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The Canadiens managed to pick up two points yesterday in Utah. Good thieves that they were last night, the boys quickly took off for Vegas after the game. They arrived in Nevada early tonight, Western Time.
Why am I talking about stealing? Because the Habs got 17 shots and the Mammoth got 34.
And because the Habs had just three scoring chances in a dangerous zone, while André Tourigny’s men had 12.
If you get stats like that over 82 games, you won’t make the playoffs. Especial

Yesterday we didn’t get a chance to talk about the holiday Beckham messiness, which is the “unfollowing” that, according to Cruz Beckham, was actually a block by Brooklyn. Prior to the block, Victoria had been liking Brooklyn’s posts.View this post on InstagramA post shared by 𝓃𝒾𝒸𝑜𝓁𝒶 (@nicolaannepeltzbeckham)
Ashley Tisdale’s rep told TMZ that the toxic mom group story for The Cut isn’t about Mandy Moore, Hilary

The free agent market has been in slow motion since the start of the off-season, with some major free agents still free as a bird.
This is the case for Bo Bichette and Alex Bregman, among others, who will most likely have to settle for short-term deals, often with a higher monetary value and exit clauses after the first year.
Earlier this winter, Bregman opted out of his contract with the Boston Red Sox, hoping to improve his situation after a good 2025 campaign. However, it’s now January

Is the Canadiens a perfect team? No.
But are the Canadiens an exciting team that continues to progress and learn more and more about how to win hockey games?
The answer is yes.
More and more, before our very eyes, we see the fast, talented team that Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton sold to fans when they took control of the team’s hockey operations.
There are encouraging signs, let’s face it.
In fact, at today’s press conference, Hughes said something interesting. The GM said, in re

Right now, when you look at the standings in the East, it’s pretty tight.
I’m not telling you anything, but this season, in the East, the Canadiens are up against several teams that are performing well. No one wants to pull away.
The Blue Jackets (16th in the East) are six points out of the playoffs. That’s crazy.
(Credit: NHL.com)
That’s one of the reasons Kent Hughes thinks it’s possible that the trade deadline (two months away) will be quieter than usual.
He talk

Kristen Stewart was on Late Night with Seth Meyers last night to promote her directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, in select theatres now. One of the things I clocked that she said during the interview was when they were talking about the holidays and New Year’s Eve and how she spent it and she mentioned that she was doing as much press as possible ahead of the break and then basically just had to do nothing when everything shut down for Christmas – which wasn’t exactly w

On November 16, we learned that Kirby Dach would miss four to six weeks with a fractured foot.
But today is January 6… and Dach still hasn’t been given the green light to return to action. We haven’t seen him practice with the team, and his rehabilitation looks a little complicated.
Even Kent Hughes is confused when he talks about his player…
The Canadiens’ GM mentioned in his mid-season review that the organization was going to take its time with Dach. We don&rsq

Currently, the second line is led by Oliver Kapanen.
Let’s face it, no one (except Grant McCagg) had anticipated such a scenario this summer. The guy really gets the job done with Ivan Demidov and Juraj Slafkovsky at his side.
By the way, Slaf doesn’t think changing lines has made him any better.Reporter: “Has changing lines made you a better player, do you believe?”
Juraj Slafkovsky: “No.” pic.twitter.com/rtbYBkQUZ5
– /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) January 6,

Currently, the New York Yankees’ outfield consists of captain Aaron Judge, along with Trent Grisham and Jasson Dominguez, with young prospect Spencer Jones in the running for a regular spot.
That’s clearly not enough for a club aspiring to greatness, and that’s why the Bombardiers are desperate to bring free agent Cody Bellinger back into their ranks. Re-signing the star outfielder would give general manager Brian Cashman the opportunity to trade Dominguez and/or Jones in order

The Canadiens’ situation in net is the talk of the town.
We know… because there are three goalies in Montreal right now. Jacob Fowler, Jakub Dobes, and Samuel Montembeault are all with the big club at the time of writing.
And we also know that a threesome isn’t ideal. Kent Hughes spoke about this during his mid-season review today.The GM said it out loud: ideally, the ménage à trois won’t last forever. Kent Hughes mentioned that there won’t necessaril

