Eric Engels
Sr. Columnist @Sportsnet. Montreal Canadiens/NHL Beat threads.net/snericengels Insta: instagram.com/snericengels/
- On the Canadiens, the pipe dream of Crosby, and not just filling holes… www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
- People thought the Canadiens were playing with house money, but they never did. On what they did this season, and how it’ll help shape their future👇🏻
- Protas in.
- Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky Gallagher-Dvorak-Anderson Newhook-Evans-Demidov Heineman-Kapanen-Armia Matheson-Carrier Guhle-Hutson Xhekaj-Savard Dobes
- Based on warmup, Alex Carrier will play Game 5.
- Alex Carrier and Jayden Struble both taking warmup for Habs.
- Anderson and Gallagher sacrificed prime years of their career to shepherd their younger teammates through the first — and most laborious — steps of this rebuild, and paying them back for that has been a focus for the Canadiens this season. www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
- No Patrik Laine or David Savard for morning skate
- Dobes and Primeau the only goalies on for Habs morning skate. Dobes doing starter’s routine.
- Expecting Cayden Primeau to be backing up Jakub Dobes for Game 4 tonight.
- What a hockey game
- The Canadiens didn’t need the ghosts of the Forum. They had Josh Anderson to put a scare into the Capitals in Game 3 www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
- The Canadiens didn’t need the ghosts of the Forum. They had Josh Anderson to put a scare into the Capitals in Game 3 www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
- “We don’t want to just be here to learn lessons,” said Christian Dvorak…
- Habs warmup lines+pairings for Game 2 vs. Caps: Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky Anderson-Dvorak-Gallagher Laine-Newhook-Armia Heineman-Evans-Demidov Matheson-Carrier Guhle-Hutson Struble-Savard Montembeault Dobes
- On what the Canadiens showed in Game 1. “One thing I’ve learned about their coach, their team: This team will not go quietly into the night,” said Capitals coach Spencer Carbery, and he was right.
- The Habs are back in the playoffs, and this just the start for them…
- Good morning, Montreal! www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
- “You clinch a playoff spot and it’s not like you arrive here to collect a participation ribbon.”—Martin St. Louis
- Good morning, Montreal! www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
- On Demidov, Slafkovsky, Hutson and Guhle 👇🏻 www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
- The Canadiens may have been just over 20% on the PP this season, but they were 28th in expected goals with the man-advantage. Structure, strategy and composition are all under the microscope ahead of this series👇🏻 www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
- On the job Martin St. Louis did this season, and how the experience of the final push prepares him for playoffs—and for a new era of Canadiens hockey 👇🏻 www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
- Martin St. Louis’s lucky tie a big factor down the stretch. A tie he borrowed from Brad Richards when they were playing together. Never returned it…
- The Montreal Canadiens are going back to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since making the Cup Final in 2021.
- On Ivan Demidov, pressure, and what the Canadiens must do to finish the job 👇🏻 www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
- Now you know why all those people went to the airport…
- A disappointing loss, no doubt. No moral victories. But the point the Canadiens got was earned, and that was important. Especially after a terrible game in Ottawa a night prior 👇🏻 www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
- Montreal is on the cusp of a playoff spot. And when the Canadiens were floundering in October, they never lost faith they’d find themselves where they are in April. www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
- Well, for context, Brian is sharing Mike Matheson’s response to my question to him at the golf tournament. I asked him what his advice would be to Lane Hutson, who was bound to make glaring and costly mistakes in accessing his incredible skill…
- Mike Matheson made a bad mistake Sunday. It was one of many he's made this season. But that's life as a player who can--and often must--take risk average players can't to access above-average skill. If all you see is his mistakes, you're missing the big picture. www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
- About the 13th-highest scoring player—and sixth highest-scoring centre—in the NHL… Nick Suzuki has levelled up, and there’s reason to believe he still has room to grow. 👇🏻 www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
- Nick Suzuki's last seven days: Goal and two assists in a win over the Panthers in Florida. Two goals in a win over the Panthers in Montreal. Goal and an assist in a win over the Bruins in Montreal. Goal and an assist in a win over the Flyers in Montreal. Is that good?
- On Gallagher, and the Redemption Line with Josh Anderson and Christian Dvorak 👇🏻
