Where are they now? News on past Habs prospects and players

[Sir_Boagalott]

On 11/28/2024 at 6:29 PM, tomh009 said:

It’s not clear but he might not have found out about Kotkaniemi’s desire to leave until the offer sheet.

 

 

I agree that some people are taking that out of context in regards to the time that was known to MB.  ex:  kk was pissed that he was benched in the Cup final.  

[xXx..CK..xXx]

Ex Hab Jacob De la Rose won the Spengler cup today with Fribourg-Gotteron of the Swiss A League.

 

It was a 7-2 final against the Straubing Tigers from the German professional league, who took out Canada in the semis.

 

Side note that he scored the opening goal in the final and he and another ex Hab Daniel Carr (team Canada) were named to the tournament “all star” team.

[dlbalr]

7 hours ago, xXx..CK..xXx said:

Ex Hab Jacob De la Rose won the Spengler cup today with Fribourg-Gotteron of the Swiss A League.

 

It was a 7-2 final against the Straubing Tigers from the German professional league, who took out Canada in the semis.

 

Side note that he scored the opening goal in the final and he and another ex Hab Daniel Carr (team Canada) were named to the tournament “all star” team.

 

Carr had a very strong tournament, probably their best true scoring threat.  There were quite a few former Habs on Canada's team - Carr, Charles Hudon, Philippe Maillet, Logan Shaw, and Madison Bowey while Noel Hoefenmayer (currently under contract to Montreal) also played for them.

[GHT120]

4 birthdays today

 

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber]

3 hours ago, GHT120 said:

4 birthdays today

 

 

Ryan Poehling…he’ll be a #2C any day now 😉

[Prime Minister Koivu]

@The Chicoutimi Cucumber 

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber]

25 minutes ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

@The Chicoutimi Cucumber 

 

I happen to be good friends with a direct descendant of his...she leveraged the name to get free tickets to the Bell Centre one time!

[xXx..CK..xXx]

Just a bonus of being a Habs fan is all the great history that comes along with it.

[Prime Minister Koivu]

I miss both of these guys and the triple low fives too

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber]

3 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

I miss both of these guys and the triple low fives too

 

They were joys to watch from a time when the Habs were a young-ish team knocking on the door. Carey is an all-time great.

[alfredoh2009]

Miss you, buddy! $20m for 5 years, eh?!

 

Kovechkin’s ready to cook for five more years.

📰: https://t.co/NM5TdOt6Sd pic.twitter.com/pS6Fx0unDp

— New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) March 7, 2025

 

[BCHabnut]

3 hours ago, alfredoh2009 said:

Miss you, buddy! $20m for 5 years, eh?!

 

 

4 mill aav for 5 years. Seems steep. Very steep. Did he improve that much?

[alfredoh2009]

Just now, BCHabnut said:

4 mill aav for 5 years. Seems steep. Very steep. Did he improve that much?

it seems like he has been a very steady defensive RD for them, from the forums some praise him as "their best D" some nights.

... but I do not know beyond what the internet algorithms shows me

[Prime Minister Koivu]

Imagine this old guy playing in today’s NHL? Those 35 goals would be 0

[Commandant]

6 minutes ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

Imagine this old guy playing in today’s NHL? Those 35 goals would be 0

 

Yeah cause he died.

[Prime Minister Koivu]

56 minutes ago, Commandant said:

 

Yeah cause he died.

LOL that was pretty clever

[Prime Minister Koivu]

https://x.com/stucowan1/status/1899455117444673672?s=46&t=C6D_OzldSuuSefel4GDZoQ
 

Looks like twitter won't imbed again 😫 stupid musk

 

THIS DATE IN #HABS HISTORY

March 11, 1996: The Canadiens played their final game at the Forum, beating the Dallas Stars 4-1. The game was followed by a ceremony during which Maurice received an ovation that lasted nearly 10 minutes. #HabsIO:

 

THE GOOD OLD DAYS

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber]

12 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

https://x.com/stucowan1/status/1899455117444673672?s=46&t=C6D_OzldSuuSefel4GDZoQ
 

Looks like twitter won't imbed again 😫 stupid musk

 

THIS DATE IN #HABS HISTORY

March 11, 1996: The Canadiens played their final game at the Forum, beating the Dallas Stars 4-1. The game was followed by a ceremony during which Maurice received an ovation that lasted nearly 10 minutes. #HabsIO:

 

THE GOOD OLD DAYS

 

1996 wasn't the good old days..Houle was on the way to destroying the organization at that point (although we were still competitive on the ice).

 

Agree on the ovation, though - a true Montreal moment for a true Montreal legend.

[Prime Minister Koivu]

6 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:

 

1996 wasn't the good old days..Houle was on the way to destroying the organization at that point (although we were still competitive on the ice).

 

Agree on the ovation, though - a true Montreal moment for a true Montreal legend.

By good old days I simply meant the old Forum building. 
 

The good old days happened in the Forum

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber]

10 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

By good old days I simply meant the old Forum building. 
 

The good old days happened in the Forum

 

Gotcha. You are certainly right about that

[GHT120]

Defenseman Mike Reilly will play in his first game since Nov. 1 on Sunday night when the New York Islanders host the Florida Panthers at 7:30 PM ET.

It's been a long-time coming for the 31-year-old, who had to patiently wait to get back in after undergoing a heart procedure on Nov. 19.

“I'm so excited. It's been a long, long time,” Reilly said. “A lot of work was put into it, with the hope of coming back this season. So, I’m excited just to be back with the guys here and ready to go tonight."

Reilly said he found out Sunday morning that he was coming back in and also said some of his teammates found out on the ice during morning skate.

“Resilient is a good choice of word,” Islanders head coach Patrick Roy said. “It would be easy for anyone to give up and then he wants to continue to play, and he wants to do well. I’m happy for him."

Roy said he wants Reilly to keep things simple out there in his first game back."He's a good puck mover. He skates well with the puck. So these are the things I want to see him to do," Roy said. "I mean, it's been a while, so might be a little rusty at the start, but I mean, sometimes, if you keep things simple and you're excited about playing, it makes up for it."

It's fitting that Reilly returns against the Panthers, the team that waived him last season before the Islanders scooped him up.

 

 

 

[Prime Minister Koivu]

I remember being awe struck with how good Roy was that entire playoff but against Calgary in the finals Roy was incredible

[JoeLassister]

15 shots in SC final ?!?    Our defensive play wast TOP NOTCH  or Calgary had a real poor showing ?

[GHT120]

36 minutes ago, JoeLassister said:

15 shots in SC final ?!?    Our defensive play wast TOP NOTCH  or Calgary had a real poor showing ?

That night, the Habs defencemen were:

 

Chris Chelios
Larry Robinson
Rick Green
Craig Ludwig

Gaston Gingras

Mike Lalor

 

Gingras was the weakest defensively, good group ... forwards included two HoF defensive players, Guy Carbonneau and Bob Gainey

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber]

54 minutes ago, GHT120 said:

That night, the Habs defencemen were:

 

Chris Chelios
Larry Robinson
Rick Green
Craig Ludwig

Gaston Gingras

Mike Lalor

 

Gingras was the weakest defensively, good group ... forwards included two HoF defensive players, Guy Carbonneau and Bob Gainey

 

Yup. That team played a suffocating defensive game and had behemoths on the back end as well as a top-5 all time NHL goalie. They also had size and skills down the middle and a ton of grit throughout the roster. A prototypical 1990s team in a lot of ways, just a few years ahead of the curve. So naturally they were labelled The Worst Team Ever to Win a Cup by the Toronto media, until, of course, the 1993 team came along.