This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Check out news Headlines posts every day at AllHabs.net. Roster news - Paul Byron underwent hip surgery earlier this week, recovery time expected to be five months. Qualifying offers for restricted free agents: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Artturi Lehkonen, Michael Pezzetta, Ryan Poehling, Otto Leskinen, Michael McNiven. Habs prospect report - Will return next week. Be sure to read the content at AHL.report and check out The Press Zone - M...
Jul 31, 2021•1 hr 45 min•Season 4Ep. 148
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Marc Bergevin presser on Shea Weber. Check out news Headlines posts every day at AllHabs.net. Roster news - Carey Price saw a specialist in New York regarding his hip and knee; had knee surgery on Friday with recovery of 10-12 weeks. NHL Trades - Seth Jones to Chicago, Rasmus Ristolainen to Philadelphia. Canadiens express interest in Jack Eichel. Habs prospect report - Rick and Joe share their thoughts on the NHL Entry Draft. Incl...
Jul 25, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Season 4Ep. 147
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Some off-season targets for the Canadiens. Check out news Headlines posts every day at AllHabs.net Carey Price chosen as first star of the season by Joseph Whalen. Roster news - Carey Price with hip and knee injury concerns, seeing a specialist. Canadiens announce Trevor Letowski as an assistant coach. Report: Phillip Danault will not be back, Jonathan Drouin would like to return. Former Canadiens defenceman Yannick Weber retired ...
Jul 22, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Season 4Ep. 146
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Connor McDavid and Jon Cooper praise the Habs. Check out news Headlines posts every day at AllHabs.net. Carey Price chosen as first star of the week by Joseph Whalen. Roster news - Shea Weber future in question with lingering knee, ankle and thumb injuries. Canadiens announce Dominique Ducharme has been named head coach, signed three-year contract extension. Assistant coach Luke Richardson also signed three-year contract extension...
Jul 17, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Season 4Ep. 145
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe break down the week that was for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Carey Price chosen as first star of the week by Joseph Whalen. Roster news - Now that the Canadiens playoff run has concluded we learned of injuries players were playing through, with Shea Weber, Brendan Gallagher, Jeff Petry, Eric Staal and Tyler Toffoli all playing through the pain. P...
Jul 10, 2021•2 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 144
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe break down the week that was for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Carey Price chosen as first star of the week by Joseph Whalen. Roster news - Other than Jonathan Drouin, no Canadiens on the injured list. Dominique Ducharme returned behind the Canadiens bench in game three after self-isolating at home. Habs prospect report - Laval Rocket signed Quebec...
Jul 03, 2021•1 hr 45 min•Season 3Ep. 143
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe break down the week that was for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Carey Price chosen as first star of the week by Joseph Whalen. Roster news - Jake Evans cleared to play. Dominique Ducharme self isolating at home. Canadiens signed VP John Sedgwick to a three-year contract extension. Habs prospect report - Forward Yannick Veilleux has reportedly signed...
Jun 26, 2021•1 hr 53 min•Season 3Ep. 142
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Amy Johnson from The Press Zone podcast sits in for a vacationing Joseph Whalen. Rick and Amy break down the week that was for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Tyler Toffoli chosen as first star of the week by Joseph Whalen. Roster news - Jon Merrill returned to the lineup for Game 2 sending Alexander Romanov once again to the press box. Jeff Petry returned to the...
Jun 19, 2021•1 hr 51 min•Season 3Ep. 141
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe break down the week that was for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Carey Price chosen as first star of the week by Joseph Whalen. Roster news - Jeff Petry suffered a hand injury, Dominique Ducharme was not clear about when we will see him. Jake Evans training in the gym. Alexander Romanov made his playoff debut. Habs prospect report - AHL schedule and ...
Jun 12, 2021•1 hr 44 min•Season 3Ep. 140
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe break down the week that was for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Carey Price chosen as first star of the week by Joseph Whalen. Roster news - Injury updates for Jake Evans and Artturi Lehkonen. Alexander Romanov remains in the press box for the Canadiens. Habs prospect report - Canadiens allowed the June 1st deadline to pass without signing any of th...
