This Week in Habsland

On our final episode of the season, we give our overall thoughts on the progression of the Montreal Canadiens this year, the state of the rebuild, and cheer on the exciting players on the team. We also give out 10 end of season awards, including: Habs MVP (top 5), Goal of the Year, Performance of the year, and many more.

Thank you for listening this season, stay tuned for tons of offseason content starting to drop in a few weeks around the time of the NHL Draft Lottery in early May.

On today's episode, we discuss the second to last full week of the Montreal Canadiens season and then dive into organizations top 10 prospects.

On this week's episode of the podcast, we discuss Nick Suzuki reaching 30 goals, Primeau and Montembeault proving their worth and a Montreal Canadiens What If? draft for the 2012-2021 era.

On this week's episode of the podcast, we take a run at another Montreal Canadiens What If? Draft, this time focusing on the Bob Gainey and Pierre Gauthier era. We also discuss the play of Jacob Fowler, David Reinbacher and of course, Juraj Slafkoksky.

On this week's episode, we discuss Cayden Primeau's great week, the Joshua Roy dilemma, and Juraj Slafkovsky continuing to develop in front of our eyes. Later in the podcast, we do our best to predict which current or future Montreal Canadiens players will win NHL awards in the coming years.

This week, we put a pin in the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline, reacting to all the moves the Montreal Canadiens did and did not make. We also discuss Joshua Roy's goal scoring, Mike Matheson's point producing prowess, and the versatility of the Habs top line.

On this week's episode of the podcast we discuss the five biggest questions for the Montreal Canadiens as we begin the march towards the end of the season including: what is the most important element to watch down the stretch, will they draft a defensemen with their pick and what will the second line look like next season.

On this episode, we have a ton of fun looking into our crystal ball and predict who will be the Montreal Canadiens Top 9 forwards in the 2026-2027 season. We also throw some love to Joshua Roy and Arber Xhekaj for a great week of hockey.

On this week's episode of the podcast we discuss ANOTHER huge week for Juraj Slafkovsky (and Nick Suzuki + Cole Caufield) and dive in to the biggest What If's in Montreal Canadiens history.

This week the Canadiens top line of Caufield, Suzuki and Slafkovsky put on a show, so we discuss their magical chemistry and the struggles of the team behind them. We also take a first look at the trade deadline through the Habs lens.

We react to the big trade that sent Monahan to Winnipeg, talk about the state of the Habs lineup without him, and marvel at the news of NHL players returning to the Olympics in 2026 and 2030.

On this week's episode, we bust apart some common myths related to the NHL and the Montreal Canadiens, we credit some Habs for clutch performances, and give our take on Gallagher's hit and suspension.

On this week's episode of the podcast, we discuss a up and down week for the Montreal Canadiens including Cole Caufield's hot streak, Sean Monahan's great play, and some of the most concerning parts of the duds in Ottawa and Boston. We also take a deep dive into how Marc Bergevin built the Habs over the 2010s and where things could have gone better or worse.

This week we're dissecting the first half of the Canadiens 2023-2024 season by answering five burning questions about the team's record, the Habs best players, and the 2024 NHL Draft.

On this week's episode of the podcast, we discuss Samuel Montembeault's heroics versus the New York Rangers and how the Montreal Canadiens prospects fared at the World Juniors.

This week, we examine the success of the Caufield - Suzuki -Slafkovský line, we tie a bow on an eventful 2023 for the Montreal Canadiens, and we look ahead, predicting some huge headlines for the club in 2024.

On this week's episode of the podcast, we dive into a fun week for the Montreal Canadiens including a big week for both Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsky. Later in the podcast, we take a look back on the Bob Gainey era and why the Habs could not get over the hump.

On this week's episode, we spread some holiday cheer with gift ideas for Montreal Canadiens players and coaches, we shine some light on a few forward lines and defensive pairings, and we look forward to the long road trip ahead.

On this week's episode of the podcast we discuss the Montreal Canadiens' up and down week that centred around great goaltending from Cayden Primeau and Samuel Montembeault. We also dive into our first ever Montreal Canadiesn Trade Value Rankings.

This week, we use our crystal ball to predict the Canadiens' defensive unit three seasons from now, we examine the effect empty-netters have on plus/minus and other stats, and we praise both Montembeault and his brand new contract.

After 21 games, we talk about who has been the Montreal Canadiens best defensemen, Josh Anderson's struggles, Nick Suzuki steady start to the season and much more!

This episode, we look for the lessons in a week full of losses, dive deep into possible trades involving Canadiens goalies, and check out the stellar play of some young Habs prospects.

On this week's episode of the podcast, we discuss an up and down four-game week for the Habs with great performances by Kaiden Guhle and Samuel Montembeault, and have THE definitive Carey Price conversation (spoiler: he was awesome).

On this week's episode, we shower Gallagher and Monahan with praise, we try to work out the chemistry-phobic second line that became a third line, and discuss what it means to finally see the trio of Caufield, Suzuki and Slafkovský.

Three wins and four exciting games for the Montreal Canadiens. Jake Allen, Cole Caufield and many others shined, while the second line continues to struggle.

This week we discuss the many positives we've seen up and down the Montreal lineup despite a demoralizing week on the injury front. We praise Gally for the Galliest of Gally goals, and we talk Habs goalies... Three's a crowd!

