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;. 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&lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://sports.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090512.wsptduha13/GSStory/GlobeSportsHockey/home"&gt;Situation  bleak for Canada's clubs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Globe and Mail  - Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's been 16 years since the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; last  won the Stanley Cup in 1993, and based on recent performance, things are going  to get worse rather than &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://sports.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090512.wsptduha13/GSStory/GlobeSportsHockey/home&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1589450"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=3BepmDWyqcAJ&amp;amp;imgurl=a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/www.nationalpost.com/sports/1589453.bin%3Fsize%3D404x272" border="0" height="54" width="80" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1589450"&gt;National  Post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1589450"&gt;Making the  moves&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;National Post -  Toronto,Ontario,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dave Sandford / Getty ImagesEven &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; owner George Gillett is rumoured to be trying to get somebody to  take one of the wealthiest franchises &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html%3Fid%3D1589450&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://sports.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090512.wspthabs0512/GSStory/GlobeSports/home"&gt;League  to Gillett: quiet, please&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Globe and  Mail - Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TORONTO — When speculation on the ownership of the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; began to overshadow coverage of the team's playoff  series against the Boston Bruins, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://sports.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090512.wspthabs0512/GSStory/GlobeSports/home&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/playerbreakingnews.asp?sport=NHL&amp;amp;id=562&amp;amp;line=87358&amp;amp;spln=1"&gt;Habs  sale may go through by mid-June&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Rotoworld.com - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; may be  sold by mid-June, according to a report in La Presse. Four groups, two from  Quebec and two from the United States, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/playerbreakingnews.asp%3Fsport%3DNHL%26id%3D562%26line%3D87358%26spln%3D1&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://thomasean.blogspot.com/2009/05/canadas-team.html"&gt;Random Thoughts  from a Random Mind: Canada's Team?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By  Thomasean &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's as if everyone in the nation was supposed to go into  mourning that the Cup would not be making it's way north of the border for the  first time since the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; won it in 1993. I'm about to say  something that doesn't &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://thomasean.blogspot.com/" href="http://thomasean.blogspot.com/"&gt;Random Thoughts from a Random Mind -  http://thomasean.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.ohlhockeynews.com/2009/05/expect-more-afront-loadeda-nhl-contracts/"&gt;Expect  More â??Front-Loadedâ?? NHL Contracts. | OHL Hockey News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By admin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For example, 27-year-old  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; defenseman Mike Komisarek is eligible for unrestricted  free agency in July. Itâ??s believed he wants to remain with the Habs and they  wish to retain him but thereâ??s speculation he could seek &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.ohlhockeynews.com/" href="http://www.ohlhockeynews.com/"&gt;OHL Hockey News -  http://www.ohlhockeynews.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/s_624871.html"&gt;Capitals want to  exorcise demons vs. Pens - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;It is  like the Boston Bruins feeling like they just couldn't beat the  (&lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;) &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; back in the '70s. It doesn't really  translate. For us, we're a totally different team than we were back then." Now,  the Caps will welcome their &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/" href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/"&gt;PittsburghLIVE.com -  http://www.pittsburghlive.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2009/05/stanley-cup-legends-lanny-mcdonald.html"&gt;Greatest  Hockey Legends.com: Stanley Cup Legends: Lanny McDonald&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Joe Pelletier &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I scored my last  goal in my final game, again, in the &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; Forum. I was part of the  on-ice lineup for that winning game and we were the only team other than the  &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; ever to win the Stanley Cup on Forum ice." &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/" href="http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/"&gt;Greatest Hockey Legends.com -  http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bruins-savard-ok-after-suffering-leg-injury-against-hurricanes-in-game-6-of-playoff-series-61084/"&gt;Bruins'  Savard OK after suffering leg injury against Hurricanes in  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Bureau