Call of the Wilde: Sabres dominate Montreal Canadiens 5-1 in Buffalo home opener
Global News
The feeling is that the Sabres are the worst team, or perhaps the second worst team in the league. They destroyed the Canadiens. Brian Wilde has more.
Two games in two nights, both resulting in loss, have kicked off the season for the Montreal Canadiens.
On Thursday, the Habs faced a club waiting for them for their season opener, the Sabres in Buffalo. Montreal lost on opening night in Toronto in a tight contest and hoped to show more offence than that game’s one goal, but it was another rough contest.
The Sabres took it to the Habs 5-1.
The feeling is that the Sabres are the worst team, or perhaps the second worst team in the league. They destroyed the Canadiens. It wasn’t close on the scoreboard; it wasn’t close in analytics; it wasn’t close with your eye test.
There wasn’t a thing to like in the Canadiens’ game. You can’t pick out a single player that looked better than any of the Sabres. The goal scorer was Chris Wideman on an open look on a pass from Joel Armia, but they weren’t stand-out players. They just happened to combine for a goal.
Two goals in two nights for the Habs.
There is no one that looked good. No one on defence, where the immobility was an issue again, and no one on offence, as the attackers have no chance to show speed waiting for the puck to be cleared.
It also appears the head coach has already decided that he doesn’t trust his rookie, who is supposed to win the Calder Trophy this year. Cole Caufield was demoted to the second unit of the power play only two nights in. Overall, it felt like there were forwards that had absolutely no time on the puck at all. I can’t remember even hearing the name Lehkonen or Dvorak.
Six in 10 Canadians said they are looking to buy a new car in the next five years, with more than three-quarters worried that U.S. trade tensions will make vehicles unaffordable
Sunny Hundal and his father were awaiting a patient transfer when his wife called to inform him a man she thought was her father-in-law had arrived, but it was another man.
Halifax Regional Police say a 31-year-old man is facing impaired driving charges, as well as firearm-related charges, after a fatal collision in Dartmouth, N.S. on Saturday night.
In a Quebec courtroom last October, Sylvie Desjardins delivered a message to her daughter's killer that was 30 years in the making.
A CN Rail train derailed on Sunday in Winnipeg's South Osborne area, with eight cars tipping over and a ninth remaining upright. Officials say there is no threat to public safety.
The taiga flycatcher has never before been seen in Canada. At least, not until this holiday season when a bird watcher spotted the rare avian specimen in a Vancouver park.
The wife of an Edmonton man who died in a hospital ER room after waiting more than eight hours says she will do whatever it takes to find justice for her husband.
Snow, freezing rain and high winds are expected in various parts of Canada, with multiple warnings and special weather statements in effect across the country.
Prime Minister Carney announced $2.5 billion in support for Ukraine during President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Halifax, reaffirming Canada’s commitment to Ukraine’s defence.
Freezing rain is set to hit parts of Ontario and Quebec as a powerful winter system brings blizzards, blowing snow and extreme cold to much of Canada.
Nineteen Haitian migrants, including young children, were arrested in southern Quebec on Christmas after illegally crossing from the U.S. in extreme cold.
Annette Dionne, the last of the famous ‘Dionne Quintuplets’ died in a suburb of Montreal on Wednesday, at the age of 91. Dionne’s death was first reported by the New York Times. A family spokesperson, told the publication she died due to complications related to Alzheimer’s disease. The Dionne Quints Home Museum in North Bay,...
Health minister Marjorie Michel says she cannot trust American health institutions as reliable partners for Canada's future, citing misinformation as a major concern.