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David Savard confirmed it earlier this morning.
The defenseman will retire at the end of the season.
Clearly, we know he does a lot for the organization on the ice and in the locker room. He is a role model and does not hesitate to help the younger players arriving in the NHL. Kaiden Guhle wanted to give him some love:
« He’s like the team’s dad. He’s been very, very important to me! »
-Kaiden Guhle, on David Savard pic.twitter.com/bJI9LgwlkF
— RDS (@RDSca) Ap

The Canucks have really had a disappointing season.
And without saying it’s entirely his fault, Elias Pettersson must look in the mirror to understand that he must give more.
Because a player who earns $11.6 million per season cannot afford to have a 45-point season in 64 games. It’s simply not enough.
Rick Tocchet, the team’s head coach, put his finger on the problem during his end-of-season review today.
In the eyes of the Canucks’ pilot, Pettersson must learn to have a

Has Juraj Slafkovsky had a perfect season? I’ll let you answer that question for yourself.
But despite everything, Slaf has (once again) found a way to finish his campaign on a high note.
He recorded 21 points (10 goals) in his last 26 games of the season and the timing is interesting with the playoffs starting next Monday.
In fact, Slafkovsky – at 6’3″ – has the size to be an important player for the habs in the playoffs.
At 225 pounds, he has the frame to be a dis

Almost two decades after it was first published, Naomi Klein’s book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, continues to be relevant. The best-selling book lays out how political players exploit the mayhem surrounding natural disasters, wars and other crises to push through policies that, in the end, favour the interests of corporations over citizens who are too distracted to resist. The book, which was made into a documentary in 2009, has seen a rise in sales lately amid th

The Columbus Blue Jackets did everything they could to make the playoffs, but it didn’t work out. It would have been a nice story if Johnny Gaudreau’s team had managed to make the playoffs…
Yesterday, the Blue Jackets won against the Islanders in 60 minutes. That means that if the habs had lost – in regulation – to the Hurricanes of Carolina on Wednesday, the Blue Jackets would have surpassed the habs.
So it’s relatively close, let’s say.
Seeing the Hur

In a series, there’s a rule to follow: give your opponent no reason to get angry at you.
A member of your organization shouldn’t say something that will end up on your opponent’s bulletin board and serve as motivation for them to win games.
You shouldn’t shoot yourself in the foot, then.
Martin St-Louis may be in his first series in Montreal, but it’s not his first barbecue in the National League playoffs. He knows how to act at this level.
And this afternoon, he pr

And that’s it.
We were increasingly suspecting it (especially after the hat trick he had his wife do and the family photo on the bench of the habs, Wednesday), but David Savard has just confirmed that he will take his retirement once the season is over.
This was expected, as an announcement.David Savard confirms it’s his last season in the NHL.
«There are a lot of things that I will miss. The crowd, for example. But not the bumps everywhere. We will give it our all in the playo

Initially, the Canadiens were supposed to practice at 10:30. And according to colleague Marc-Olivier Cook, who is on site in Brossard, there are a lot of fans at the practice.
But finally, the habs changed their mind – and it was announced at the last minute.
Instead, the club decided that the practice would be at 11am and that it would be optional. Apparently, rest was considered the best option on April 18, three days before the playoffs and 48 hours before departing for Washington.This

Making the playoffs in 2025 for the Habs, that changes everything.
I’m not saying that because I think the Canadiens are going to win the Stanley Cup. I’m saying that because it will make the Canadiens more credible this summer when they want to convince players to join the team. It can’t hurt, at least.
I’m also saying that because it’s possible to see a team use a playoff appearance to take it to the next level 12 months later. The Capitals of 2024 and 2025 are a

The differential is a statistic that is worth… um…
In fact, it’s hard to determine what the true value of the differential is, or the famous plus or minus on the stat sheet. After all, many factors come into play.
In my eyes, here’s how I see it: it doesn’t mean much… unless it’s extreme. Like a win-loss record for a relief pitcher in baseball, for example.
And when you look at it, in Montreal, Nick Suzuki has a differential that stands out. With a pl

