The Flyers upgraded their injury-riddled defence today by trading for Boston's Andrew Alberts. In return, Boston picked up minor-league forward Ned Lukacevic and a conditional draft pick in

Alexei Cherepanov, the Rangers' top pick in the 2007 draft, collapsed and died on th bench during a KHL game.

He was 19 freakin' years old!

Pierre Mcguire

The preliminaries are out of the way.

On to the main event.

Tonight in Philadelphia, the Canadiens will play a team that is, like they, a bona-fide Eastern Conference contender.

Some

Kyle Chipchura has been the lone healthy scratch for the Canadiens in their first two games and head coach Guy Carbonneau said he hasn't decided whether to dress

Canadiens forward Alex Tanguay, who had a goal and three assists in the Canadiens' 6-1 dismantling of the Maple Leafs tonight, crushes Toronto's Carlo Colaiacovo against the boards.

Robert Lang celebrates his first-period goal against the Sabres in Buffalo. More photos here.
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Sometimes scrambly, sometimes sensational. The Canadiens got

This just in, from Habs fan Harry

• Dave Stubbs on Captain K.

• Pat Hickey says Canadiens are quietly confident. 

• Breeze speaks.

• New lineup at RDS. 

• The story of Habs

Not-yet-captain Saku Koivu takes a breather during the 1996-97 season, his sophomore year in the NHL. He was voted captain by his teammates on Sept. 30, 1999.
Denis