News  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 22nd, 2009 Bruins expect fourth win to be toughestMONTREAL —  While the Boston Bruins talked about how tough it is to get the fourth win in a  best-of-seven playoff series, the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; contemplated their  bleak reality of &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://blog.taragana.com/n/" href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/"&gt;The Gaea  News - http://blog.taragana.com/n/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.tkqlhce.com/oo82cA6wy-296z-CLNRMMQTPUR?target=_blank&amp;mouseover=Y"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2561378112191021696-158574786936928642?l=mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~4/UvDZHtdn_Hw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/feeds/158574786936928642/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2561378112191021696&amp;postID=158574786936928642" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/158574786936928642?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/158574786936928642?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~3/UvDZHtdn_Hw/situation-bleak-for-canadas-clubs-globe.html" title="" /><author><name>Curious Explorer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13122021644422501529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5L0rwRLKr0/S0mzXunb64I/AAAAAAAAAjI/9XvMPHpICsU/S220/andrebeauregard" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/2009/05/situation-bleak-for-canadas-clubs-globe.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUcGQXc4eyp7ImA9WxJSFk0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561378112191021696.post-4156856476460235283</id><published>2009-05-06T05:43:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-06T05:43:40.933-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-06T05:43:40.933-04:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.canada.com/Varlamov+save+probably+brings+back+memories+Pappin/1560538/story.html"&gt;Varlamov  save probably brings back bad memories for Pappin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; Canwest  News ServiceMay 3, 2009 Jim Pappin probably still sees it in his nightmares, a  certain goal that wasn't against the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; in Game 7  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://www.canada.com/Varlamov%2Bsave%2Bprobably%2Bbrings%2Bback%2Bmemories%2BPappin/1560538/story.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090504.TORCH04ART2355/TPStory/National"&gt;Olympic  torch failing to light up Quebec&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Globe  and Mail - Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of that lack of interest may be due to other  strong sports storylines in Quebec, such as the centennial season of the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090504.TORCH04ART2355/TPStory/National"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/04/change-is-net-gain/"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=UBDt4erXITwJ&amp;amp;imgurl=media.washingtontimes.com/media/img/photos/2009/05/04/20090504-002202-pic-797232429_r350x200.jpg%3F0babd24c675f3097b9d1ff106ec8653055db7939" border="0" height="46" width="80" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/04/change-is-net-gain/"&gt;Washington  Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/04/change-is-net-gain/"&gt;Change is  net gain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Washington Times -  Washington,DC,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Bob Cohn (Contact) | Monday, May 4, 2009 A dozen  years ago, a 20-year-old goaltender named Jose Theodore stepped in for the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; during a &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/04/change-is-net-gain/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/167227-carolina-raises-cane-with-the-boston-bruins"&gt;Carolina  Raises Cane With the Boston Bruins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bleacher Report - San Francisco,CA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; had a  major attitude overhaul after game one, where the Bruins made them look, if not  junior varsity, at least as uneven as the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;.  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/167227-carolina-raises-cane-with-the-boston-bruins"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/entertainment/books/Rocket-as-cultural-history-like-skating-on-soft-ice-44264912.html"&gt;Rocket  as cultural history like skating on soft ice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Benoît  Melançon The May release of this deep-thinking hockey tome was likely timed to  coincide with a lengthy &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; run to the Stanley Cup  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/entertainment/books/Rocket-as-cultural-history-like-skating-on-soft-ice-44264912.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/16266/"&gt;Epoch Times -  NHL—Hurricanes Shut Out Bruins to Even Series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Reuters &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The loss ended a five-game playoff winning  streak for the top-seeded Bruins , who swept the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; in  their first-round series and beat the Hurricanes 4-1 Friday. Carolina had a  potential fourth goal waived off with 0.2 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.theepochtimes.com/" href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/"&gt;Epoch Times | All headlines -  http://www.theepochtimes.