Montreal Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis agreed to terms on a multi-year contract extension on Monday. He was a finalist for the Jack Adams Award in 2024-25 and led the team to the Eastern Conference finals in 2025-26.
Chris Kreider has always worn #20 in the NHL. The Canadiens already have their #20 (Juraj Slafkovsky), and just because Kreider is going to help Slaf doesn't mean that's going to change.
All summer long, we expected the Canadiens to trade Samuel Montembeault. The Quebec native was sidelined last season, and many expected his time in town to be over.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
According to Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic, Arber Xhekaj is nearing a contract extension to stay a Habitant. That would be a habitant of the Montreal area, of course.
The Anaheim Ducks shocked some of the league when they decided to move forward with a mutual contract termination with forward Chris Kreider. It is well known that the Ducks needed to clear cap space to give Cutter Gauthier a new contract, but most fans thought they would try and go a different direction to find the money.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
So, how was your weekend? Kent Hughes, for his part, undoubtedly had a great one. The signings of Chris Kreider and Zachary Bolduc have put the team's GM in a better position than he was in 48 hours ago.
It’s done. Even before the golf tournament began, the Canadiens announced that Josh Anderson had been officially named assistant to captain Nick Suzuki.
Forward Zachary Bolduc signed a four-year, $16.8 million contract to return to the Montreal Canadiens, the team announced on Sunday. The 23-year-old was a restricted free agent as of July 1 after his first season with the Canadiens.
The NHL Network continued its reveal of the Top 50 best NHL players tonight. After learning that Cole Caufield had narrowly missed the top 30, coming in at No.
The week’s hottest Montreal Canadiens topics, served without the sugar-coating and with little concern for bruised feelings. As the Montreal Canadiens prepare to hit the links for their annual golf tournament on Monday, there are still considerably more questions than answers surrounding the team.
After several quiet weeks, big news has been coming one after another this weekend. Of course, there's the signing of Zachary Bolduc, who finally reached an agreement with the Canadiens, but the big talking point is Chris Kreider's arrival in Montreal.
The Montreal Canadiens signed forward Zach Bolduc to a four-year contract that will pay him an average annual value of $4.2 million, according to Sportsnet hockey insider Elliotte Friedman.
The Montreal Canadiens have signed Zachary Bolduc to a four-year contract extension, as per a report by NHL insider Elliotte Friedman. Early reactions are that this is another solid deal from GM Kent Hughes, who continues to make shrewd moves.
The Montreal Canadiens have been making serious progress. They turned themselves into a playoff team two years ago and the progress continued last year when they finished the season with a 48-24-10 record that resulted in a tie for second place in the Atlantic Division with the Tampa Bay Lightning and 106 points.
Montreal Canadiens training camp opens next week, as fans inch closer to what is looking like a memorable 2026-27 season. In that time, as the roster takes shape, the Habs will indirectly answer a few questions on the minds of fans, with the decisions they make.
This is a big season for the Montreal Canadiens as a team, as they want to prove that last season was not a fluke and that they are one of the best in the Eastern Conference.
The Montreal Canadiens are getting closer to training camp, and while most of the attention has been directed toward contract negotiations, roster battles and expectations for the upcoming season, there is another situation worth keeping an eye on.
Whether you agreed with him, disagreed with him, or followed his career as a coach or player, you knew who Barry Melrose was if you were even a casual hockey fan.