You want a player to commit to a long-term deal? Show him the money.
That's exactly what greenhorned GM Marc Bergevin did most recently with the Carey price contract. 6 years at $6.5 million a season makes Carey the most expensive contract ever tendered by the Montreal Canadiens and the third highest paid goaltender in the NHL.
If you want a stable piece in the corner of your team that you don't need to worry about for a number of consecutive summers, that is what you have to do: just ask the Rangers.
What else can we say about this contract?
Carey Price has not yet earned the right to be paid more than Jonathan Quick or Ryan Miller, but contracts are not made that way are they? Players are paid their most lucrative salaries based on the faith and speculation of the GM that faces them in negotiations at exactly Carey's age.
Such is the fear of free agency on a team that has neglected to draft a goaltender in years and has been trading back-ups away as if they were discontinued bank notes.
What's more, there's an element of Montreal-premium in a long-term salary like this. Carey's take home pay is more reflective of his standing in the league than his over-the-counter price. A funny thing in a province where 6 million taxpayers would gladly pay for a free agent instead of a university professor.
The niggling issue, of course is that the long-time coming of Carey Price is still happening. For the impatient Montrealers, the 5 years of ups and downs since those 2008 starts have been a long run. 5 more Cupless years, some more painful than others. Now, Bergevin is paying Price top dollar on the back of a solid, but not top-notch season in the continued hope that the pinnacles of form represent the future, rather than the average form. I suspect there are a couple of learning years to remain, and wonder if the burden of the Gomez number which will now hang on every 4-goal game will take its toll.
There's a positive also in the contract at $6.5 million. Currently that stands at about 9% of the team salary load. Although, I'd be happier if Carey was paid at closer to what I believe to be the market value for a goaltender in the second tier of the top 20 keepers of the league; I'm accepting of paying that allocation for what amounts to 400 full games of service.
Anyway, on balance, we have to be content. We did not lose the only goalie our team has to an offer, and though we likely spent $2 million more in the doing, it's $2 million less to give to Clarke MacArthur or whichever other Leafs retread is next on the list. Plus, it's $2 million of $70 million, not $48 million. On a team of third liners, Carey like his coach will have to ride a few frustrating seasons anyway, so his proving ground will be a few years off. By that time, who knows how many goalies will be paid at higher rate than him.
The price of commitment is steep. But without commitment, the cycle of mediocrity cannot stop. Let's hope that this commitment, like the other 4 year pay bundles handed out look like good sense in time and become recognized as the steps that put the Habs back on a track they once had proprietary rights over.
Happy free agent hunting.
Showing posts with label Vezina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vezina. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Monday, November 29, 2010
Spacek For The Norris Trophy
Now that the Habs have clinched a playoff berth and got a virtual by to the Conference final, it's only natural that we Canadiens fans start talking trophies.
Between the obvious bids: Price for Vezina and Jennings, Plekanec for Selke, Martin for Jack Adams; I feel some deserving members of the team have fallen through the cracks.
Take Jaroslav Spacek.
He plays on the team that has allowed the least goals per game in the NHL. He is the #1 in all but name (and minutes played). He frequently lines up against the other team's top lines and makes them shoot from the outside. How else to explain Montreal's suddenly impervious net?
Against those top lines, Spacek is an impressive +4, and that doesn't account for his penalty killing excellence.
He has an incredible 15 takeaways already, easily outnumbering his 14 giveaways. that puts him 10th in the league. And only Lidstrom of those ahead of him can boast fewer giveaways. But Jaro has hit and blocked more shots than that pretender.
Realistically, the best defender in the league should come from one of the best defensive teams. And what better defensive team than the Habs? Sure, you could say the Bruins, but they are only riding two goalies who for consecutive years posted league best numbers, and following the orders of a coach who is afraid to attack.
Spacek, as a member of the top pair on the top team, and with better looking stats than Hamrlik deserves full consideration for the Norris trophy. And what better time to start lobbying than in November, now that most stats have been compiled?
Tom Pyatt, gentleman
While we're about it. How has Tom Pyatt been in the league so long without gaining recognition?
Here we are talking a bout a guy that has played in every game (well nearly) for the best defensive team in the East. He's played against the Bruins, the Flyers, the Leafs, the Panthers, his enormous brother and plenty of other goons and yet continually upholds the values of sportsmanship.
