There won’t be any springtime hockey for the Montreal Canadiens this season, but their AHL affiliate, the Laval Rocket, still has a chance to earn a Calder Cup playoff berth.
Many eyebrows were raised when the Montreal Canadiens announced Martin St-Louis would take over as the team’s head coach. With good reason, too. St-Louis had little to no coaching experience, making him the exception in the NHL’s head coach recycling program.
Even though qualifying for the playoffs was well beyond realistic expectations, the Montreal Canadiens saw several of their key players experience tangible growth in 2023-24.
Montreal Canadiens defenseman and top prospect Lane Hutson made his highly anticipated National Hockey League debut on Monday and after two games is already proving that his 5-foot-10 frame isn’t an issue in the NHL after notching two assists.
The Montreal Canadiens have solidified their coaching with the extension of Martin St. Louis’ contract. This announcement, made on Wednesday, sees St. Louis locked in as head coach for the next three seasons after the team exercised a two-year option.
The Canadiens exercised the two-year option on Martin St. Louis' contract Wednesday, keeping the head coach behind the bench in Montreal through the 2026-27 season.
The Montreal Canadiens announce that Head Coach Martin St. Louis re-signs an extension with the club. The club decided to exercise their option on his contract.
The Montreal Canadiens announce they’ve exercised an option on head coach Martin St. Louis’ contract for two more seasons. St. Louis is now under contract through the 2026-27 season.
The Canadiens have exercised the club option on head coach Martin St. Louis’ contract, extending their bench boss through the 2026-27 season.
Josh Anderson got away with it this season. Why would he do that? We don’t know. He wasn’t injured enough to miss many games, but he never managed to make a difference on the ice.
The playoffs may not have been a realistic goal for the Montreal Canadiens in 2023-24. However, fans still had certain expectations heading into the season, for what was likely still going to be a losing team.
With no playoffs in sight, the Montreal Canadiens’ season is almost over. But since October, they have taken steps in the right direction on both a team level and with the individual development of top players.
On this day of reckoning for the Canadiens, several players talk to media representatives. One of them? Chris Wideman, who didn’t play all season for the Habs.
Joshua Roy’s last game was on March 19. He played in the Montreal Canadiens’ uniform against the Oilers in Edmonton… But he injured his hand and hasn’t played since.
At the start of the season, Jake Allen was clearly the Canadiens’ #1 goaltender. Martin St-Louis trusted him because (among other things) he was the veteran of the group and the other two hadn’t proven anything.
The Canadiens’ season is officially over. Habs executives (especially Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton) will have to focus on what’s coming up in the next few weeks… namely, the draft and the opening of the free agent market.
It’s review day for the Canadiens. It starts with Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton. First, we learned that Martin St-Louis’ contract had been extended to 2027 via a contract option.
The veteran defenseman is hanging up his skates.
The Montreal Canadiens have recalled defensive prospect Logan Mailloux from the Laval Rocket of the AHL.
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