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://goneeasttowestern.blogspot.com/2009/05/stanley-cup-semifinals-started-already.html"&gt;Gone  East to Western: The Stanley Cup Semifinals Started Already&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By James Howard &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boy, good thing the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; fired Guy Carbonneau when they did or they'd really  have looked pathetic in that four-game sweep Boston gave them! HUNDREDTH SEASON  YEAH BABY So Boston had plenty of cooldown time after their first  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://goneeasttowestern.blogspot.com/" href="http://goneeasttowestern.blogspot.com/"&gt;Gone East to Western -  http://goneeasttowestern.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.dagens-hockey.se/?p=3517"&gt;Dagens Hockey » Dagens hockey 090504  11:00&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Jonk &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. Change is net gain - The Washington Times [Mer om &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;]. Ottawa Senators. Malkin takes shot at his slump - The Washington  Times [Mer om Ottawa Senators]. Philadelphia Flyers &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.dagens-hockey.se/" href="http://www.dagens-hockey.se/"&gt;Dagens Hockey -  http://www.dagens-hockey.se/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://canadianattic.blogspot.com/2009/05/may-4-2009.html"&gt;Canadian Attic:  May 4, 2009&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By J. Habakuk Jephson  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; won their second straight Stanley Cup  with a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Blues at St. Louis Arena and a 4 game sweep of  the final series. The winning goal was scored by John Ferguson at 3:02 of the  third period in &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://canadianattic.blogspot.com/" href="http://canadianattic.blogspot.com/"&gt;Canadian Attic -  http://canadianattic.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://blogs.newsobserver.com/decock/captain-takes-one-for-team"&gt;Talking  Points - Captain takes one for team | newsobserver.com blogs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By ldecock &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the Hurricanes fell  behind 2-0 to the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; in the first round, losing both  games at home, Brind'Amour reiterated the team's mission before Game 3 in  &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;, and the Hurricanes won four straight. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://blogs.newsobserver.com/all" href="http://blogs.newsobserver.com/all"&gt;newsobserver.com blogs -  http://blogs.newsobserver.com/all&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.tkqlhce.com/oo82cA6wy-296z-CLNRMMQTPUR?target=_blank&amp;mouseover=Y"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2561378112191021696-4156856476460235283?l=mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~4/V_UGhGmV1ig" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/feeds/4156856476460235283/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2561378112191021696&amp;postID=4156856476460235283" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/4156856476460235283?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/4156856476460235283?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~3/V_UGhGmV1ig/varlamov-save-probably-brings-back-bad.html" title="" /><author><name>Curious Explorer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13122021644422501529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5L0rwRLKr0/S0mzXunb64I/AAAAAAAAAjI/9XvMPHpICsU/S220/andrebeauregard" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/2009/05/varlamov-save-probably-brings-back-bad.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CE4MR3s_cSp7ImA9WxJSFk0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561378112191021696.post-5146915853864623734</id><published>2009-05-06T05:42:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-06T05:43:06.549-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-06T05:43:06.549-04:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090501/lafleur_evidence_090501/20090501/?hub=TorontoNewHome"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=WmzoA-M1Jh4J&amp;amp;imgurl=images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20090501/160_ap_Guy_090501.jpg" border="0" height="60" width="80" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090501/lafleur_evidence_090501/20090501/?hub=TorontoNewHome"&gt;CTV.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090501/lafleur_evidence_090501/20090501/?hub=TorontoNewHome"&gt;Lafleur  convicted of giving contradictory evidence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;CTV.ca - Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The charges originate with testimony the  former &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; star gave in September 2007 at his son's bail  hearing. Mark Lafleur had been charged with &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090501/lafleur_evidence_090501/20090501/%3Fhub%3DTorontoNewHome"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/columnists/mcgrath/story/729260.html"&gt;1919  Metropolitans decided forfeit was nobler path&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;TheNewsTribune.com - Tacoma,WA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Posthumously inducted  into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961, Hall helped lead the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; to a sixth and deciding game of the 1919 Stanley Cup  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/columnists/mcgrath/story/729260.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/hockey/hockey-wires/story/1027691.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;  legend Lafleur convicted of obstruction of justice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Sports Network Former  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; forward Guy Lafleur was convicted of obstruction of  justice Friday and faces a maximum sentence of 14 years in &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/hockey/hockey-wires/story/1027691.