The new year has arrived and new music is rolling out in full force including the comeback of an R&B giant. Jill Scott first burst onto the scene in 2000 with her iconic album Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds Vol. 1 which helped usher in a new sound to the genre and was followed by two more volumes. Now, more than ten years since her last record, she is back and ready to gift us with some new tunes that are sure to add some sunshine to the cold winter days ahead.There’s something g

Patrik Laine has dealt with mental health issues in the past. You know that.
In recent years, he has never shied away from the issue, and has often spoken out publicly to destigmatize the situation. He does this through his From Us To You Foundation.
His wife Jordan is also involved with him.
We’re talking about it this morning because the Laine couple gave an interview to The Gazette’s Jennifer Campbell. In the interview, Laine talked about mental health and the difficulties that co

A trailer for Joe Carnahan’s The Rip, premiering on Netflix next week, was released yesterday. The movie stars Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Steven Yeun, and Teyana Taylor and as Sarah noted back in September, it’s a cool looking action heist (this combination of talent generally can be counted on to tell an entertaining story) and it’s a bummer that it’s coming out in January.It used to be that January movie was a bad movie. Streaming changed all that, to the point where two

The Canadiens are back in Montreal after playing seven games on the road. The last game at the Bell Centre was on December 20.
The CH was splendid during its holiday trip, completing it with a 4-1-2 record. In short, the Montreal club lost just one of their seven regular-time games on their long trip.
The problem could come this week. The Tricolore are one of the best teams in the entire Bettman circuit on the road this season (13-4-5), but they’re barely playing for .500 in front of their

The Montreal Alouettes have announced that they have reached two important agreements to solidify their offensive unit for the upcoming campaign.
The organization has reached an agreement with American wide receiver Alexander Hollins for one season, in addition to signing American ball carrier Quali Conley for two years.
Already well known to Montreal fans, Hollins joined the Alouettes during the season, in July 2025, after taking part in the Edmonton Elks’ practice camp earlier in the spr

Like many Major League Baseball clubs, the New York Yankees are enjoying a very quiet off-season. Things seem to be starting to move behind the scenes, however, with negotiations with Cody Bellinger well underway, and deals involving Edward Cabrera surfacing.
But while bringing the star outfielder back into their ranks and adding an arm to the rotation is a priority for the Yankees, something else is obsessing general manager Brian Cashman this winter.
Indeed, according to Jim Bowden, the Yankee

Jakub Dobes has been the talk of the town this season.
After the first month of the season, people were wondering whether the goaltender (who had been one of the NHL’s best goaltenders) was going to be named Rookie of the Year.
And in the last two months, the goalie’s up-and-down performances have nipped the debate in the bud.
In fact, right now, we’re even wondering whether he shouldn’t be sent back to the Laval Rocket, to put an end to the ménage à trois.

Dear Gossips, Six days into the year and we have our first sort of unexpected mashup of two celebrities you wouldn’t have predicted to collaborate: Winona Ryder and A$AP Rocky. She co-stars with him in the new video he just dropped for a track called “Punk Rocky” and it suits both of them – a subversive suburban setting for her, playing his neighbour, and offbeat and stylish for him, in a direction he seems to be leaning into more and more. “Punk Rocky” now se

Good news for Patrik Laine.
The Canadiens’ Patrik Laine jumped on the ice this morning, more than an hour before his teammates took to the ice at the CN Complex for the day’s practice.
Laine wasn’t alone: Adam Nicholas was there with him.With practice scheduled at 10:30 today, the injured Patrik Laine is on the ice at 9:00, joined by Adam Nicholas #GoHabsGo @TheHockeyNews pic.twitter.com/w5OnVTwcW4
– Karine Hains (@KarineHains) January 6, 2026
This isn’t the first t

In the first week of January 2025, while much of Canada was still shaking off the holidays, the Penthouse Nightclub’s marquee on Seymour Street delivered a message that would reverberate across the nation, and beyond: Forever Neighbours/Never Neighbors. Penthouse bartender/marquee mastermind Benjamin Jackson was trying to get back to Vancouver from Toronto, experiencing flight delays and watching the news on an endless loop. Then-President-elect Donald Trump was gassing on about Canada as