Even his obvious frustration built form the inability to direct shots within 45 degrees of his desired target hasn't come to the boil.
At this critical juncture in the deciding who will and won't win trophies this season, it shouldn't be forgotten that Tom Pyatt has only visited the penalty box a single time, and that was a misunderstanding (hooking) in the very first contest of the season.
He's a virtual lock for the Lady Byng trophy to anyone with a serious interest in that trophy.
Patience good fans, the awards will be awarded when they are awarded. The playoff teams will be known after Game 82. The Cup will be won in June.
24 games does not a season make.
Between the obvious bids: Price for Vezina and Jennings, Plekanec for Selke, Martin for Jack Adams; I feel some deserving members of the team have fallen through the cracks.
Take Jaroslav Spacek.
He plays on the team that has allowed the least goals per game in the NHL. He is the #1 in all but name (and minutes played). He frequently lines up against the other team's top lines and makes them shoot from the outside. How else to explain Montreal's suddenly impervious net?
Against those top lines, Spacek is an impressive +4, and that doesn't account for his penalty killing excellence.
He has an incredible 15 takeaways already, easily outnumbering his 14 giveaways. that puts him 10th in the league. And only Lidstrom of those ahead of him can boast fewer giveaways. But Jaro has hit and blocked more shots than that pretender.
Realistically, the best defender in the league should come from one of the best defensive teams. And what better defensive team than the Habs? Sure, you could say the Bruins, but they are only riding two goalies who for consecutive years posted league best numbers, and following the orders of a coach who is afraid to attack.
Spacek, as a member of the top pair on the top team, and with better looking stats than Hamrlik deserves full consideration for the Norris trophy. And what better time to start lobbying than in November, now that most stats have been compiled?
Tom Pyatt, gentleman
While we're about it. How has Tom Pyatt been in the league so long without gaining recognition?
Here we are talking a bout a guy that has played in every game (well nearly) for the best defensive team in the East. He's played against the Bruins, the Flyers, the Leafs, the Panthers, his enormous brother and plenty of other goons and yet continually upholds the values of sportsmanship.
Even his obvious frustration built form the inability to direct shots within 45 degrees of his desired target hasn't come to the boil.
At this critical juncture in the deciding who will and won't win trophies this season, it shouldn't be forgotten that Tom Pyatt has only visited the penalty box a single time, and that was a misunderstanding (hooking) in the very first contest of the season.
He's a virtual lock for the Lady Byng trophy to anyone with a serious interest in that trophy.
"We used to wait for it.
We used to wait for it.
Now we're screaming sing the chorus again..."
Patience good fans, the awards will be awarded when they are awarded. The playoff teams will be known after Game 82. The Cup will be won in June.
24 games does not a season make.
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Some Quotes To Make Our Bias Look Pale
Last week, I responded to responded to a Price friendly article with a Price unfriendly response. Balance is what I was seeking. I forget that not everyone follows the same reading patterns as me.
The ensuing debate was interesting and educational for everyone. We all got to reflect a little bit on our own positions and the possibility of coming out of the trenches we have dug just a little.
Another week and it's more of the same from the Habsosphere. Rather than opine on this one inkblot more, I offer you two quotes to consider:
Jack Todd, Montreal Gazette:
Ted Bird, CTV:
Plenty to offend all the sensibilities of all parties there I think. Gotta love Montreal, they know how to keep that pot stirred.
The ensuing debate was interesting and educational for everyone. We all got to reflect a little bit on our own positions and the possibility of coming out of the trenches we have dug just a little.
Another week and it's more of the same from the Habsosphere. Rather than opine on this one inkblot more, I offer you two quotes to consider:
Jack Todd, Montreal Gazette:
"Just when we thought he was growing up, meanwhile, it turns out that Price, is aging like fine whine.
Price was caught again last week, dissing and moaning about his hard luck, the people who bother him in public, the lack of offensive support, the boo-birds at the Bell Centre.
This is Montreal. It's the NHL. Boos, bores and bad bounces go with the territory. If you can't take it, you belong in Nashville."
Ted Bird, CTV:
"Clearly, the numbers favor Halak, but numbers are for bean counters who don't understand or appreciate the intangibles that separate respectability from greatness.
