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A Montreal sportswriter covering the Montreal Canadiens. I write for Global TV the column the Call Of The Wilde. May comment on other sports, music, TV, movies. Phillies, Eagles Liverpool Broncos Bears fan. https://globalnews.ca/tag/call-of-the-wilde/

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I would get a right handed big hitting cross check the shit out of people in front of the net defenceman

01.03.2026 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens handle the Washington Capitals - Montreal | Globalnews.ca The Montreal Canadiens nudged their playoff hopes a little farther forward Saturday with a 6-2 win over the Washington Capitals, but the team still needs every win it can get.

The Call Of The Wilde features the tremendous season of Caufield, the not what it appeared scoreline and the expectations for the trading deadline.

All for Global Montreal.

globalnews.ca/news/1171099...

01.03.2026 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 1
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Gavin McKenna has levelled up and he will go first.

01.03.2026 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Expected Goals

Caps 2.78
Habs 2.25

Credit Dobes for making this look like an easy night. It has not been that.

01.03.2026 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I knew I sucked at math lol

01.03.2026 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was slightly ready to kind of give up on Dach for the top line, but they’re having a great game.

Expected goals after 40

Danault line 2.6 per cent
Suzuki line 75 per cent
Evans line 77 percent
Kapanen line 23 percent

01.03.2026 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

The Expected Goals is 2.6 per cent for the Danault line. Yikes.

01.03.2026 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

Sabres winning 5-1 in Tampa. Wow. They are most definitely for real.

Stunning midseason turnaround.

01.03.2026 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Good for Bolduc. He's been quietly strong in this one. Nice pass to Matheson for the tally.

Don't ignore Newhook's ability to win the zone with his speed.

He and Suzuki get that PP assignment, and Newhook is actually better at it.

Newhook 2 points in 2 games since return.

01.03.2026 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

The Sens are outshooting the Leafs 26-4. It's 3-2.

The Sens goaltending is so epically bad this season. They're a very good team that has the worst goaltending in the NHL.

01.03.2026 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Kapanen line really struggling since return from break. They're getting caved in for second straight game.

01.03.2026 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 1

Why is an excellent scorer like Nick Suzuki terrible on breakaways?

Discuss

01.03.2026 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 0

On pace for 48.64 … if he doesn’t score again tonight

01.03.2026 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Career high is 37. Caufield now with 35. 40 from Damphousse in 1994 on the horizon.

01.03.2026 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t have a rebound on a 55 foot shot. Just can’t.

Stop showing Hutson. You can’t have a 55 footer stay in the scoring area.

That is the type of poor goaltending people don’t talk about.

01.03.2026 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

SHUDDUP!!!! JFC

01.03.2026 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

It was Canada specific

01.03.2026 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you saw a hold there, you got better eyes than I do.

01.03.2026 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

That kid is good. Caufield with 34. That’s 4th in the NHL.

Only 30 seconds in.

1-0

01.03.2026 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

My entire life all I heard about was America’s powerful checks and balances.

Umm.

No Congress voted. No NATO agreed. No United Nations lobbied.

Just whimsical killing.

28.02.2026 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0

MSL didn’t feel like they played enough with the puck down the stretch and feels that’s a mindset that he’s trying to install in his group.

27.02.2026 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
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Call of the Wilde: New York Islanders rebound to beat Montreal Canadiens 4-3 in OT - Montreal | Globalnews.ca The New York Islanders forced overtime with an extra attacker in the final two minutes, then won it in the extra session 4-3. Brian Wilde has more.

A bit of a disjointed one for the Montreal Canadiens in an overtime loss to the New York Islanders.

The Call Of The Wilde is brought to you thanks to Global Montreal.

globalnews.ca/news/1170871...

27.02.2026 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2

When Zachary Bolduc is a healthy scratch, that’s a damn deep hockey team.

Tough lineup call for the head coach with Newhook returning.

25.02.2026 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1

Canadiens lines at practice:

Caufield-Suzuki-Dach
SlafkovskΓ½-Kapanen-Demidov
Gallagher-Danault-Anderson
Texier-Evans-Newhook
Bolduc-Veleno-Laine

Hutson-Dobson
Matheson-Guhle
Xhekaj-Carrier
Struble

25.02.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5

MSL confirms Alex Newhook will play tomorrow.

25.02.2026 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Barf

25.02.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

These people are so pathetic. It’s so sad and embarrassing to human intelligence

They refuse to acknowledge that this is an enormously flawed human being.

24.02.2026 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Bill, I don’t know.

On the one hand, I do believe 3-4 overtime period games each playoff 10 times is too much. The hockey becomes very dull. It’s actually not exciting at 2 am. Bad for the game.

But the 3 on 3 is not how the game was built. Personally, I don’t have issue with change but many do.

24.02.2026 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't even want to or are trying to argue for Suzuki. It's about that 150 feet of gliding by an exhausted player or 150 feet of going all out by a rested player is the difference between Jack Hughes having a man on him and Hughes not having a man on him to take that shot.

Any rested guy would do.

23.02.2026 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And I don't want to concede this. They got goalied. But they also gave up the winning goal which had zero to do with getting goalied.

And on that goal..

It's the gold medal, and the two guys are completely gassed. They got nothing in them left.

They know it's important, and they got nothing left.

23.02.2026 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0