In recent days, Eric Engels has opened the door to seeing the excellent Kaiden Guhle move up his timetable and return to action sooner rather than later.
And yesterday, on Tony Marinaro’s Sick Podcast, he reiterated his point.
In effect, the Sportsnet reporter said he’d be “a little surprised” if the defenseman didn’t miss tomorrow. But in any case, he expects to see him play this week.Habs Will Be Getting Major Reinforcements Soon! | The Sick Podcast with Tony Mari

Just yesterday, we realized just how much greater the chances of Kyle Tucker signing in the short term are than ever before.
The market sometimes has that effect on certain guys. Alex Bregman, who really wanted to sign long-term a year ago, had no choice but to accept a short contract from the Red Sox for the 2025 season, for example.
Of course, it’s easy to wonder what this means for the Blue Jays, one of the only teams that could really aspire to offer him a long, ten-year contract at ov

Michael Hage may not have been one of Canada’s top three players(according to Hockey Canada and nobody else) at the World Junior Championship, but people of good faith know he was excellent.
How good?
Only one player (of all the guys in all the countries this year) got at least 15 points, and that’s the Canadiens’ first-round pick in 2024. His two goals and 13 assists (a record for a Canadiens prospect) earned him a spot on the tournament all-star team.#WorldJuniors tournament

Like most Mondays, it was a quiet night in the NHL.
Five games were on the schedule.
Here are the results and highlights:Another day, another hat trick.@Capitals rookie Justin Sourdif produced the NHL’s seventh hat trick since the calendar flipped to 2026. #NHLStats: https://t.co/O4XhIZQFXc pic.twitter.com/u7lDU6thZn
– NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) January 6, 2026
1. The Mammoth’s goal: to hurt Rangers goalkeepers
In New York, the Mammoth and the Rangers faced off.
Utah won in

What stands out most about the Habs this season (as it does every year, in fact) is the large number of injured players: Kaiden Guhle, Patrik Laine, Alex Newhook, Jake Evans, Kirby Dach, and more.
The latter is at the end of his six-week deadline for returning to action, and although he’s been spotted a few times in Brossard, there’s no news in his case about a possible return.
It’s a shame, because he adds an interesting offensive dimension to the top-6.
Forgetting his injury,

If there’s one player we’ve all been eagerly awaiting in Montreal, it’s Juraj Slafkovsky.
The 2025-26 season finally represents the year the Slovakian comes out of his shell.
However, Slafkovsky was very lucky at the very start of the season… He almost got injured even before the first game of the season at the Bell Centre.
As Slafkovsky recounts in an interview with the NHL, he was involved in a car accident on the way to the Bell Centre for the first home game of the c

Last year, we wondered whether Kyle Tucker would sign a bigger contract than Vladimir Guerrero Jr. In the end, the answer was no.
Vladdy has his $500 million contract extension, and we don’t know exactly how Tucker’s market is developing. But clearly, it’s not developing the way he wanted.
So where does that leave us?
The more time goes by, the more we wonder whether the best free agent of his generation might sign for the short term (at a big price, of course) to retest the ma

Christian Dvorak left the Canadiens last summer.
He signed a one-season contract with the Philadelphia Flyers ($5.4 million) to build on himself, and it’s working.
The center, after all, has 25 points (nine goals) in 39 games so far this season. He’s producing at an interesting pace offensively, and is proving that he can contribute offensively for a National League team.
Things are going so well for Dvorak that he’s begun talks with the Flyers about a contract extension. And&h

Canada lost its semi-final match last night to the Czech Republic.
The result?
As a result, Unifolié was in the bronze-medal match at the World Junior Championship today. The Finns were on the menu for Dale Hunter’s men.
In the match, Michael Hage—who is having an exceptional tournament—STILL stood out. That’s right!
The Canadiens’ prospect finished the game with four assists (!) and proved to be Canada’s best player of the game. Here are his first thre

The Detroit Tigers are a club that seems to be stagnating. Not for lack of trying. They have one of baseball’s great managers in A.J. Hinch. They have the best baseball pitcher in the world in Tarik Skubal. They once acquired Javier Baez, who was one of the most coveted free agents of the 2022 draft. The experiment was not a great success, but nothing ventured, nothing gained.The Tigers seem to be missing an element to propel them to the Promised Land. According to the Detroit press, that