Explore every episode of the podcast This Week in Habsland

On this week’s episode, we discuss the Jake Evans injury and predict the headlines for the Montreal Canadiens in 2026 including Cole Caufield’s pursuit for 40 goals, Demidov going for the Calder, and much more!

Enjoy the Airing of Grievances, a Festivus tradition we hold dear, and our discussions about the Phillip Danault trade, the Montembeault conditioning stint and how Fowler and Dobes have stepped up.

On this episode, we give out our yearly gifts to Montreal Canadiens players, and discuss the strong start to Jacob Fowler's NHL career.

On this week’s episode we discuss the return of Juraj Slafkovksy on the first line, the mess of the rest of the forwards, and predict OUR Team Canada Olympic team.

On this episode, we analyze the new Matheson deal and how it impacts the salary structure of the Montreal Canadiens D-core, we look at the development of our young skilled players like Slafkovsky and Demidov, and we debate whether it's contention time for the Habs.

On this week's episode, Jordan rides solo to answer many important (listener) questions at the quarter point of the season including: how much to blame goaltending, most surprising player, and F-Marry-Kill with 2010s Habs coaches...something for everyone

We discuss a challenging week for the Montreal Canadiens with huge injuries, terrible losses, and some concerning patterns.

Let's commiserate together :)

This week, we reflect on the eliteness of Cole Caufield and Juraj Slafkovsky, and ponder why one has been rewarded on the scoresheet and the other hasn't much (yet). We also dive into a bunch of either-or questions about the Habs, Team Canada, and NHL fandom.

On this week’s episode we discuss how Sam Montembeault’s season has slowly gotten away from him, the Habs passing all their tests in October and complete our Top 10 Montreal Canadiens goal scorers since 1994.

This week we discuss Ivan Demidov and Jakub Dobes' respective promotions and how they will impact the Montreal Canadiens going forward. Then we spend the second half of the episode sharing our unpopular opinions and about third jerseys, Price v Lundqvist, and broken sticks!

On this episode, we ask the question "better, but how much better?" about the Montreal Canadiens' strong start to the season. We then address some big fanbase topics including Dobes v. Montembeault, the Habs penalty kill, and the Slafkovsky contract.

Lane Hutson extends for 8 years with the Montreal Canadiens and we are here to talk about it!

On this episode, we praise the Matheson and Dobson pairing, discuss the pace and poise of the forward trios, and react to the fanbase's scapegoating of Laine.

This week, we preview the 2025-26 NHL season for the Habs, discussing the potential for growth and how the new players will fit in, like Dobson, Demidov, Bolduc, and Kapanen. We try and put together the forward lines as we see them, and we make a bunch of over/under predictions including the Canadiens season point total.

After one week of the pre-season we discuss the Montreal Canadiens outlook for the upcoming season including: Kirby Dach (duh), Beck vs. Kapanen, Xhekaj vs. Struble and much more! We also share our hot takes for the year including the Habs powerplay and Cole Caufield's chances of winning the Rocket

On our last episode of the 24-25 season, we discuss the offseason as a whole, including the Bolduc-Mailloux trade, the picks made by the Canadiens on day 2 of the draft, and we take a look around the NHL at some big free agency signings.

On this wonderful episode of the podcast, we discuss the Montreal Canadiens trade for Noah Dobson, how it will impact the team going forward, the NHL Draft and the CBA extension between the league and players

On this episode we talk about the many options that the Montreal Canadiens have in this year's draft; lots of picks in the first 3 rounds, as well as potential trades.

On this week's episode we dive all the way in on the 2025 NHL Draft and how the Montreal Canadiens should approach it. We discuss our favourites including Carter Bear, Justin Carbonneau, and many more!

We discuss the most important Canadiens prospects who played in the Laval Rocket's postseason. Then, we run through about 10 mock trades involving you guessed it: 2nd line centers and right-handed defensemen.

On today's episode we preview the biggest decisions for the Montreal Canadiens as they head into the off-season including targets for a second line centre, extending Lane Hutson and figuring out what to do with Patrik Laine.

We give out our season awards including goal, performance, save, rookie, and nemesis of the year, and more.

On Part 1 of our season in review awards, we discuss the Montreal Canadiens season and all it's highs and lows. We also dig in to the Habsland MVP for the season.

Our post-game episode of the Montreal Canadiens dropping Game 5 in their first round series covers the team's struggles with the Capitals defensive adjustments, the strong play by the young core, and celebrating David Savard

On this episode, we recap the Montreal Canadiens dropping a tough Game 4 despite strong play from many of the team's young stars including Juraj Slafkovksy and Ivan Demidov.

