Guillaume Latendresse News

It's a two-team show on Tuesday night, as one game will take place as a prelude to Wednesday's 14-game marathon.

The Montreal Canadiens closed their eighth week in a less painful way than many had anticipated.

The Montreal Canadiens did a little better than expected during the last five games.

Marc-Andre Bergeron scored his second goal of the game 4:46 into the third, leading the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.

Guillaume Latendresse failed to meet expectations in Montreal. With all the new faces brought in and all the money spent in doing so, Bob Gainey and the Montreal Canadiens no longer had time to wait for a player like Guillaume Latendresse to develop.

Yes, "the softy" has been moved to Minnesota for "the chicken." That's as far as my high school French, no doubt erroneously, will take me.

So, who is this player who received so much ink and broadcast time? Is he really one of the greats in Canadiens history? Are the rest of us just not seeing it? Latendresse has 48 goals and 37 assists for 85 points in 232 NHL games.

A pair of goaltenders headed in opposite directions likely will be on display Tuesday night as the Blue Jackets try to rebound from an ugly loss in a matchup with the Montreal Canadiens .

Guillaume Latendresse only has three points in 23 games this season. The Montreal Canadiens traded Guillaume Latendresse to Minnesota for Benoit Pouliot on Tuesday, the Wild announced on their website.

Canadiens head coach Jacques Martin runs practice at the Bell Sports Complex after the team's dismal effort Saturday in Nashville.

With a team riddled with key long-term injuries plaguing the offensive chemistry and effectiveness of the defensive schemes being implemented, the team has lost its most versatile forward and team leader, Brian Gionta .

The Montreal Canadiens are reviewing their protective equipment in the wake of a series of crippling injuries.

Wow! Andrei Kostitsyn scored with just over two minutes left in the third period to tie the game.

Montreal Canadiens' Ryan O'Byrne hammers Maple Leafs' Alexei Ponikarovsky as Habs' Matt D'Agostini works the puck during the second period of their season opener in Toronto on Oct.

Pre-game notes Guillaume Latendresse will be a healthy scratch tonight. Finally, Jacques Martin's patience has been exhausted.

The Canadiens received some good news this week when Ryan O'Byrne joined his teammates for a full practice in Phoenix.

Jaroslav Halak of the Montreal Canadiens makes a save in the first period as Jay Leach tries to control Jarome Iginla of the Calgary Flames at the Bell Centre in Montreal Tuesday, November 10, 2009.

MONTREAL a ' The Montreal Canadiens simply ran out of time Tuesday night as they dropped a 5-4 National Hockey League decision to the Atlanta Thrashers.

Boston's Mark Stuart, left, drops Montreal's Guillaume Latendresse to the ice with a check at center ice in the first period.

" Andrei Kostitsyn is caught in a classic cratch-22. The talented-but-underachieving forward says it's difficult to put points on the board if he's only playing seven minutes a game.