Halak has been at least as much of a pleasant surprise as Price has been a disappointment, but there are reasons Price was drafted fifth overall in the first round in 2005, two years after Halak was taken in the 9th round, and the 22-year-old Price is still a more likely candidate to develop into a franchise goaltender than Halak is to sustain his excellent level of play over the long term."
Plenty to offend all the sensibilities of all parties there I think. Gotta love Montreal, they know how to keep that pot stirred.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Why Are Buffalo Where We Want To Be?
Take a look at the standings. Your Habs are in eighth position.
Montreal fans don't seem to do well with the prospect of an actual marathon race. They don't mind 82 games, but prefer to sprint out in front and coast home, if at all possible. All this jostling is fraying for the nerves.
So take another look at the standings. There are teams who've sprinted ahead for one reason or another, there are teams that provide their fans with a level of comfort about what will happen in the standings this season, about what will happen any given night.
One of those teams happens to be leading our division – the Buffalo Sabres.
This can't be right, can it? The Sabres? They haven't fired a GM in a decade. Heck, they haven't even fired a coach in a decade. They never get a high draft pick, they never sign big free agents and they often lose their own stars for what usually amounts to nothing.
The Sabres are ahead of us? The Sabres are where we want to be?
One has to ask: Why?
Last summer, the Sabres went the opposite route to the Habs. While Gainey was busy replacing the players that left Montreal with free agents, the Sabres have done what they have done since time immermorial and called the Rochester Americans. Two 41-win teams taking very different routes to start a season. Is this why?
It certainly is tempting to point to this reasoning as the creator of said gap in the standings. Consistency over shuffle, development over hostile acquisition. There are a few who would reach at this to back up their instinct that Gainey lost his mind in the summer. I think that would be wrong. For every Gomez, there has been a Cammalleri in Montreal. The Sabres don't yet have a 10-goal man, you can't tell me they wouldn't have wanted one in place of say Mike Grier? We are in position to know that Spacek can be a good D to have around, even more so when you consider he fit right in Buffalo.
No, it's not the summer strategy...
Perhaps then it is the Sabres balanced approach to team offense and defence that sets them apart from the Canadiens.
Another low-hanging fruit, and certainly one the media spins out to no end. You know what though? Buffalo as a team has been allowing more than 30 shots a game this year just like Montreal. Their 30.5 shots against vs. our 31.6 for every 60 minutes is probably not the cause of the 7-point spread with games in hand.
Nor is offense their secret. They've scored more goals per game than the Habs, but fewer overall thus far. We have a better PP than them as well.
Look again at the standings. One thing might stand out more now: goals against. That check for the supposition above showed that it wasn't Rivet and his amazing compatriots guarding the Buffalo net in unison, yet the Sabres have allowed 30 fewer goals in 30 fewer games.
Ryan Miller...
Now I'm done with my silly introduction, I bring you to the answer all hockey fans knew as soon as they read the title. Ryan Miller is the answer.
To this point in the season, Ryan Miller is leading the league with a 1.83 GAA and an unworldly 0.939 save %. He has 18 wins in his 26 starts, to go along with 4 shutouts. 2 games ago he shutout the mighty Capitals who directed 35 shots his way.
The Canadiens for their part have Carey Price, who is indeed hot again. I thought it would be interesting to show you the difference between a goalie playing very well (Carey) and a goalie playing absolutely out of his head (Ryan). For fairness, I have only taken games from November 1st on, since before that time Carey was a bit of a basketcase – thereby making a comparison of their better play.
Impressed yet?
So as you settle in to watch Buffalo tonight be kind to Montreal skaters. They are facing a Buffalo opponent not seen since the late 1990s with a save percentage like that. Perhaps it is a bubble waiting to be burst, perhaps not.
Let's also hope Carey gets plenty of time to sit back and watch while his teammates test Miller adequately. He could use the rest and might learn some important lessons from a guy who has been showing that clicking on all cylinders for an extended period is possible.
Montreal fans don't seem to do well with the prospect of an actual marathon race. They don't mind 82 games, but prefer to sprint out in front and coast home, if at all possible. All this jostling is fraying for the nerves.
So take another look at the standings. There are teams who've sprinted ahead for one reason or another, there are teams that provide their fans with a level of comfort about what will happen in the standings this season, about what will happen any given night.
One of those teams happens to be leading our division – the Buffalo Sabres.