The Habs arrived in Game 3, dominating the Capitals at the Bell Centre. We look at the offensive chemistry of Caufield and Slafkovsky, the growth of Josh Anderson's game, and dive in on about 48 other story lines including the unfortunate injuries to both starting goalies, Sam Montembeault and Logan Thompson.

On this post-game episode of the podcast, we discuss the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 loss in Game 2 including improved play of the Dvorak line, disappointing play from a few players and maybe some signs of line from a new 2nd line

The Montreal Canadiens drop Game 1 to the Washington Capitals in overtime. We discuss a spirited comeback led by Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield and Sam Montembeault and investigate what can be done to fix the second line

The Habs are in the playoffs for the first time in years! Join us as we dive in on their matchup versus the Washington Capitals and recap what got the Canadiens into this position.

The Montreal Canadiens drop a rough game to the Chicago Blackhawks despite Ivan Demidov's stellar NHL debut. We discuss the Habs inability to punch their ticket to the post-season and what they need to fix going forward.

On this post-game episode, we discuss a stellar Dobes performance in Toronto, try to solve the Laine at 5-on-5 conundrum, and beg the Canadiens to clinch a playoff berth already.

Post-game episode of the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators. We discuss the struggles of the top two lines and ask if Arber Xhekaj should be drawn back into the lineup.

On this post-game episode of the podcast, we discuss the Montreal Canadiens come from behind victory vs. Detroit and Ivan Demidov's surprise signing.

On this episode we dive deep on the potential playoff picture in the NHL, we discuss the monstrous contributions of Nick Suzuki and Lane Hutson, and we congratulate Alex Ovechkin on 895 goals, the new all-time record.

On this week's episode of the podcast, we discuss the Montreal Canadiens big victory in Florida, a lackluster performance earlier in the week and rank the organization's top 10 prospects.

On this episode, we give some ideas for improvements we'd make to the NHL if we were the commish, we revel in the resurgence of the third line of Gallagher, Dvorak, and Anderson, and we discuss the Canadiens playoff push as they sit atop the mix in the second wild card spot.

On this week's episode of the podcast, we discuss the Montreal Canadiens (mostly) successful week that was led by the first line and goaltending. In the second half of the episode, we 'build-a-Hab' to celebrate our 100th episode!

This week, we dive deep into the NHL trade deadline, discussing all the big moves from across the league, and we talk about the Jake Evans extension that has him staying in Montreal for the next four seasons.

On this episode, we rank the Montreal Canadiens players in a tier list based on their play so far this season, and we answer 3 burning questions about the Habs and their future, including a trade deadline discussion at the 3/4 mark of the NHL season.

On this week's episode we discuss the Montreal Canadiens resounding win over the Senators and recap Team Canada's 4 Nations victory over Team USA.

On this week's episode, we discuss the rough string of games the Montreal Canadiens have played of late, and we go over the options the Habs have in terms of trades with the NHL trade deadline fast approaching.

On this week's episode we discuss the difficult week the Montreal Canadiens had including losses on and off the ice. In the second half of the episode we preview the 4 Nations tournament.

On this episode, we analyze what it will take for the Habs to make the playoffs, discuss the necessary patience of the Canadiens front office, and glance at the blockbuster Rantanen trade.

On this week's episode of the podcast, we discuss another promising week for the Montreal Canadiens before getting into our annual mid-season Habs player value ranking

On this episode, we award our 3 Stars of the first half of the season, and then we ask and answer three burning questions about the Montreal Canadiens as they are now, yes, IN THE MIX!

On this week's episode, we discuss the Montreal Canadiens successful road trip, Kirby Dach starting to turn the corner, Lane Hutson winning the Calder and much more!

This week, we celebrate the Canadiens rival romp in the Sunshine State and Jakub Dobes' shutout in his first NHL game. We also discuss the marvel that is Jake Evans and give our predictive headlines for 2025.

Happy New Year!

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On this very special Festivus edition of the pod, we celebrate a 3-win week, a powerplay clinic from Patrik Laine, discuss the Barron for Carrier trade, and then we break out the unadorned aluminum pole and perform the Festivus airing of grievances.

On this week's episode, we discuss Lane Hutson's first career goal, a brutal game against Pittsburgh and a holiday wishlist for the Montreal Canadiens.

On this week's episode, we discuss the emergence of the Montreal Canadiens newest sniper, Patrik Laine, and the effect he has already had on the team as a whole. We also speak on the omission of Caufield and Suzuki from the Four Nations Face Off rosters, and do some fact or fiction about some of the most important questions in Habsland.