Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens announced today that they have made six key signings behind the scenes.

While everyone is waiting for Carey Price to agree to terms with the team, Gauthier went to work today by adding Serge Boisvert and Ryan Jankowski to the Canadiens' amateur scouting group.

In addition, Gauthier has hired Vaughn Karpan as a professional scout, while Christer Rockstrom scout for the European leagues as of September 1, 2010.

Montreal Canadiens history is replete with stories of flying frenchmen. The scorers, the skaters, the goaltenders, even the great defensemen get their due.

But there is a role on hockey teams that is often ignored. That is the role of the defensive forward. The checker or shadow is employed not so much to score but to keep the other team’s star from scoring on you. The checking forward often will follow that star around the ice and work to deny him the puck.

The Montreal Canadiens are the oldest and most storied franchise in hockey history.

The 2010 NHL Playoffs featured the best run by a Montreal Canadien's team since they won their last cup in 1993.

Let's face it, defeating the reigning Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins and the Presidents' trophy-winning Washington Capitals in back-to-back series was just fun.

If you were given the power to assemble the ultimate line-up choosing from any player that ever skated for your favorite team, who would you pick? And, how?

The 'how' is relatively simple. You obviously want the players with the most skill and talent, but you can't choose Orr to play for Chicago or Gretzky for the Blues. Given that, the chosen players must both possess skill and have made a positive contribution to the franchise.

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It's the second full day of July's development camp. Yesterday, I reported that Alexander Avtsin did not participate in many of the drills and left practise early. He didn't appear at all on Day 3 but there was no word on his status.

The humdidex reading in Montreal was 34 degrees Celsius at 8:00 a.m. Even though I already had a good reason to head to the Complexe Sportif Bell, the heat adds another. Sure, it's been a decade since we have had a decent heatwave, but we do like to whine about the weather, and the rink was a welcome destination.

On the walls of the media hallway at the Complexe Sportif Bell are large individually framed posters of each Canadiens player on the roster. Two of the spots, formerly belonging to Jaroslav Halak and Sergei Kostitsyn, contain a simple Canadiens logo now.

Changes are underway as General Manager Pierre Gauthier shapes the Habs to his liking.

But with the first heatwave to hit Montreal in about 10years, perhaps it was time for Gauthier to hit the beach. On Tuesday, he convened the media to announce that the majority of the offseason moves were complete.

The New York Rangers made a big move to bolster their blue-line this week by signing defenseman