Eric Engels
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Sr. Columnist @Sportsnet . Montreal Canadiens/NHL Beat Insta:
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It doesn’t seem like anything short of major change will get the
#GoJetsGo
to where they want to be. Learning from the hard lesson the Avs served is just the start of what they must go through. Get the feeling there’s a lot of drama coming… 👇🏻
It was a wipeout in front of the whiteout. One more to flush a once-promising season down the drain.
After another disappointing early exit, the Jets are left with an uncertain future. (
@EricEngels
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I can honestly say that, in my 15 yrs covering the NHL, I have never seen anything like this Bruce Boudreau fiasco. I have no clue how any organization—even one as apparently as dysfunctional as the Canucks—could operate this way. The cruelty of it aside, it’s just so ridiculous.
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Nick Suzuki has 20 points in 26 Stanley Cup Playoff games. He is 21 years old.
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Ummmm… the Slovakian goaltender not being named player of the game is a mockery.
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A 21-year-old smoked weed to cope with her mother's recent death. She told the Today Show she was trying to hide her pain.
Marijuana isn't a performance enhancing drug, and it's time for a change in policy if we're going to dash people's dreams over it.
BREAKING: American champion Sha’Carri Richardson cannot run in the Olympic 100-meter race after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana. Richardson won the 100 at Olympic trials on June 19.
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Honestly. This is some of the worst officiating I've ever seen in a game. It's the Stanley Cup semifinal.
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Xhekaj was asked how fight with Kassian started.
“I was smiling at him on the faceoff. He asked me what I was laughing about. I said, ‘You.’ He gave me a shot. I asked him if he wanted one. He said, ‘Sure.’”
Asked Xhekaj if Kassian said anything after.
“He said, ‘Good fight.’”
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Anze Kopitar with the Coronavirus-conscious bench celebration:
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Joel Edmundson: "It was a dirty hit, but the league's going to take care of it. If he gets back in the series, we're going to make life miserable for him."
On Evans and Scheifele.
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The league should be completely embarrassed with the officiating in this series.
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The fans should be incredibly proud of these Canadiens. All heart. The most memorable edition of the franchise in well over two decades.
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Me to Xhekaj: You need to come up with a more creative nickname for 'Slaf.'
Xhekaj: Working on it.
Me: What's yours? 'X?'
Xhekaj: Yeah, and some guys call me 'Wifi'
Me: Oh?
Xhekaj: You know how a wifi password usually looks something like my last name?
Me: Now that's creative!
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Asked Josh Anderson what he took from Jonathan Drouin speaking up about his anxiety and insomnia issues. Quite an answer from him:
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Roughly 8-10 Montreal Canadiens are meeting with a French teacher today after expressing a desire to learn the language. A plan will be built based on their schedule after this initial meeting.
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I don’t know why—could be pure coincidence—but Jack Eichel is boarding a plane headed for Montreal right now. And he’s bringing his hockey sticks with him.
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Brendan Gallagher just reached out to clarify that every single member of the Montreal Canadiens is going to donate to the go-fund-me campaign for the Humboltd Broncos. A tremendous act of compassion and solidarity from
@CanadiensMTL
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Caufield to Tyler Toffoli. Series over. Canadiens are Kings of the North.
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1. Fleury was the best goaltender in Vegas.
2. He won the Vezina.
3. They traded him for no return.
4. I hope he shuts them out every time he plays them for the rest of his Hall of Fame career.
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When hockey returns, home teams wear their white jerseys. How would you feel about that?
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Thomas Chabot, making $832,000 this season, plays 37:56 in the second half of a back-to-back for Ottawa. Kawhi Leonard, making $32.742M this season, was rested 22 times last season and has already missed eight of L.A.'s 28 games this season. Don't @ me.
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This is what Paul Byron said after being suspended three games for charging MacKenzie Weegar.
Paul Byron, one of the cleanest and most likeable guys in the NHL.
Maybe someone should show this to Mark Scheifele.