In this week's episode of the podcast we discuss the first two games of the regular season including: the Dach line dominating Toronto, Samuel Montembault bouncing back from a rough pre-season and a good Habs powerplay?...really?

On this week's episode, we tie a bow on the preseason, look ahead to the regular season and beyond, analyzing what it will take for this team to build a contender and hoist the Cup.

New season, same hosts! We are back for another season of This Week in Habsland. For this week's episode, we dive in to Part 1 of our two-part season preview. Will Caufield and Suzuki be broken up? Will Alex Newhook be a steal? Listen, to the pod to find out!

Instant reaction to the blockbuster Erik Karlsson trade from the Montreal Canadiens perspective. Jeff Petry is back, Mike Hoffman and Rem Pitlick are gone. What a time to be alive! Follow us on Instagram @habslandpod

In the final episode of the 2023 Offseason Summer 6-Pack we give our predictions for the opening night Montreal Canadiens 23-Man roster and dish out some hot takes. Follow us @habslandpod on Instagram and Twitter

We take a step back and look in depth at the Habs selections at the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, where those players fit into the prospect pool, and talk about what the Edmundson trade means for the Canadiens young D-men.

Wow! The Montreal Canadiens draft David Reinbacher and we have our immediate thoughts. Also discussed on the episode is our analysis of the Alex Newhook trade, Sean Monahan's new contract, and the end of the three-letter saga.

We dive deeper into the draft, looking at the potential high end talent available with the Habs picks at 31 and 37, we examine a few of the best goalies in the class, and who and what we hope to get with the many picks in the later rounds.

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We discuss ALL the options at #5: Smith, Benson, Moore, Reinbacher, trading up, trading down, and taking Michkov on this episode of the podcast. Follow us @habslandpod on Instagram and Twitter.

Welcome to the Summer 6-Pack at This Week in Habsland. In this episode we provide our initial thoughts on the Habs pick at #5, the Michkov risk (there's none), the lack of news with a Caufield extension and discuss Pierre-Luc Dubois rumours for the thirty-seventh time.

On this final episode of our first season, we give out our Habsland Awards for the year that was, including top 5 lists for MVP and rookie of the year, and many more.

Thank you so much for listening this season. We're looking forward to bringing you this offseason's Summer Six-Pack, a series of episodes related to the 2023 offseason.

Stay tuned!

Jordan & Bryan

On this week's episode, we discuss the leadership and high level play of Matheson and Suzuki, we look ahead at next season's roster and each draft a team of Habs we believe will be on the squad. We also check out some playoff matchups that we'll be seeing in less than ten days when the NHL playoffs begin.

On this week's episode, we talk about the rough stretch of games following an exciting Pezzetta shootout winner, we celebrate Farrell's first NHL goal and Gallagher's 200th, and we discuss the top defensive prospects in the Canadiens system.

In this week's episode, we discuss a much improved week of hockey for the Montreal Canadiens and discuss the best forward prospects including Sean Farrell, Riley Kidney and Filip Mesar.

In this week's episode of the podcast, we discuss an insane Montreal Canadiens week, dive into their upcoming free agents and take a look back the Habs fortunes with NHL free agency.

On this week's episode, we look big picture at the state of the NHL and discuss some changes we would make as the commissioner, including a deep dive into some of Gary Bettman's many damning lies. We also look at the recent play of the Canadiens, especially the great grinding of the bottom six. 

On this week's episode of the podcast, we discuss the western road trip, a quiet trade deadline, goals for the rest of the Montreal Canadiens season and our favourite non Top-4 2023 NHL Draft prospects.

This week we discuss the success of Suzuki and the first line, and the d-core stepping up. We look one last time at the NHL trade market leading up to the deadline, and we dive into the Dadonov-Gurianov trade. We also conduct a fantasy draft of all Habs players acquired by trade in the last 20 years. 

In this episode of the podcast we play out some trade deadline scenarios involving several players of the Montreal Canadiens roster including Josh Anderson, Evgeni Dadonov and Jonathan Drouin. 

In this week's episode of the podcast, we look at a pair of victories for the Canadiens after the All-Star break, and tackle some burning trade deadline topics. 

In this week's episode of the podcast, we discuss a great week for Kirby Dach, Raphael Harvey-Pinard, Alex Belzile and Michael Pezzetta. We also conduct a fantasy draft of the best Montreal Canadiens prospects since 2003 and discuss how much of the All-Star Game we'll actually watch

On this episode of the podcast we take a close look at Kent Hughes' first year as the Montreal Canadiens GM and discuss his recent press conference, and we do our best to find positives amidst all of the Habs' injury woes: Anderson and the Rocket line punishing the Leafs, Suzuki and Dach as a 1-2 center tandem, Montembeault le Mur. Lots to love this week. Follow us @habslandpod on Instagram and Twitter.

In this episode of the podcast we discuss an eventful 4-game week for the Habs including great performances from Samuel Montembeault and Cole Caufield. We also spend the episode reminiscing about past P.K. Subban moments and take a look at future Habs prospects (and potential future prospects) from the 2023 World Juniors. Follow us @habslandpod on Instagram and Twitter.

On this week's episode, we answer some burning questions about the first half of the Montreal Canadiens season, and about the rest of the year leading up to the trade deadline and beyond. Follow the podcast @habslandpod on Instagram and Twitter.