Hab Hits

>The Hamilton Bulldogs, the Montreal Canadiens AHL affiliate, were eliminated in the conference final as well, dropping game 7 to the Texas Stars 3-2. The Bulldogs finished second in the league during the regular season but appeared to run into a hot goaltender against Texas. David Desharnais had 23 points in 19 playoff games to lead the Bulldogs, while Brock Trotter had 19.
>The Cincinnati Cyclones, the Canadiens ECHL affiliate (shared with Nashville), were crowned league champions after knocking off the Idaho Steelheads in 5 games. Habs goaltending prospect Robert Mayer was named co-MVP after going 6-1 in the playoffs with a 1.54 GAA and 0.938 save percentage. Mayer played all 5 games in the final and shared the award with fellow Cyclones goaltender Jeremy Smith.
>The Canadiens announced the signing of free agent defenceman Kyle Klubertanz. Klubertanz spent last season with with Djurgardens of the Swedish Elite League. The 23 year old was originally drafted in the 3rd round by the Ducks (2004) and played college hockey at the University of Wisconsin.
>Montreal also announced the firing of 6 scouts. No word on their plan for replacements but I assume the organization didn't care for the job they were doing. To be fair the Canadiens 1st round picks in the last few years have been disapointments, but they have secured some steals in the later rounds. I am polishing up my resume to try and land one of these positions.
>The NHL announced that the Montreal Canadiens will play the Calgary Flames in an outdoor game February 20, 2011 at McMahon Stadium. I would conisder attending, but sitting in nose bleed seats when it's -40 just doesn't sound appealing.
>Guy Boucher, coach of the Hamilton Bulldogs has accepted the coaching job in Tampa. Boucher will be taking his assistant coaches with him, leaving a big hole to fill in Hamilton. The Blue Jackets also offered him the head coaching job there.