Jun 05, 2021•1 hr 58 min•Season 3Ep. 139
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe break down the week that was for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Carey Price chosen as first star of the week by Joseph Whalen. Roster news - Injury updates for Jake Evans and Artturi Lehkonen. Habs fans return to the Bell Centre for game six. Habs prospect report - AHL announced that Cayden Primeau and Otto Leskinen were named to the 2020-21 Canadia...
May 29, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 3Ep. 138
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe break down the week that was for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Artturi Lehkonen chosen as first star of the week by Joseph Whalen. Roster news - All players who were sidelined by injury have returned to the Canadiens lineup. Jonathan Drouin not expected to return. Jake Evans is listed as day-to-day and will not play in game two, Jesperi Kotkaniemi ...
May 22, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Season 3Ep. 137
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe break down the week that was for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Nick Suzuki chosen as first star of the week by Joseph Whalen. Roster news - First COVID vaccinations for Canadiens players and staff. Injury update: Phillip Danault, Brendan Gallagher, Shea Weber, Carey Price and Jonathan Drouin. Corey Perry nominated for Bill Masterton Trophy. Jesse Y...
May 15, 2021•1 hr 55 min•Season 3Ep. 136
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe break down the week that was for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Nick Suzuki chosen as first star of the week by Joseph Whalen. Roster news - Injury update: Paul Byron, Phillip Danault, Brendan Gallagher, Shea Weber, Carey Price. Tomas Tatar has returned to the Habs lineup, Cole Caufield scored his first three goals in the NHL this week. Habs prospec...
May 08, 2021•1 hr 50 min•Season 3Ep. 135
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe break down the week that was for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Josh Anderson chosen as first star of the week by Joseph Whalen. Roster news - Carey Price continues to recover from a concussion and may return to the ice in the coming days. Brendan Gallagher has started to skate on his own. Cole Caufield made his NHL debut this week. Jonathan Drouin ...
May 01, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 3Ep. 134
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe break down the week that was for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Tyler Toffoli chosen as first star of the week by Joseph Whalen. Roster news - Carey Price returned this week but was injured by Alex Chiasson on Monday and is suffering from a concussion. Cayden Primeau was recalled to the active roster on an emergency basis. Cole Caufield travelled wi...
Apr 24, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Season 3Ep. 133
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News With Joseph off this week, Rick and guest host Amy Johnson briefly recap the week of game action for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Corey Perry chosen as first star of the week by Joseph Whalen. Roster news - Brendan Gallagher was re-evaluated this week. Carey Price returned to practice. Joel Armia returned to the lineup this week after recovering from COVID. Be...
Apr 17, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 3Ep. 132
Bonus EditionSpecial Show: Theo Fleury & Eric Kussin (full interview) In this special bonus edition of the Canadiens Connection podcast, Rick Stephens and Amy Johnson welcomed former NHL great Theo Fleury and sports executive Eric Kussin for a wide-ranging conversation on sports, trauma and mental health. The 100-minute discussion is honest, compelling and very powerful. Kussin is the founder of the #SameHere Global Mental Health Movement and along with Fleury, a mental health advocate and D...
Apr 12, 2021•1 hr 40 min
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe briefly recap the week of game action for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Brendan Gallagher chosen as first star of the week by Joseph Whalen. Roster news - Joel Armia remains on the NHL's COVID protocol list but is out of quarantine. Ben Chiarot is skating on his own recovering from a fractured hand. Brendan Gallagher suffered a fractured thumb and ...
Apr 10, 2021•1 hr 56 min•Season 3Ep. 131
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe briefly recap the week of game action for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Carey Price is the mid-season leader in weekly three stars by Joseph Whalen Roster news - Tyler Toffoli remains out with a lower body injury. Joel Armia remains on the NHL's COVID protocol list. Eric Staal is under one-week quarantine. Habs prospect report - UMD's Blake Biondi ...
Apr 03, 2021•1 hr 47 min•Season 3Ep. 130
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe briefly recap the week of game action for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Josh Anderson named 1st star of the week by Joe in his weekly column. Roster news - Tyler Toffoli out with a lower body injury, was not scheduled to play all three games against Edmonton. Joel Armia and Jesperi Kotkaniemi on the NHL's COVID protocol list. The Canadiens have acq...