The fact that Carey Price’s contract is on the long-term injured list hurts the habs at several levels. Luckily, the contract is one year away from ending.
One of the levels is that when a player earns performance bonuses, they cannot be calculated on the current season’s cap (if the team is at the cap maximum, of course): they go on the next season’s cap.
Bonuses are given to players on their entry-level contract and to veterans 35 and over who have these clauses in their agre

It was the last day of the NHL regular season yesterday.
And on the occasion, seven games were presented in all corners of the league.
Let’s see what happened:That’s a wrap on the 2024-25 regular season.#NHLStats: https://t.co/m2xgxgPqSX pic.twitter.com/QHRUWJqbzr
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) April 18, 2025
1: A new Rolex for Ovi
The Capitals were visiting Pittsburgh to face Sidney Crosby and his team.
The Penguins’ captain helped his team win 5-2 by scoring a goal and

Now that Holy Week is here, some of our favorite local celebrities are taking advantage of the rare pause to step away from the spotlight and focus on the things that matter most. Read the full story by clicking the link in the comments.  Facebook

The third season of Canada’s Ultimate Challenge has come to an end with Team Red coming out the victors. After seven weeks of challenges across Canada, including Tofino, the CBC competition show came to an end with Team Red beating out Team Yellow in the final obstacle course that was set up at the historic Halifax Citadel National Historic Site. Team Red was made up of Santina Carlson, 31, of Edmonton, Canmore’s Mark Manysiak, 35, and Keenan Wong a 26-year-old personal trainer from

The Canadiens enter the playoffs with a 7-1-2 record in their last 10 games.
The end of the season seemed much more tumultuous and complicated than that, but the numbers don’t lie. In this good end to the season, Samuel Montembeault had his say despite more difficult starts. Since the Four Nations Tournament, he has only had three losses in regulation time. And the three losses in 60 minutes, he had them against teams that will be in the playoffs.
Anthony Martineau published a very interes

Tributes poured in from across the entertainment industry as Filipino celebrities expressed their grief and paid homage to the late iconic and beloved actress Nora Aunor, who passed away at the age of 71. https://tinyurl.com/4bc6zw9u | via LatestChika.com  Facebook

The Canadiens are in the playoffs.
Martin St-Louis’ team will start their series on Monday, in Washington.
Will we see Juraj Slafkovsky with blond hair? In the past, he told Anthony Martineau that if his team made the playoffs, he would dye his hair blond and have the same haircut as in the photo below.ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?????????https://t.co/pwydJfrzZh
— Anthony Martineau (@Antho_Martineau) April 17, 2025
Martineau reminded him of his promise yesterday and Slaf said we’ll s

Brad Richards and Martin St-Louis were teammates in Tampa Bay for several years.
When they played together, St-Louis borrowed a tie from him and never gave it back.
Since the break in the Confrontation of the four nations, the coach of the Canadiens, who is superstitious, has been wearing the tie regularly because it brings him good luck. Result: Montreal is in the playoffs, thanks to the tie.
However, these may be the last moments St-Louis has to wear it, as the real owner of the object would l

David Savard gave some hints about his future last night.
We saw his children and wife join him on the bench during the warm-up of the game between the Habs and the Hurricanes… and we also know that Savard had a hat made for his wife to highlight his career.
Ultimately, it is (more than) logical to believe that this is his last moment in the NHL.
The guys in the room know that Savard will probably retire at the end of the season and at that level, it’s sure that they will want to pl

Vancouver native Seth Rogen’s criticism of American President Donald Trump’s policies on science was cut from video recorded at the 2025 Breakthrough Prize ceremony, a.k.a the Oscars of science. According to the Hollywood Reporter, after fellow presenter Edward Norton praised some of the tech titans in attendance, including Breakthrough Prize co-founders Yuri Milner, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sergey Brin, Rogen spoke up and took a jab at the world’s richest person Elon Musk. &

The Habs are officially in the playoffs.
And to mark the occasion, the Canadiens organization is going to do things in a big way.
Why do I say that? Because the Habs have announced that playoff games will also be broadcast outside the Bell Centre. It’s a good idea.
Here’s what you need to know:
The viewing parties will take place at Espace 1909 on av. des Canadiens-de-Montréal.
Interested fans will have to buy a $53 ticket to “participate in the event” and on site,