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/166431-suriving-a-car-crash-a-guide-for-the-montreal-canadiens"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt3.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=P29Z7F-qTMMJ&amp;amp;imgurl=bleacherreport.com/images_root/image_pictures/0321/6434/crash_feature.jpg" border="0" height="54" width="80" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/166431-suriving-a-car-crash-a-guide-for-the-montreal-canadiens"&gt;Bleacher  Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/166431-suriving-a-car-crash-a-guide-for-the-montreal-canadiens"&gt;Suriving  a Car Crash: A Guide for the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bleacher Report - San Francisco,CA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now  is the time for the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; to regroup, dust off the broken  glass and pieces of asphalt and start chatting up free-agents and car salesmen.  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/166431-suriving-a-car-crash-a-guide-for-the-montreal-canadiens"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/127/2009/may/03/power-play.html"&gt;PhillyBurbs.com:  Power play&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;After 42 years of operation, they have the  second-highest winning percentage in hockey history, trailing only the fabled  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. The Flyers have missed the playoffs only eight times,  been to as many conference finals as any &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.phillyburbs.com/" href="http://www.phillyburbs.com/"&gt;phillyBurbs.com: Courier Times... -  http://www.phillyburbs.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://steelcitysportsfan.blogspot.com/2009/05/on-this-date-in-pittsburgh-penguins.html"&gt;The  Steel City Sports Fan (Penguins Edition): On this Date in  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Stephanie &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Andy  Moog of the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; shut out the Penguins 3-0; Pittsburgh was  eliminated in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals in six games. 1996. The  Penguins defeated the New York Rangers, 4-3, in the opening game of the Eastern  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://steelcitysportsfan.blogspot.com/" href="http://steelcitysportsfan.blogspot.com/"&gt;The Steel City Sports Fan  (Penguins... - http://steelcitysportsfan.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://lanclip.com/watch-tcWzwSMmPy8/habs-vs-leafs-preview.aspx"&gt;Habs Vs  Leafs Preview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By admin@lanclip.com  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those three being &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;, Ottawa, and Buffalo. With Boston  just missing out but in the mix right till the end. So here is my 2008-2009  North East Division Preview: 1. &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; (102 points) (1st in  the Northeast) (3rd in &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.lanclip.com/" href="http://www.lanclip.com/"&gt;lanclip.com -  Entertainment Network - http://www.lanclip.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2009/05/03/ap/sports/hockey/d97th4080.txt"&gt;The  Sentinel Online : Ap : Sports : Hockey : Hockey Hall of Famer  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;The verdict was handed down in &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;  by Quebec court Judge Claude Parent on Friday morning. The former &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; star will be sentenced next month. The Crown is asking that  Lafleur be given a conditional sentence; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.cumberlink.com/" href="http://www.cumberlink.com/"&gt;Ap/sports/hockey from www.cumberlink.com -  http://www.cumberlink.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.dobberhockey.com/content/view/1915/77/"&gt;May Mock - DobberHockey  - Fantasy Hockey Player Rankings &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;If the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; draft Louis Leblanc, Bob Gainey and Trevor Timmins  deserve a Nobel Prize in Peace. With the monumental collapse of the 100th  anniversary &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; pitting Francophone against Anglophone fan in a way  not seen &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.dobberhockey.com/" href="http://www.dobberhockey.com/"&gt;Powered  by Dobberhockey.com - http://www.dobberhockey.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.tkqlhce.com/oo82cA6wy-296z-CLNRMMQTPUR?target=_blank&amp;mouseover=Y"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2561378112191021696-5146915853864623734?l=mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~4/7SNepGy4G84" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/feeds/5146915853864623734/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2561378112191021696&amp;postID=5146915853864623734" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/5146915853864623734?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2561378112191021696/posts/default/5146915853864623734?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mtlcanadiens-TheYearOfTheRing/~3/7SNepGy4G84/ctv.html" title="" /><author><name>Curious Explorer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13122021644422501529</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5L0rwRLKr0/S0mzXunb64I/AAAAAAAAAjI/9XvMPHpICsU/S220/andrebeauregard" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mtlcanadiensca.blogspot.com/2009/05/ctv.