Mar 27, 2021•1 hr 53 min•Season 3Ep. 129
Bonus EditionSpecial Show: Oilers vs Canadiens series In this special bonus edition of the Canadiens Connection podcast we discuss the series between the Canadiens and Oilers. To provide a Edmonton perspective, we were joined by Connor Halley of TSN1260 Edmonton and host of The Other Connor Podcast on The Hockey Podcast Network , who shares his thoughts on the Canadiens, Oilers, Connor McDavid, Tyson Barrie, Mike Smith, Jesse Puljujarvi, Kailer Yamamoto, GM Ken Holland and others. This conversat...
Mar 22, 2021•21 min
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe briefly recap the week of game action for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Carey Price named 1st star of the week by Joe in his weekly column. Roster news - Ben Chiarot had surgery on his right hand on Monday, he will miss 6-8 weeks. Paul Byron cleared waivers on Wednesday. Sean Burke participated in his first practice in his new role on Friday. Habs ...
Mar 20, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Season 3Ep. 128
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe briefly recap the week of game action for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Brendan Gallagher named 1st star of the week by Joe in his weekly column. Roster news - Ben Chiarot suffered a fracture in his right wrist and will be re-evaluated in the coming days. March 11th marked the 25th anniversary of the closing of the Montreal Forum. Habs prospect rep...
Mar 13, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Season 3Ep. 127
Bonus EditionSpecial Show: Canadiens vs Canucks series In this special bonus edition of the Canadiens Connection podcast we discuss the series between the Canadiens and Canucks. To provide a Vancouver perspective, we were joined by Isha Jahromi and Dylan Keyzer , co-creators of The Hockey Podcast Network , who share their thoughts on the Canadiens, Canucks, Jake Virtanen, Tyler Toffoli, Thatcher Demko and others. This conversation is a continuation of the discussion that was part of episode 126 ...
Mar 08, 2021•23 min
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe briefly recap the week of game action for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Joel Armia named 1st star of the week by Joe in his weekly column. Roster news - Canadiens sign Gianni Fairbrother to three-year entry-level contract. Josh Anderson has missed three games due to a lower-body injury. Walter Gretzky passed away at the age of 82. They Said What? -...
Mar 06, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 3Ep. 126
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe briefly recap the week of game action for the Montreal Canadiens. Check out the comprehensive post-game reviews for every game at AllHabs.net. Artturi Lehkonen named 1st star of the week by Joe in his weekly column. Roster news - Taxi squad: Byron, Fleury, Frolik, Belzile, McNiven. Lindgren sent to Laval for conditioning. Kaiden Guhle and Gianni Fairbrother returned to their junior hockey teams. Former GM Irving Grund...
Feb 27, 2021•1 hr 45 min•Season 3Ep. 125
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe briefly recap the week for the Montreal Canadiens. The Habs picked up a win last week against the Leafs, in what was their only game of the week. Carey Price named 1st star of the week by Joe in his weekly column. Roster news - Paul Byron was waived, cleared waivers and was assigned to the taxi squad. Tomas Tatar was a healthy scratch against Toronto, returned to practice with Kotkaniemi and Armia. Michael Frolik sent...
Feb 20, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 3Ep. 124
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe briefly recap the week for the Montreal Canadiens. The Habs had a rough week with back-to-back losses against the Leafs and Oilers. Shea named 1st star of the week by Joe in his weekly column. Roster news - Joel Armia returned to the Canadiens lineup against the Leafs. Corey Perry sent to the taxi squad. Line juggling for the Habs, Tatar with Kotkaniemi and Toffoli with Danault. Charlie Lindgren "injured" by Carey Pri...
Feb 13, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 3Ep. 123
This Week’s ShowSegment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News Rick and Joe briefly recap the week for the Montreal Canadiens. The Habs went 2-2 this week, the guys pick out some memorable moments from each of the four games. Carey Price named 1st star of the week by Joe in his weekly column. Roster news - Laval Rocket season start is on hold. Check out daily reports including audio from players and coach Joel Bouchard at AHLReport.com. Cole Caufield named Big10 Hockey first star of the week....
Feb 06, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Season 3Ep. 122