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Coyotes CEO Xavier Gutierrez says someone had part of their finger bitten off during that insane brawl at Mullet Arena last week.
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Josh Anderson wins it in OT. Someone arrest Carey Price. He just committed the robbery of the century.
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Sean Monahan's dad was in the Canadiens locker room after the game. Asked him how it felt to see Sean score that goal. "Fucking awesome," he said. Canadiens players were thrilled for Monahan, considering all he went through the last two seasons. He played a great game.
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Last Wed, I woke up, stepped on my scale and saw that I was officially down 50 lbs since embarking on a life-changing journey in Jan. It was a proud moment, and I’d like to share a bit about how I arrived at it. If you’re looking to make changes but unsure of how to start...
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Jake Oettinger, take a bow. That was the best performance by a goaltender in the playoffs since Jaroslav Halak in 2010. Just ridiculous.
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Petry confirms it was just a broken pinky finger. The eyes were because of setting his finger back in place. "I passed out and basically popped all the blood vessels in my eyes."
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Brendan Gallagher said Zdeno Chara called him to apologize after cross checking him in the throat. He appreciated the gesture.
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I'm just going to say it: Jesperi Kotkaniemi would have been bonkers to walk away from a deal that would pay him three times as much as he'd likely earn this coming season. And you're bonkers if you think he should've walked away from it.
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"I get knocked on my ass--I have time to reset, you can't tell me the goalie doesn't have time to reset."--Brendan Gallagher.
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Marc Bergevin says Shea Weber has several injuries (ankle, foot, knee, thumb). "Even missing a practice for him wasn't an option. He has a lot of mileage...He won't be back next season, and probably won't be back for his career."
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"In the end, I don't think I played well enough at the start of the series," says Carey Price before Shea Weber interjects and says, "I don't think that's true. We didn't play well enough in front of Carey." Weber credited the Lightning for being the special team they are.
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The Slafkovsky kid is so green, he's waving to the crowd as they're cheering him for his first goal. Hilarious.
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Martin St. Louis says he doesn’t think there should be games played on deadline day.
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Jesperi Kotkaniemi says he’s saving his $20 signing bonus for Christmas gifts for his mom.
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Possibly the best quote from P.K. Subban in 6 years, right here:
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Jon Cooper just said Carey Price is the goaltender of his generation, the best his team has faced.
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Happiest person following Grieg-Rielly fallout should be Tim Stützle. Hardly anyone talking about him diving all over the ice this morning.
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Lehkonen sends Colorado the final after doing the same for Montreal. Unbelievable.
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Dancing Bell Centre Security Guard is an effing legend in the making.
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Alex Romanov wiping away tears after being cheered by Canadiens fans in his return to the Bell Centre.
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Can I change my prediction?
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An ovation for Guy Lafleur, which started at 7:10, ran through 7:21, with Canadiens announcer Michel Lacroix interrupted three times as he attempted to ask for a moment of silence to be observed.
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Arber Xhekaj on Radko Gudas not "answering the bell."
“He never does. I don’t know what’s up with that guy. He’ll be taking runs at guys’ knees all game. He does play hard, I’ll give it to him. But at some point you’ve gotta show that you’re going to be able to do that.”
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Let me tell you: Cole Caufield passing that puck back a second time, with the quality of shot he has, tells you he'll do what his hockey sense tells him is the best play. He made the best play there, and the Canadiens live another day.
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Please stop saying “clean hit” just because it may not qualify for rule 48. It is a charge—up there with the worst charges ever seen in the NHL—and it was rightly penalized as one. It is not a not a hit to separate a man from the puck, but a hit to injure. And Evans is injured.
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Jake Evans gets a penalty for getting punched in the face three times.
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97 per cent of my tweets are about hockey. If you have a problem with me colouring outside the lines about anything—and certainly to call out racism, or the ‘president‘ using his twitter account to threaten lives—you don’t have to follow. It’s okay.