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CE4BQH86cSp7ImA9WxJSFk0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561378112191021696.post-8371584121362643027</id><published>2009-05-06T05:42:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-06T05:42:31.119-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-06T05:42:31.119-04:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:+1;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.leaderpost.com/Proud+fluency+Canadian/1557192/story.html"&gt;Proud  of her fluency in &lt;b&gt;Canadian&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Regina Leader-Post -  Regina,Saskatchewan,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; legend Guy  Lafleur faces a maximum of 14 years in prison after being convicted Friday of  giving contradictory evidence at his son's bail &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://www.leaderpost.com/Proud%2Bfluency%2BCanadian/1557192/story.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/articles/2009/05/02/a_habit_lucic_had_no_problem_breaking"&gt;A  habit Lucic had no problem breaking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Boston Globe - United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's not going to be  that hatred that was built up the last two years from playing the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. But I think once the puck drops, emotions are &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/articles/2009/05/02/a_habit_lucic_had_no_problem_breaking"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/articles/2009/05/02/ryder_has_put_game_in_high_gear"&gt;Ryder  has put game in high gear&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Boston Globe  - United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ryder scored twice in the clinching game, in  &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;. The 29-year-old spent four seasons with the &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;,  scoring 25, 30, and 30 goals his first three &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/articles/2009/05/02/ryder_has_put_game_in_high_gear"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.eagletribune.com/pusports/local_story_122020228.html?keyword=topstory"&gt;What  a difference a year makes for Ryder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Eagle Tribune - North Andover,MA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ryder, whose  contract with the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; had just expired, was entering the  free-agent market after posting career lows in goals (14) and points  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://www.eagletribune.com/pusports/local_story_122020228.html%3Fkeyword%3Dtopstory"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090501.wlafleur0501/BNStory/National/home?cid=al_gam_mostemail"&gt;Quebec  Court Judge Claude Parent said hockey legend had lied when  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Globe and Mail -  Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Former &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; star Guy Lafleur arrives for  his trial on obstruction of justice in &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; Thursday, April 16, 2009.  (THE &lt;b&gt;CANADIAN&lt;/b&gt; PRESS/Ryan &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090501.wlafleur0501/BNStory/National/home%3Fcid%3Dal_gam_mostemail"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.torontosun.com/sports/hockey/2009/04/30/9305226.html"&gt;Offside  Friday — Leafs glory ... Good versus evil in playoffs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Toronto Sun - Ontario, Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By GARY LOEWEN, SUN MEDIA  It was a mere 42 years ago, tomorrow, that the Leafs defeated the &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; 3-1 to win the Stanley Cup final in six games &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://www.torontosun.com/sports/hockey/2009/04/30/9305226.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jHELxkygw3Kk-_PDDayoFKdSjRwg"&gt;Newsmaker:  Guy Lafleur not one to hide despite legal woes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The Canadian Press - MONTREAL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/b&gt; — Hockey  legend Guy Lafleur has never been one to hide. The high-scoring right-winger  from the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;' dynasty of the 1970s went about  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jHELxkygw3Kk-_PDDayoFKdSjRwg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.canada.com/Habs+legend+Lafleur+guilty+obstruction+justice+charge/1554107/story.html"&gt;Habs  legend Guy Lafleur guilty on obstruction of justice charge.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The  charge of obstruction of justice stemmed from September 2007 when the National  Hockey League Hall of Famer and former &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadien&lt;/b&gt; gave evidence at  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://www.canada.com/Habs%2Blegend%2BLafleur%2Bguilty%2Bobstruction%2Bjustice%2Bcharge/1554107/story.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/05/01/montreal-lafleur-testimony-0501.html"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt3.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=A5RDqd7VvdwJ&amp;amp;imgurl=www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2009/05/01/mtl-lafleursandson-cp-ok.jpg" border="0" height="63" width="80" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/05/01/montreal-lafleur-testimony-0501.html"&gt;CBC.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/05/01/montreal-lafleur-testimony-0501.html"&gt;Lafleur  guilty of contradictory testimony&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Robert  Skinner/&lt;b&gt;Canadian&lt;/b&gt; Press/La Presse)The former NHL star, who played much of  his career with the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, was on trial this spring on a  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/05/01/montreal-lafleur-testimony-0501.