Hockey Inside Out

The Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 in a shootout Tuesday night at the Bell Centre after coming out flat for the second straight game since clinching a playoff spot. Was that letdown to be expected?

That’s the main question answered on this week’s Hockey Inside/Out Show as The Gazette’s Stu Cowan is joined by former Canadiens teammates and 1986 Stanley Cup champions Chris Nilan and Rick Green.

Canadiens players eat a lot of chicken, salmon and pasta, with team chefs preparing most of their meals. It wasn’t always that way.

On this Hockey Inside/Out Show bonus episode, former Canadiens teammates and 1986 Stanley Cup champions Chris Nilan and Rick Green join The Gazette’s Stu Cowan to talk about how nutrition has changed over the years from when teammate Patrick Roy used to mostly eat McDonald’s.

Michael Hage will be playing for the University of Michigan at the NCAA Frozen Four tournament, which is slated for April 9-11 in Las Vegas.

There’s a good chance the 19-year-old centre, who was selected by the Canadiens in the first round (21st overall) of the 2024 NHL Draft, will turn pro after that. If Hage does turn pro, should he join the Canadiens this season or be sent to the AHL’s Laval Rocket?

That’s the question answered on this Hockey Inside/Out Show bonus episode, as The Gazette’s Stu Cowan is joined by former Canadiens teammates and 1986 Stanley Cup champions Chris Nilan and Rick Green.

The Canadiens are on the verge of clinching a playoff spot for the second straight season.

On this Hockey Inside/Out Show bonus episode, The Gazette’s Stu Cowan is joined by former Canadiens teammates and 1986 Stanley Cup champions Chris Nilan and Rick Green to discuss which team the Canadiens would match up best with in the first round of the playoffs.

Is it the Tampa Bay Lightning, Buffalo Sabres or Carolina Hurricanes, who are all potential opponents?

The Canadiens beat the Lightning 4-1 Tuesday night in Tampa for their sixth straight victory in what might have been a first-round playoff preview.

Are the Canadiens peaking at just the right time to succeed in the playoffs?

That’s one of the questions answered on this week’s Hockey Inside/Out Show as The Gazette’s Stu Cowan is joined by former Canadiens teammates and 1986 Stanley Cup champions Chris Nilan and Rick Green to talk about what has impressed them most about the team recently.

The Canadiens beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 Tuesday night at the Bell Centre despite getting outshot 43-13 with goalie Jakub Dobes making 41 saves.

What lessons should the Canadiens learn from that game as they continue on their drive to make the playoffs for the second straight season?

That’s the main question answered on this week’s Hockey Inside/Out Show as former Canadiens teammates and 1986 Stanley Cup champions Chris Nilan and Rick Green join The Gazette’s Stu Cowan.

It’s still too early to call it a must-win game, but the Canadiens’ 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins Tuesday night at the Bell Centre was a huge one with Cole Caufield scoring his 40th goal of the season in overtime.

On this week’s Hockey Inside/Out Show The Gazette’s Stu Cowan and Brendan Kelly are joined by former Canadiens defenceman, assistant coach and 1986 Stanley Cup champion Rick Green to discuss just how big the win over the Bruins was and why Caufield is the first Hab to score 40 goals in a season since Vincent Damphousse in 1993-94.

With Tuesday night’s 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Bell Centre, the Canadiens had a 2-0-1 record in three games since last Friday’s NHL trade deadline passed.

For the second straight year, Canadiens GM Kent Hughes didn’t make any moves on deadline day. Was that the right decision?

On this week’s Hockey Inside/Out Show, The Gazette’s Stu Cowan is joined by former Canadiens teammates and 1986 Stanley Cup champions Rick Green and Brian Skrudland to answer that question.

The Canadiens headed to Anaheim after Tuesday night’s 7-5 loss to the Sharks in San Jose to await the NHL’s trade deadline at 3 p.m. on Friday, followed by their game that night against the Ducks.

On this week’s Hockey Inside/Out Show, The Gazette’s Stu Cowan is joined by former Canadiens teammates and 1986 Stanley Cup champions Chris Nilan and Rick Green to talk about their biggest concerns following the loss in San Jose and what GM Kent Hughes might or might not do ahead of the trade deadline.

“I’m f—in’ proud to be your coach!” Martin St. Louis told his players in the locker room after the Canadiens beat the Jets 5-1 Wednesday night in Winnipeg in their final game before the Olympic break in the NHL schedule.

The Canadiens head into the break sitting in a playoff spot with a 32-17-8 record after going 4-0-1 in their last five games and they are 16-6-7 on the road this season.

On this episode of The Gazette’s weekly Hockey Inside/Out Show, The Gazette’s Stu Cowan is joined by former Canadiens teammates and 1986 Stanley Cup champions Rick Green and Brian Skrudland (filling in for Knuckles) to discuss what St. Louis should be most proud about his team this season.