GOHABS.com weekly wrap-up, Sept 16 2018

GOHABS.com weekly wrap-up, Sept 16 2018

Mario Perrazzino

Last week, I posted the GOHABS.com weekly wrap-up blog at 11:30pm ET.  Just two hours later, the blog was obsolete because the Montreal Canadiens and Vegas Golden Knights announced on Twitter that the Montreal Canadiens had traded their captain Max Pacioretty to Vegas in return for Tomas Tatar, Nick Suzuki, and a 2019 2nd Round pick.

What followed was allot of he said, he said, on whether Pacioretty requested a trade, has Geoff Molson stated later that day at the Canadiens annual Golf tournament .  Fans will never know for certain who is right, but the answer lies somewhere in between.  Pacioretty might have requested a trade at some point in jest.  And Habs GM Marc Bergevin realizing a re-build or reset was the best thing that can happen to the organization, pulled the trigger on the deal to secure three parts in the trade; a current roster player, a top prospect, and a top 60 pick.

At the Golf tournament, Montreal Gazette’s Stu Cowan held a Q&A with team CEO Geoff Molson.

A Q&A with Canadiens owner Geoff Molson after Max Pacioretty trade

The jury is still out on what the Canadiens got in return.  Tatar is signed for 3 more seasons at $4.8M, and is a proven 20 goal scorer.  Nick Suzuki, is looking at making the club.  He is 19, plays centre, and has still has one more season of junior eligibility.  Incidentally, Tatar will wear #90, and Suzuki will wear #80.

  • With the Canadiens trading their captain, no announcement was made on who the next captain will be.  Many suggesting it will be either Brendan Gallagher or Shea Weber.  read up on Speculating on the next Habs captain
  • With Training camp set to begin Sept 13, Habs announced 8 cuts from their Rookie camp.  All eight were returned to their respective junior club:
    • Habs announced 8 cuts to their rookie camp. All returned to their junior teams.
      Aleksi Anttalainen (Blainville-Boisbriand, QMJHL)
      Stephen Dhillon (Niagara, OHL),
      Cole Fonstad (Prince Albert, WHL),
      Brandon Hagel (Red Deer, WHL),
      Cameron Hillis (Guelph, OHL),
      Samuel Houde (Chicoutimi, QMJHL),
      Alexander Katerinakis (Blainville-Boisbriand, LHJMQ),
      Allan McShane (Oshawa, OHL)

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  • Canadiens also announce the re-signing of restricted free-agent centre Michael McCarron to a one year, two-way deal worth $874,125 at the NHL level and $70,000 in AHL salary.
  • This week it was also revealed that advertising rates for Canadiens game on French television have fallen substantially since last season.  Ad rates are now 40% cheaper on both RDS/TVA Sports.  What normally went for $7,000 for a 30-second spot, now goes for $5,000.  This is attributed to projected lower audience viewership in the the 25-54 age demographic. See Ad prices plummet Montreal Canadiens games
  • On September 13, Canadiens opened their training camp.  66 players were invited to camp.  See complete list.
  • On September 13, Canadiens also announced that UFA forward Joel Ward signed a PTO try-out with the club.  Ward played with San Jose last season.
  • Of the 67 players at camp, Shea Weber and Andrew Shaw are still not on the active roster.  Weber is out until December recovering from knee surgery.  And Shaw is recovering from knee surgery from end of last season.  Shaw is expected to return later in October.  Surprisingly, Paul Byron is back sooner than expected following off-season shoulder surgery.  See story here.
  • TSN announced they will carry 50 Habs game on their Regional feed (TSN2).
    This season they will have a new play-by-play man Bryan Mudryk, with colour commentary from Dave Poulin, Mike Johnson and Craig Button.
    (John Bartlett left TSN to join the Sportsnet crew).
    Habs on TSN 2018-19 schedule
    The remaining 32 games will be on the National HNIC/CBC/SN properties.
    On French side, RDS retains its 60 regional games, with TVA Sports picking up the remaining 22 National games.
  • On Sunday Sept 16, on the eve of the start of the training camp schedule, the Canadiens held their annual intra-squad game feature Red vs White.  White team beat the Red team by final score of 4-3.  Jonathan Drouin  picking up two goals for Team White.  Drouin, who played centre all of last season, played left wing centered by newcomers Max Domi and Joel Armia on right wing.  The trio have been together since camp opened on Friday.
  • Kirk Muller has signed a two-year contract extension with he Canadiens, continuing his role as associate coach of the Canadiens on Claude Julien’s staff.  It was also disclosed this week that last season Muller had to deal with a bout Lyme disease, and he’s speaking publicly about it.
  • Finally the Canadiens are set to start their 2018 training camp schedule on Monday September 17  vs New Jersey Devils, with tickets as low as $20 on the resale market.  The Canadiens home opener is Thursday October 11 vs LA Kings and  there is already speculation that the Canadiens’ consecutive sell-out streak during the regular season will come to an end, perhaps as early as second home game of the season Saturday October 13 vs Pittsburgh Penguins, or the third home game Monday October 15 vs Detroit Red Wings.

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