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Hall+famer+Lafleur+guilty+obstructing+justice/1553427/story.html"&gt;Hall  of famer Guy Lafleur guilty of obstructing justice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;MONTREAL&lt;/b&gt; —  &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; legend Guy Lafleur has been found guilty of obstructing justice  by giving contradictory evidence at a bail hearing in September 2007  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Hall%2Bfamer%2BLafleur%2Bguilty%2Bobstructing%2Bjustice/1553427/story.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.ohio.com/sports/44209172.html"&gt;Ohio.com - Lidstrom scores two  to get Red Wings by Ducks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;Thomas won his 11th consecutive  game, including four straight in the first round against the rival &lt;b&gt;Montreal  Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; that was Boston's first playoff series victory since defeating the  Hurricanes in 1999. The sweep of the &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; left &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.ohio.com/sports" href="http://www.ohio.com/sports"&gt;Sports - http://www.ohio.com/sports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/307722/140/"&gt;Late goal sends Red  Wings past Duck - Daily Herald / Utah Valley &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By The Associated Press &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The others were  in 1991 when the Edmonton Oilers played the Calgary Flames, and in 1971 when the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; faced the Boston Bruins. Anaheim eliminated the Red  Wings two years ago in the Western Conference finals en route to the  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.heraldextra.com/" href="http://www.heraldextra.com/"&gt;Our Towns  &amp;amp; Sports - http://www.heraldextra.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/story/700739.html"&gt;Canes find  going tough in Boston | CharlotteObserver.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;They swept  the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; during their first Stanley Cup playoff series.  They also swept the Hurricanes during the regular season. But the Canes came  away from the opener of their second-round series a bit angry and mystified.  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/" href="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/"&gt;CharlotteObserver.com Most Recent... -  http://www.charlotteobserver.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://topnichewords.com/sports/guy-lafleur-former-montreal-canadiens-hall-of-famer-convicted-might-get-jail-time/"&gt;Top  Niche Words » Blog Archive » Guy Lafleur, former &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By admin &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hockey  Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur has been convicted of giving contradictory evidence at  his son's bail hearing, and could spend time in jail. Here is the original post:  Guy Lafleur, former &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; Hall of Famer, convicted,  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://topnichewords.com/" href="http://topnichewords.com/"&gt;Top Niche Words  - http://topnichewords.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/Newsmaker_-Guy-Lafleur-not-one-to-hide-despite-legal-woes.html"&gt;Newsmaker:  Guy Lafleur not one to hide despite legal woes &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;The high-scoring right-winger from the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;'  dynasty of the 1970s went about his business as a restaurant owner and public  relations "ambassador" for the NHL club even while dealing with his son's legal  troubles and then &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/" href="http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/"&gt;National Breaking  News - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 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&lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/articles/2009/04/26/strain_is_showing_on_beleaguered_gainey"&gt;Strain  is showing on beleaguered Gainey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Boston  Globe - United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;, they've seen the severe and  lasting damage of making hasty goalie trades (witness: Patrick Roy to Colorado  in December '95). &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/articles/2009/04/26/strain_is_showing_on_beleaguered_gainey"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/hockey/bruins/view/2009_04_26_Patrice_Bergeron_off_ice_with_foot_on_mend/"&gt;Patrice  Bergeron off ice with foot on mend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Boston Herald - United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; Claude Julien  said of Bergeron, who took a slap shot to the foot in the third-to-last  regular-season game, against the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; on April 9.  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/hockey/bruins/view/2009_04_26_Patrice_Bergeron_off_ice_with_foot_on_mend/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=793978&amp;amp;category=BUSINESS"&gt;A  close shave&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Albany Times Union -  Albany,NY,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; gave hot shaves recently to players from the  Boston Bruins, who went on to sweep the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; in the first  round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp%3FstoryID%3D793978%26category%3DBUSINESS"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt; &lt;table style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/162034-the-cost-of-being-carey-price"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://nt1.