Montreal Canadiens News

Tomas Kaberle is likely on the way out this summer and his replacement may already be signed, sealed though not delivered.

Sales shot up 31.1 per cent at bars and restaurants near the Air Canada Centre on home game nights during the first-round playoff series against Boston, compared to regular season games the previous week, according to a spending report by Moneris Solutions Corp., which processes credit card and debit transactions.

Earlier this week, the National Hockey League announced the finalists for the 2013 General Manager of the Year .

The next stage of the IIHF World Hockey Championship is set to kick off from Stockholm and Finland as quarterfinal action gets underway on Thursday.

Detroit Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk is a finalist for the Frank J. Selke Award for a record sixth straight year.

Jeremy White whitey@wgr550.com @JeremyWGR As you watch the NHL playoffs you may be inclined to feel like the Sabres are "far away" because they don't look like they could compete with the teams that are still playing.

MAY 14: Tomas Kopecky of Slovakia and Matt Carle of USA battle for the puck during a match between Slovakia and USA - Martin Rose How's it going on the other side of the pond, for Lightning players and in the tournament as a whole? The Preliminary round of the IIHF World Championship ended Wednesday and quarterfinals begin Thursday in Stockholm, ... (more)

Even one of the few seemingly healthy Panthers players needed surgery after an injury-marred season, as rookie forward Jonathan Huberdeau underwent successful hip surgery Tuesday in Nashville.

The Senators eliminated the Montreal Canadiens easily in five games. The San Jose Sharks swept the Vancouver Canucks right out of the playoffs with just a modicum of effort.

Cory Conacher tallied twice and Craig Anderson stopped 33 shots as the Ottawa Senators finished off the short-handed Montreal Canadiens with a 6-1 victory in Game 5 of this Eastern Conference quarterfinal from Bell Centre.

Sadly for Washington Capitals fans, EA Sports ' "NHL 13" simulation of this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs is proving to be surprisingly accurate.

Less than a week ago I came across an article in the Toronto Sun stating that the best part of round one of the NHL Playoffs was the utter humiliation of the Habs.

The three finalists for the award this year are Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin, Ducks GM Bob Murray, and Penguins GM Ray Shero, but no matter your criteria, there are better choices.

According to TVA Sports, the league flat-out rejected the bid by the California businessman, whose family has ties to hockey team ownership.

Marc Bergevin feels that Carey Price will get over a "so-so" playoff performance and any anxiety he feels about tending goal in a hot hockey market like Montreal.

Former Capitals captain Jeff Halpern returned to Verizon Center on Monday, bringing doughnuts to his old press friends from Washington and New York.

A lapse of concentration in their most recent game aside, the Canadians have melded into a contending team at the IIHF World Championship on little preparation.

The Silver Seven staff made a whole bunch of predictions about the Ottawa Senators and their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Series with the Montreal Canadiens .

P.K. Subban, seen in practice with Montreal earlier this month, represented Canada as a junior player.

Marc Bergevin, seen at the 2012 NHL Draft, oversaw a Montreal team in his first year that improved from 15th to second in the conference.