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"Today, I'm not thinking about Carey Price the goaltender. I'm thinking about Carey Price the human being."--Marc Bergevin.
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Congratulations to Jonathan Drouin, who's doing better, and just had a child.
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OMG. Absolutely vicious hit. Disgusting. Jake Evans is out cold.
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Sign behind Price at warmup: "Not all heroes wear capes. Mine wears 31."
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Alex Romanov on why the Canadiens won their last two games: "We played like a family."
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Whatever Carey Price is dealing with, I hope he gets the help he's seeking. I hope he's OK.
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Good morning! The Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs play each other tomorrow.
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I would wager more Canadians were looking forward to watching the women’s hockey team than the men’s at these Olympics. Not to disrespect the men, but a point to illustrate how much we’ve latched onto the women’s game.
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Ever the showman, Subban brings out Price for one last triple-low five.
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Love this from Mike Matheson, who is playing exceptional hockey for his hometown team. He has really found his rhythm after terrible injury luck throughout the season, and he has so much appreciation for getting to be a
@CanadiensMTL
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Gallagher has enough time to get up and tip the shot, but Murray doesn't have enough time to reset?
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Stop complaining about continuous overtime just because you saw one game go to five extra periods. This is one of the best things about playoff hockey. Always has been, always will be. Hope it never changes.
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The Habs have gone from unwatchable under Dominique Ducharme to must-watch under Martin St. Louis.
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The Canadiens have yet to lose in front of their fans at the Bell Centre in 2021.
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On now with
@catbtoffoli
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No big deal; Nikita Kucherov misses the entire season after surgery, leads the Stanley Cup Playoffs with 17 points in 10 games...
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“If anybody wants to challenge me, I’m not going to back down. That’s a big statement from me.”—Arber “WiFi” Xhekaj.
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“First of all, he started taping his stick like a National Hockey League player. So that was defintely part of it.”-Gallagher on Slafkovsky
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With his fourth goal of the season, Arber Xhekaj leads NHL rookie defencemen in goals.
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According to
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Julie Petry’s Instagram story tonight. People, just be better than this. This is shameful behaviour. And this isn’t exclusive to Montreal. Athletes and their families deal with this on the regular, and it’s very wrong.
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Jake Allen's first shutout as a Montreal Canadien. 45 saves. Take a bow, Jake.
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Jeff Petry says they were all waiting for Caufield in the locker room and gave him the silent treatment when he walked in. Then they went off...
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I can't think of a team in sports that's proven more about how important is to have good assistant coaches than the 2021 Montreal Canadiens.
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Brendan Gallagher says Bob Gainey crashed the Canadiens' team meeting today, offering tidbits from his experience and how to come off the sweep and avoid a mental disengagement.
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“I love it here in Montreal. I signed a long-term deal for a reason—to stay here and win in Montreal.”—Josh Anderson
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Ducharme goes out of his way to thank Nik Ehlers for shielding Evans on the ice.
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Two tennis players from Montreal in the US Open semifinals. Never would’ve imagined it. Ever.
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"I advise a lot of people to look into residential school," said Carey Price about the Kamloops tragedy.
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Suzuki gets punched in the face. Ref blows the whistle. No call.
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"I was saying to my brother, it's like I was playing NHL '20 and I could just give myself whatever contract."--Nick Suzuki, on the $63 million he'll make.
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"If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best," says Artturi Lehkonen.
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The Canadiens have won a game in the shootout, and they've won it in their reverse retro jerseys. The torture is over.
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Initial word I'm receiving on Canadiens' Kirby Dach is he has a torn ACL+torn MCL in his knee. There are more tests being done, and we'll wait for Habs to officially confirm once they're received all the info, but this puts Dach's season at risk if it ends up being the case.
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Richard Zednik let the Canadiens know he was in town. They arranged for him to come meet Slafkovsky.
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Perry and Foligno live by the code. Like it or not. I would suggest Perry stood in and just took some shots.
I’m sorry, but there’s no chance what happened to Tavares was intentional.
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