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=deW0pTT1C0cJ&amp;amp;imgurl=bleacherreport.com/images_root/image_pictures/0309/5736/carey-price-mask_feature.jpg" border="0" height="54" width="80" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-2;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/162034-the-cost-of-being-carey-price"&gt;Bleacher  Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/162034-the-cost-of-being-carey-price"&gt;The  Cost Of Being Carey Price&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Bleacher  Report - San Francisco,CA,USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carey Price is the 21 year old starting  goalie for the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;, the most storied team in the NHL. The  2008-2009 season was his first as the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/162034-the-cost-of-being-carey-price"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=419967"&gt;Elimination leaves  &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; stunned, disappointed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;NHL.com - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The much-anticipated Centennial season for  the &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; ended with a desultory thud Thursday night as  &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt; was swept out of the Stanley Cup &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm%3Fid%3D419967"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/columnist/allen/2009-04-24-rink-rap-canadiens_N.htm"&gt;After  playoff implosion, &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; may be rebuilding&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;USA Today - USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alexei Kovalev and Alex  Tanguay might also be done in &lt;b&gt;Montreal&lt;/b&gt;. Even team captain Saku Koivu  could be gone. It seems as if the &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; blew up this season  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ncl=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/columnist/allen/2009-04-24-rink-rap-canadiens_N.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;See all stories on this topic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/aerosmith-fans-with-tickets-to-canceled-maui-show-wont-miss-a-thing-band-agrees-to-perform-39309/"&gt;Aerosmith  fans with tickets to canceled Maui show won't miss a &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By Bureau News &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 21st, 2009 Gainey  asks &lt;b&gt;Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; fans not to boo US anthemBROSSARD, Quebec — Bob Gainey is  asking &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; fans to stop booing the United States national  anthem. Just because the hometown team is on the verge of being  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://blog.taragana.com/n/" href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/"&gt;The Gaea  News - http://blog.taragana.com/n/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.nationalpost.com/rss/story.html?id=1534723"&gt;'Golden Girls' star  Bea Arthur dies at 86&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;Subscribe to Feed · Cornered Tamil  Tiger leader has god-like status · Renewed anger as McCain claims 9/11 attackers  came from Canada · Goodbye, &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. Hello Vaughan Ontarians ·  The TV magic behind Hockey Night in Canada &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/17103.rss?type=rss" href="http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/17103.rss?type=rss"&gt;NPL Arts top stories  - http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/17103.rss?type=rss&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/25698-Strong-penalty-kill-has-meant-playoff-success-for-Vancouver-Canucks.html"&gt;The  Hockey News: Headlines: Strong penalty kill has meant playoff  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;The Boston Bruins were first at 100 per cent but  only had to deal with eight short-handed situations in their sweep of the  &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt;. Vancouver's improvement from a pedestrian,  16th-ranked regular-season kill rate of 81.4 per &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://www.thehockeynews.com/" href="http://www.thehockeynews.com/"&gt;The Hockey News -  http://www.thehockeynews.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://canadianattic.blogspot.com/2009/04/april-26-2009.html"&gt;Canadian  Attic: April 26, 2009&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By J. Habakuk  Jephson &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; defeated the New York Islanders  4-2 at Nassau County Coliseum in Uniondale, New York to take a 2 games to 0 lead  in their third-round (Prince of Wales Conference final) Stanley Cup series. 20  years ago &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:green;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: green;" title="http://canadianattic.blogspot.com/" href="http://canadianattic.blogspot.com/"&gt;Canadian Attic -  http://canadianattic.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://mon.vipublog.com/englandcricket/2009/04/25/live-sports-london-marathon-2009-live-online-flora-london-marathon-action/"&gt;england  cricket » Blog Archive » Live Sports: London Marathon 2009  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;By englandcricket  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ice Hockey, &lt;b&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/b&gt; v Boston Bruins Li. NBA  Basketball Live, Portland Trail Blazers vs Ho. Live Cricket Online, Australia v  Pakistan One Day. 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