It’s been a quiet little while for the Montreal Canadiens — and for the NHL — as summer comes to an end and things ramp up for the inaugural World Cup of Hockey and the 2016-17 season. The “big news” this week was the retirement of Scotty Gomez after 16 seasons, a Calder trophy, two Stanley Cups, and over a year without scoring a goal (a period in which he was outscored by Hal Gill). As bad as his acquisition proved to be, people forget he still had a respectable 59 points in his first season with the Habs, and…

Now that Montreal has traded away arguably its most popular player in years, now what? Lots to talk about — it’s been awhile. I’ll get to the other stuff over the next few weeks but for now we have to talk Subban. The dust is slowly settling on the big trade GM Bergevin made last week, which left most people shocked, surprised, disgusted even. I’m not one of those people. BIG SURPRISE? I wasn’t surprised in the least Subban was traded. Is he a gifted player!? Yes. A potential cornerstone for a championship team. Great skater, big shot, but even…

He shoots, he scores? As the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs move into their third week, like many Canadiens fans I’m left with an empty feeling because the Habs aren’t participating in the action. No heart-thumping, nerve wracking, get your popcorn ready moments that only Montreal Canadiens playoff hockey can offer. I haven’t been too motivated to write the last few months. Can you blame me? The Canadiens not making the playoffs is despicable. Despicable!! Talk about two steps back, eh? Oh the pain! Pain!!! It hurts for sure. What hurt even more was when GM Marc…