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Scott Gomez, at 5-11, is the 'big guy' the Habs added up front. Mike Cammalleri is 5-9 and Brian Gionta is 5-7. Photograph by: Wayne Cuddington, The Ottawa Citizen, The Ottawa Citizen Imagine the following possible scenario for a die-hard Montreal Canadiens fan: Into the Bell Centre one night come the Ottawa Senators and Alex Kovalev, "l'artiste" ...

Fans are advised not to fret over which Canadiens player will wear the captain's C next season because new head coach Jacques Martin isn't worried.

Some quick thoughts about Day 1 of N.H.L. free agency and related transactions. No club has changed to the extent that Montreal Canadiens changed in the last 48 hours.

The day after tomorrow : Both general managers are giving their take on the Dany Heatley situation, with Ottawaa s Bryan Murray meeting the media at 11:30 a.m. ET, while Oilers counterpart Steve Tambellinia s will do the same lunchtime in Edmonton.

Carey Price #31 of the Montreal Canadiens skates over the centre ice logo during warmups prior to a game against the Buffalo Sabres at the Bell Centre on April 3, 2008 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

July 1 - free agency day - is one of the NHL's most exciting days, especially for fans who look at life through the prism of a rotisserie league.

First round down, six more to go today - so how did your Canadiens do in their pursuit of what they hope will be future NHL stars? Or, at least, contributors to winning somewhere down the line.

I must confess I'm still creeped out by him. I did win the Jackson Crotch-grab pool that year he performed at Super Bowl Halftime.

Angelo Esposito has been full of surprises this season. And the 16-year-old hockey phenom from Town of Mount Royal is in a position to pull off another surprise if he earns a berth on Canada's national junior team.

Don Lever would like to be a head coach in the National Hockey League. But the newest addition to the Canadiens' coaching staff said this isn't the time to be thinking about the future beyond the playoff race in the Eastern Conference.

It's not another Stanley Cup. It's not like hearing that the Montreal Canadiens have just dealt Ryan O'Byrne and a bag of pucks for Alexander Ovechkin.

The Montreal Canadiens defencemen were told to flip a coin. Figuratively, of course.

Fifteen months ago, Patrice Brisebois was in hockey limbo. He was an unrestricted free agent, but the phone wasn't ringing off the hook.

Molson family makes bid for Habs Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price is consoled by defenceman Michael Komisarek after giving up the fourth goal to the Boston Bruins during the second period of Game 4 in Montreal on Wednesday.

Two old rivals have reversed roles. A year ago at this time, the Eastern Conference-leading Montreal Canadiens were preparing for their opening-round playoff series with the eighth-seeded Boston Bruins.

The Pittsburgh Penguins could become the first team since the 1971 Montreal Canadiens to win Game 7 of Stanley Cup final as a road team.

R: Tomas Plekanec, Christopher Higgins and Saku Koivu of the Montreal Canadiens skate at practice at the Jacques Lemaire arena in Lasalle on Tuesday.

When the Montreal Canadiens take the ice Monday night after Milan ``Lurch'' Lucic & Co., turned them into roadkill in Boston, their loyal fans will make the Bell Centre shiver and quiver like a bowl of jelly.

After 11 seasons with the Montreal Canadiens, Shediac's Roland Melanson is no longer the team's goaltending coach.

You have to admire a man who learns from his mistakes. And after the Montreal Canadiens had seen their Stanley Cup drought stretch to 16 seasons under learn-on-the-job coaches like Mario Tremblay , Michel Therrien and Guy Carbonneau , general manager Bob Gainey finally recognized the value of experience in his hiring of Jacques Martin .