This can't be right, can it? The Sabres? They haven't fired a GM in a decade. Heck, they haven't even fired a coach in a decade. They never get a high draft pick, they never sign big free agents and they often lose their own stars for what usually amounts to nothing.
The Sabres are ahead of us? The Sabres are where we want to be?
One has to ask: Why?
Last summer, the Sabres went the opposite route to the Habs. While Gainey was busy replacing the players that left Montreal with free agents, the Sabres have done what they have done since time immermorial and called the Rochester Americans. Two 41-win teams taking very different routes to start a season. Is this why?
It certainly is tempting to point to this reasoning as the creator of said gap in the standings. Consistency over shuffle, development over hostile acquisition. There are a few who would reach at this to back up their instinct that Gainey lost his mind in the summer. I think that would be wrong. For every Gomez, there has been a Cammalleri in Montreal. The Sabres don't yet have a 10-goal man, you can't tell me they wouldn't have wanted one in place of say Mike Grier? We are in position to know that Spacek can be a good D to have around, even more so when you consider he fit right in Buffalo.
No, it's not the summer strategy...
Perhaps then it is the Sabres balanced approach to team offense and defence that sets them apart from the Canadiens.
Another low-hanging fruit, and certainly one the media spins out to no end. You know what though? Buffalo as a team has been allowing more than 30 shots a game this year just like Montreal. Their 30.5 shots against vs. our 31.6 for every 60 minutes is probably not the cause of the 7-point spread with games in hand.
Nor is offense their secret. They've scored more goals per game than the Habs, but fewer overall thus far. We have a better PP than them as well.
Look again at the standings. One thing might stand out more now: goals against. That check for the supposition above showed that it wasn't Rivet and his amazing compatriots guarding the Buffalo net in unison, yet the Sabres have allowed 30 fewer goals in 30 fewer games.
Ryan Miller...
Now I'm done with my silly introduction, I bring you to the answer all hockey fans knew as soon as they read the title. Ryan Miller is the answer.
To this point in the season, Ryan Miller is leading the league with a 1.83 GAA and an unworldly 0.939 save %. He has 18 wins in his 26 starts, to go along with 4 shutouts. 2 games ago he shutout the mighty Capitals who directed 35 shots his way.
The Canadiens for their part have Carey Price, who is indeed hot again. I thought it would be interesting to show you the difference between a goalie playing very well (Carey) and a goalie playing absolutely out of his head (Ryan). For fairness, I have only taken games from November 1st on, since before that time Carey was a bit of a basketcase – thereby making a comparison of their better play.
| Carey Price | Ryan Miller | Miller differential | |
| Games played | 16 | 16 | 0 GP |
| Record | 7-6-3 | 10-5-1 | 3W, 4 Pts |
| GA | 40 | 29 | -11 GA |
| GAA | 2.46 | 1.82 | -0.64 GA/G |
| SA | 517 | 486 | -31 SA |
| S% | 0.922 | 0.940 | 0.018 (=9 GA) |
| S0 | 0 | 3 | 3 SO |
| GF by team | 41 | 41 | 0 GF |
| 1-goal wins | 3 | 3 | 0 W |
| ≥30 SA | 0.500 | 0.667 | +0.167 |
| <30> | 0.625 | 0.643 | +0.018 |
| Best S% | 0.977 | 1.000 | +0.023 |
| Worst S% | 0.833 | 0.783 | -0.050 |
Impressed yet?
So as you settle in to watch Buffalo tonight be kind to Montreal skaters. They are facing a Buffalo opponent not seen since the late 1990s with a save percentage like that. Perhaps it is a bubble waiting to be burst, perhaps not.
Let's also hope Carey gets plenty of time to sit back and watch while his teammates test Miller adequately. He could use the rest and might learn some important lessons from a guy who has been showing that clicking on all cylinders for an extended period is possible.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Top 100 Habs By Decade:
7. 1909-1919
In recognition of the Canadiens Centennial next Friday, we at Lions in Winter have been doing what we like best – making lists. As a precursor to publishing the definitive LIW top 100, we will be counting down the decades from least successful to most successful and naming our LIW top 10 players for the ten-year span. You should expect a few each day for the next few days.
Though this celebration has inevitably lost some steam due to relentless marketing and pre-game ceremonies for all of living memory, it would be a shame to let it pass unnoticed just because Mr. Gillett wanted to cash in before he cashed out.
