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.
The new NHL 27 game has been released, and it's making headlines for all the wrong reasons. The game's quality isn't as good as players would have liked, and that's led to (already) a lot of criticism of the game even though it just came out.
It started with Matthew Tkachuk and Alex DeBrincat. We could even add Jeff Petry's name to that list. Then came Donald Trump's second election, the Four Nations Tournament, and the Olympics.
How many of the players to grace the cover of each EA NHL video game going back to 'NHL 2000?"
As Canadian teams look to end a Stanley Cup drought that dates back to 1993, they face a harsh reality. Some players do not want to play north of the border.
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.
Last Sunday, the NHL website began its countdown of the top 50 NHL players. From No. 50 to No. 41, there were no Canadiens players in sight. Today, the league continued the countdown, ranking players from No.
Cole Caufield has already established himself as one of the Montreal Canadiens’ biggest offensive weapons, but his 2025-26 season took things to another level.
For the second season in a row, the Montreal Canadiens had players win awards at the end of the season. This past season, Nick Suzuki won the Selke Trophy, and Cole Caufield won the Lady Byng Trophy, with Lane Hutson winning the Calder Trophy the year before that.
Today is August 31. Tomorrow will be September 1. Where did the summer go? At least September means the golf tournament, rookie camp, and the Canadiens' training camp.
Montreal Canadiens fans are certainly very pleased with the work Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton have done since they arrived. What's most impressive is what they've been able to accomplish in terms of salary cap management and the contracts awarded to the team's core players.
The Montreal Canadiens players are gaining more and more respect throughout the National Hockey League. And the new ratings in NHL 27 prove it once again!
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.
Canadiens forward Cole Caufield thought he was in the Montreal locker room Friday to surprise teammate Nick Suzuki with the Frank J. Selke Trophy, but there was another card to be flipped.
The league announced that Cole Caufield has been voted the winner of the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, which is presented annually to the player who exhibits a high standard of sportsmanship, gentlemanly conduct and playing ability.
The National Hockey League announced Friday that Montreal Canadiens’ forward Cole Caufield has been awarded the 2026 Lady Byng Trophy. According to the
One of the top players on the Montreal Canadiens is taking the team’s postseason exit to heart. When speaking to the media during the team’s end-of-season media availability, Canadiens forward Cole Caufield was asked about the style of play during their run to the Eastern Conference Final.
How many of the most recent players to score 50 goals in a season for each NHL franchise can you name in five minutes?Note: No Columbus Blue Jacket, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predator, New Jersey Devil, Seattle Kraken, Utah Mammoth player has reached the 50-goal milestone.
The NHL's Eastern Conference Finals began on Thursday night, and it was a wildly impressive win by the Montreal Canadiens as they dominated the Carolina Hurricanes, 6-2, to take a 1-0 series lead.
The Montreal Canadiens took down the Tampa Bay Lightning in seven games, and they’ve gotten out to a 2-1 series lead over the Buffalo Sabres, and they’ve done so without much production from star winger Cole Caufield.
The 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs continued on Sunday night with the Montreal Canadiens taking a 2-1 series lead over the Buffalo Sabres and the Anaheim Ducks getting even with the Vegas Golden Knights.
The Montreal Canadiens are heading into the final week of the season with one of the more exciting individual milestones in franchise history. But the celebration is being dampened by some real concerns on the blue line.
Cole Caufield reaching 50 goals feels like a little slice of Canadiens heaven — and Canadians ought to be savouring it the way you’d savour a rare vintage wine.
Cole Caufield has etched his name among the legends who represented le bleu, blanc et rouge. The Montreal Canadiens forward scored his 50th goal of the season Thursday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning, becoming the first Canadien to reach the 50-goal mark in a single season since Stephane Richer did in 1989-90.
When a player starts scoring like Cole Caufield has been — night after night — it stops feeling accidental and starts feeling historical. The Canadiens’ streaky past has taught us to be cautious about offensive flashes, yet here we are.
Cole Caufield is having one of those seasons that feels like a nonstop highlight reel. He isn’t just putting up numbers for the Montreal Canadiens; he’s deciding games.
Hockey has some seasons where the box score says it all. Someone pots 40 goals, racks up 100 points, or buries a clutch overtime winner like it’s scripted.
The Montreal Canadiens have been one of the NHL's top five teams for the past year, since the return from the Four Nations Face-Off break. This is not an opinion; it is a fact.
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