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Canadiens Notebook: Tomas Tatar and Jeff Petry remain with Habs If Habs don’t rush him, Jake Evans has a bright future.

Bruising defenceman Arber Xhekaj is out indefinitely following an injury sustained in a fight, but the Habs didn’t shy away from the rough stuff without their heavyweight.

I’ve conducted research into early detection of harmful algal blooms, or HABs, which are an increasing threat to humans, animals and the environment.

The Habs were outshot 19-6 in the first period and didn’t really have a solution to Seattle’s relentless forechecking the rest of the way.

This might offend some Habs fans, but let’s be honest, the Bruins rock.

For those who were able to see the game it begins with a bit of chippiness as Nic Deslauriers and the Habs’ Lucas Condotta get minor penalties, for Deslauriers it’s one minor and for Condotta a double minor.

More really good puck movement from the Habs in the OZ.

The B’s couldn’t cash in on the power play, but again they blitzed the Habs with a pair of goals in less than a minute.

The only other transaction of note for the Habs was the trade of Jake Allen to New Jersey, which helped out Montreal as they’d been carrying three goalies all season (sound familiar?

About Last Night: Will this week's games make or break the Habs' season?

As the Habs head into a pivotal off-season after a surprise showing in the NHL's Return to Play tournament, we look at their top 10 prospects.

Don't hold your breath waiting for Habs owner/president Geoff Molson to fire GM Marc Bergevin and/or coach Claude Julien.

Julien had blasted the referees' work in the game following the Habs' loss.

Kovalchuk, Habs snap 8-game slide with OT victory over SensIlya Kovalchuk's winner in overtime helped the Montreal Canadiens snap an eight-game losing streak.

Last week, hockey columnist Marc Dumont that Andrei Markov had better statistics than every other Montreal Canadiens defenceman not named Robinson, implying he deserved consideration to be included on an all-time Habs team.

The loss to Boston served as one half of the double whammy served to Habs fans on this day, as it was announced that Shea Weber would be out for the next four-to-six weeks with an ankle sprain.

There is work to be done and the Habs are still ways away from being taken seriously as a playoff contender (they need to beat Detroit, among other teams, a few times).

The three goal-scorers against the Habs in that 4-0 drubbing Thursday — Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov and Alex Killorn — were drafted by Tampa, and the core of their elite squad was drafted and developed by the team.

To rub a little sea salt into the Canadiens’ wounds, Killorn grew up on Montreal’s West Island cheering for the Habs and Saku Koivu was his favourite player.

An elite forward, a top-four defenceman and a quality backup goalie will help the Habs compete for the Stanley Cup in the near future.