Now that the Montreal Canadiens have completed their second complete rebuild season, it’s time to take a closer look at where the organization stands in terms of its long-term plans.
Montreal Canadiens prospect Oliver Kapanen has signed a contract with Timra IK (SHL). The contract runs until 2025-26, however, Habs fans should not worry when it comes to this particular player.
The Predators have a beautiful problem on their hands. A nasty, beautiful problem. They have two excellent goalies in Juuse Saros and Yaroslav Askarov… And the team’s GM, Barry Trotz, will have to choose who he trusts.
On Tuesday (May 7), we found out that for the second year in a row, the Montreal Canadiens would be drafting fifth at the upcoming NHL Draft in Las Vegas on June 28-29.
The offseason has arrived for three-quarters of the NHL for teams that either missed the playoffs or were eliminated in the first round. Accordingly, it’s now time to examine what they will need to accomplish over the coming months. Next up is a look at Montreal.
Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes had high hopes when he traded for Justin Barron. Seeing what Barron could be rather than what he was, Hughes decided to pull the trigger and sacrificed Artturi Lehkonen to get the right-shot defenseman.
Now that the 2024 NHL Draft Lottery is in the rearview mirror, we can focus on the players the Montreal Canadiens will target once they take to the podium on Friday, June 28, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Recently, there’s been a lot of talk in Montreal about Ivan Demidov. He’s seen by many as a logical top-three pick in the upcoming draft… But as my colleague Charles-Alexis Brisebois explained earlier today, there’s a good chance the Russian could slip to No.
The 2024 NHL Draft Lottery took place on Tuesday, and the Montreal Canadiens will draft fifth overall. The Habs desperately need scoring and, in that spot, have the chance to draft a player who can help them, as long as general manager Kent Hughes sticks to his plan and selects the best player available to fill the team’s needs.
As in recent years, the Montreal Canadiens will have the chance to get their hands on a player who has the potential to be excellent at the next draft.
David Reinbacher returned to Europe last season to continue his development. Circumstances weren’t necessarily favorable for his progression in Switzerland, because the Kloten outfit had a miserable year.
The Canadiens have been awarded the 5th overall pick in last night’s lottery. The draft is at the end of June… But we’re already starting to think about the plans of Kent Hughes and the Montreal management.
The Laval Rocket didn’t manage to buy a playoff spot, but the club did offer – at a very respectable price – a fine season to its fans. Especially during the weeks when Arber Xhekaj and Logan Mailloux formed the team’s first pair!
That’s it: we now know that the Canadiens will draft fifth overall in the next auction. Last night answered a number of questions, both about the Habs’ ranking and the Habs’ intentions.
Now that the NHL’s Draft Lottery has begun, the Montreal Canadiens can start to make preparations ahead of the actual NHL Entry Draft. The team is poised to take the next step in their rebuild, which means the upcoming draft may be the last time they have an opportunity to add top talent to the prospect pool.
Early in the evening, hopes of Macklin Celebrini becoming a member of the Habs officially evaporated, as logic prevailed: the San Jose Sharks were awarded the first pick of the auction.
Early in the evening, the eyes of the NHL were riveted on the draft lottery. In the end, the order remained unchanged: the Sharks got the first pick, while the Habs got the fifth.
The 2024 NHL draft lottery was finally held tonight. The identity of the team that gets the very first pick in the next draft was revealed… But what we really wanted to know was the rank of the Montreal Canadiens’ pick.
With all the recent talk about who the Montreal Canadiens should target at the upcoming NHL Draft, let us look at the development of the Canadiens’ highest draft pick since 1980, Juraj Slafkovsky.
The World Championship hasn’t started yet, but Juraj Slafkovsky is doing well. Very well, in fact. The man who finished the season with a bang with the Habs is a member of Slovakia’s World Championship squad, which kicks off in the next few days.
The Montreal Canadiens have made some early-morning news as Adam Engstrom signs his entry-level deal on Friday. News of the deal came down via the team’s social media channels.
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