Brian Gionta News

To the pantheon of great Montreal Canadiens please welcome ... Tom D'Agostini, Jay Leach and Tom Pyatt? Hey, you work with what you have, and the Habs are trying to stay afloat near .500 with a patchwork roster that has leaned on a number of callups for injured starters.

" TVA Films president Yves Dion is calling it one of the biggest world premiere screenings ever, and who are we to argue? Pour toujours les Canadiens will have its first public screening tonight in, appropriately enough, the Habs' home at the Bell Centre, in front of at least 14,000 fans of le bleu, blanc et rouge.

There was a ton of free-agent movement in Montreal last summer, what with the team letting several core players fly the coop and replacing them with the likes of Mike Cammalleri and Brian Gionta.

The Montreal Canadiens are hoping a change of scenery will work to their benefit with Monday's acquisition of Benoit Pouliot from the Minnesota Wild in exchange for Guillaume Latendresse .

With a team riddled with key long-term injuries plaguing the offensive chemistry and effectiveness of the defensive schemes being implemented, the team has lost its most versatile forward and team leader, Brian Gionta .

When I think of Mike Cammalleri, a few words come to mind: determination, speed, courage, power, and most of all, goals.

The Montreal Canadiens could be set to make a move. While GM Bob Gainey plays his cards close to his vest, he was surrounded by most of his scouting staff before the club's Friday night game in Washington and the speculation is there is a move coming.

Montreal Canadiens' Brian Gionta congratulates Maxime Lapierre after Lapierre's goal against the Buffalo Sabres on Sept.

Travis Moen and Tomas Plekanec scored in a three-minute span early in the second period, Michael Cammalleri added a goal in the third, and the Montreal Canadiens withstood a furious comeback to beat the Washington Capitals, 3-2, on Friday night.

Acquired as a free agent in 2009. CURRENT STATUS: Lower body injury, Day to day ASSETS: Plays with loads of feistiness and energy.

Brian Gionta has eight goals, tied for team lead in Montreal The Montreal Canadiens will be without the services of speedy forward Brian Gionta for an indefinite time, according to reports in La Presse and RDS.

Habs lose Gionta from lineup Brian Gionta, seen celebrating a goal with Roman Hamrlik in a game earlier this month, has been sidelined with a broken bone in his left foot.

On paper, it almost looks like a gimme. But as just about everyone knows, expecting such can be dangerous and surely Canadiens head coach Jacques Martin will be driving that point home ahead of his team's tilt against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night at the Bell Centre.

Montreal Canadiens head coach Jacques Martin holds a surprise practice session in Brossard on Nov.

The Montreal Canadiens have reached the quarter of the season. That said, general manager Bob Gainey must be nervous and anxiously waiting for his summer spending spree come together.

Carey Price did everything he could do to keep the puck of the Montreal net. His teammates didn't do nearly enough to put the puck in the Nashville net.

Tomas Plekanec leads the Montreal Canadiens with 17 points after his three-assist outing on Thursday.

Montreal's dormant power play came alive tonight. Lead by power play goals from Michael Cammalleri and Glen Metropolit, the Montreal Canadiens edged the Phoenix Coyotes, 4-2, Thursday night at Jobing.com Arena.

Marc-Andre Bergeron and Glen Metropolit scored 1:02 apart early in the third period and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-2 on Thursday night.

Assembling a winner from the many new parts the Montreal Canadiens acquired in the summer is taking time - particularly when it comes to scoring goals.