From humble beginnings, the Canadiens grew over this first decade to be the only club standing in Montreal and a perennial threat for the Stanley Cup championship. They even managed to choose a uniform (more or less) after far too much time at the drawing board.
This first decade, like the 1990s and 1920s only encompasses one Cup victory. But we cut them some slack for those first years where they really never had a chance at winning anyway. To be up and running (and running rivals out of town), competing for the Cup after 4 years, and then winning a championship after only 6 years is quite impressive.
The 10 players from this first decade are quite well known, due to their mythical standing in the Canadiens lore – they all after all helped to kindle this unhealthy obsession with this new game on ice that pervades Montreal 100 years later.
[Note: Each player only appears in one decade's top 10 – sorry Brisebois fans]
10. Donald Smith (Not ranked in top 100, Profile)
Top-line offense for two extremely prolific seasons, along with two more seasons of service.
9. Joe Hall (Not ranked in top 100, Profile)
Perhaps more famous for his Quebec Bulldogs days, where he led team to Cups. Joe was a solid producer for Montreal in the post-war years, helping the team to capture the NHL title in 1918 and then to the cusp of a second Cup in 1919. Unfortunately, Joe Hall succumbed to pneumonia that was a complication of the flu which led to the cancellation of the finals that year.
8. Bert Corbeau (Not ranked in top 100, Profile)
Rugged stalwart of the Canadiens blueline from the earliest years.
7. Howard McNamara (Top 100 all-time, Profile)
The first Cup-winning captain of the Canadiens.
6. Jimmy Gardner (Top 100 all-time, Profile)
Combined coach and captain of two early editions of the team, including the first to compete for the O'Brien Cup.
5. "Phantom" Joe Malone (Top 100 all-time, Profile)
Brought his incredible Bulldogs scoring rate to Montreal for one record setting season (2.2 G/GP!?!)
4. Jack Laviolette (Top 100 all-time, Profile)
Captained and coached the first edition of the Habs.
3. Georges Vezina (Top 100 all-time, Profile)
16 years synonymous with the Canadiens. Hardly a person saw anyone else play goal for the Canadiens until the late 1920s.
2. Didier "Cannonball" Pitre (Top 100 all-time, Profile)
Original team scoring machine from the home turf.
1. Edouard "Newsy" Lalonde (Top 100 all-time, Profile)
The original Canadiens superstar. Added captain and Stanley Cup winning coach to the CV by the end of the decade.
* Awards: HOF = Hall of Fame; SC = Stanley Cup.
Though this celebration has inevitably lost some steam due to relentless marketing and pre-game ceremonies for all of living memory, it would be a shame to let it pass unnoticed just because Mr. Gillett wanted to cash in before he cashed out.
1909-1919
From humble beginnings, the Canadiens grew over this first decade to be the only club standing in Montreal and a perennial threat for the Stanley Cup championship. They even managed to choose a uniform (more or less) after far too much time at the drawing board.
This first decade, like the 1990s and 1920s only encompasses one Cup victory. But we cut them some slack for those first years where they really never had a chance at winning anyway. To be up and running (and running rivals out of town), competing for the Cup after 4 years, and then winning a championship after only 6 years is quite impressive.
The 10 players from this first decade are quite well known, due to their mythical standing in the Canadiens lore – they all after all helped to kindle this unhealthy obsession with this new game on ice that pervades Montreal 100 years later.
[Note: Each player only appears in one decade's top 10 – sorry Brisebois fans]
10. Donald Smith (Not ranked in top 100, Profile)
| Years(s) | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | Awards* | |
| Habs career (Season) | 1912-15 | 51 | 39 | 15 | 54 | 18 | |
| Decade best (Season) | 1913-14 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 0 | |
| Habs career (Playoffs) | 1913-14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Decade best (Playoffs) | 1913-14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Top-line offense for two extremely prolific seasons, along with two more seasons of service.
9. Joe Hall (Not ranked in top 100, Profile)
| Years(s) | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | Awards* | |
| Habs career (Regular season) | 1917-19 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 189 | HOF |
| Decade best (Regular season) | 1917-18 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 100 | |
| Habs career (Playoffs) | 1917-19 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | |
| Decade best (Playoffs) | 1918-19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
Perhaps more famous for his Quebec Bulldogs days, where he led team to Cups. Joe was a solid producer for Montreal in the post-war years, helping the team to capture the NHL title in 1918 and then to the cusp of a second Cup in 1919. Unfortunately, Joe Hall succumbed to pneumonia that was a complication of the flu which led to the cancellation of the finals that year.
8. Bert Corbeau (Not ranked in top 100, Profile)
| Years(s) | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | Awards* | |
| Habs career (Regular season) | 1914-22 | 167 | 52 | 32 | 84 | 541 | |
| Decade best (Regular season) | 1917-18 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 41 | |
| Habs career (Playoffs) | 1916-19 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 85 | SC |
| Decade best (Playoffs) | 1916-17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 |
Rugged stalwart of the Canadiens blueline from the earliest years.
7. Howard McNamara (Top 100 all-time, Profile)
| Years(s) | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | Awards* | |
| Habs career (Regular season) | 1915-20 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 123 | |
| Decade best (Regular season) | 1915-16 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 119 | |
| Habs career (Playoffs) | 1915-16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | SC |
| Decade best (Playoffs) | 1915-16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | SC |
The first Cup-winning captain of the Canadiens.
6. Jimmy Gardner (Top 100 all-time, Profile)
| Years(s) | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | Awards* | |
| Habs career (Regular season) | 1913-15 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 0 | HOF |
| Decade best (Regular season) | 1913-14 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 0 | |
| Habs career (Playoffs) | N/A | ||||||
| Decade best (Playoffs) | N/A |
Combined coach and captain of two early editions of the team, including the first to compete for the O'Brien Cup.
5. "Phantom" Joe Malone (Top 100 all-time, Profile)
| Years(s) | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | Awards* | |
| Habs career (Regular season) | 1917-24 | 58 | 52 | 6 | 58 | 35 | HOF |
| Decade best (Regular season) | 1917-18 | 20 | 44 | 4 | 48 | 30 | |
| Habs career (Playoffs) | 1918-23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |
| Decade best (Playoffs) | 1918-19 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
Brought his incredible Bulldogs scoring rate to Montreal for one record setting season (2.2 G/GP!?!)
4. Jack Laviolette (Top 100 all-time, Profile)
| Years(s) | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | Awards* | |
| Habs career (Regular season) | 1909-18 | 155 | 48 | 19 | 67 | 174 | HOF |
| Decade best (Regular season) | 1913-14 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 0 | |
| Habs career (Playoffs) | 1914-18 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | SC |
| Decade best (Playoffs) | 1915-16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | SC |
Captained and coached the first edition of the Habs.
3. Georges Vezina (Top 100 all-time, Profile)
| Years(s) | GP | W | L | T | GAA | SO | Awards* | |
| Habs career (Regular season) | 1910-26 | 328 | 175 | 146 | 6 | 3.42 | 15 | HOF |
| Decade best (Regular season) | 1924-25 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1.81 | 5 | |
| Habs career (Playoffs) | 1914-25 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3.19 | 3 | 2 SC |
| Decade best (Playoffs) | 1923-24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 1 | SC |
16 years synonymous with the Canadiens. Hardly a person saw anyone else play goal for the Canadiens until the late 1920s.
2. Didier "Cannonball" Pitre (Top 100 all-time, Profile)
| Years(s) | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | Awards* | |
| Habs career (Regular season) | 1909-23 | 254 | 220 | 59 | 279 | 218 | HOF |
| Decade best (Regular season) | 1915-16 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 39 | 42 | |
| Habs career (Playoffs) | 1916-23 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 66 | SC |
| Decade best (Playoffs) | 1915-16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | SC |
Original team scoring machine from the home turf.
1. Edouard "Newsy" Lalonde (Top 100 all-time, Profile)
| Years(s) | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | Awards* | |
| Habs career (Regular season) | 1909-22 | 200 | 266 | 62 | 328 | 440 | HOF |
| Decade best (Regular season) | 1916-17 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 35 | 61 | |
| Habs career (Playoffs) | 1914-19 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 25 | 122 | SC |
| Decade best (Playoffs) | 1918-19 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
The original Canadiens superstar. Added captain and Stanley Cup winning coach to the CV by the end of the decade.
* Awards: HOF = Hall of Fame; SC = Stanley Cup.
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