TSN: The Montreal Canadiens have cooled down of late, but still hold on to a wild-card spot. They added center Phillip Danault earlier in the year, and Pierre LeBrun doesn’t sense that there is any pressure for them to make another big addition before the deadline.
Calgary Flames forward Nazem Kadri could obviously help the Montreal Canadiens, but at what cost? Literally? Amid reports the Habs have kicked tires with the Flames regarding the centre, it begs the question, would a trade for the 35-year-old be worth it?
Like the Montreal Canadiens’ acquisition of Alexandre Carrier last year, Phillip Danault’s return to the Québécois metropolis is extremely good news for the Canadiens.
How many of the 35 American-born NHL players to reach the 700-point milestone can you name in five minutes?
The Montreal Canadiens have been one of the National Hockey League’s busier teams on the trade market over the last seven months, acquiring Noah Dobson, Zack Bolduc and Phillip Danault since June of 2025.
There's more to hockey than scoring goals and stopping pucks. For some players, putting up points came second to their main task: angering their opponents.
Phillip Danault has played 37 games so far this season. And he has yet to find the back of the net. He has eight assists on his record – including three since being acquired by the Habs – and he’s not the same offensive player he once was in the NHL.
Montreal Canadiens forward Phillip Danault clearly wanted the puck. The slapping of his stick on the ice was such a distinct noise, there was no mistaking it.
This season has not been a kind one for Montreal Canadiens’ longest-tenured player Brendan Gallagher, as it’s very clear that his body is starting to slow down after years of taking punishment from opposing defenders and goalies in front of the net.
Phillip Danault has officially reached the 400-point plateau of his NHL career. But true to form, it wasn’t exactly in the most spectacular fashion. In the middle of a game against the Dallas Stars, Danault thought he’d scored.
The Los Angeles Kings got ahead of the holiday roster freeze when they dealt veteran center Phillip Danault to the Montreal Canadiens for a second-round selection in the 2026 NHL Draft.
The Los Angeles Kings are entering a pivotal week as they look to correct a mediocre first half of the 2025-26 season. Sitting with a record of 16-12-9, the team is battling offensive inconsistency and swirling trade rumors as they prepare to face one of the league’s top teams, the Colorado Avalanche, tonight.
Injuries have been a recurring theme for the Montreal Canadiens this season, and unfortunately, the list keeps growing. This time, it’s Jake Evans who will be sidelined, depriving the Canadiens of one of their most dependable depth forwards.
Every once in a while, you find a thought in the oddest place. Suddenly, the dominoes fall — logical, but probably totally fictional. This one came from Reddit and lays out how Phillip Danault planned his five-year absence so he could return to his home province to help his former Montreal Canadiens team win the Stanley Cup.
There’s a part of the hockey business we don’t talk about nearly enough. Every time a player is traded, a family gets traded too. Schools change. Friends get left behind.
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, Phillip Danault spoke with the media about his trade to the Montreal Canadiens. He had some interesting remarks about his final days in Los Angeles.
Two days after being traded from the Los Angeles Kings to the Montreal Canadiens, forward Phillip Danault shared a message with the fans.
Although they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0, the Montreal Canadiens delivered bad news to their fans.
The hockey world was graced with a mini Trade Deadline in the late hours of Friday, the eve of a one-week trade freeze that went into effect on Saturday.
The Montreal Canadiens' cap managers had to get creative late Friday night when Kent Hughes acquired Phillip Danault.
The Montreal Canadiens have acquired Phillip Danault from the Los Angeles Kings.
Just before 11:00 pm ET on Friday night, the Montreal Canadiens announced that they have reacquired centre Phillip Danault from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Columbus’s 2nd round pick in 2026.
Phillip Danault is headed back to Montreal. The Canadiens acquired the 32-year-old center from the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night in exchange for a 2026 second-round draft pick that originally was the property of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Los Angeles Kings have traded veteran forward Phillip Danault to the Montreal Canadiens. In the deal, the Kings have acquired Columbus’ second-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft.
A familiar face has returned to Montreal, as the Canadiens have announced that they have acquired Kings forward Phillip Danault in exchange for the Blue Jackets’ 2026 second-round pick.
With the NHL’s roster freeze looming, we actually managed to get a late-night trade on Friday. The Montreal Canadiens have re-acquired forward Philip Danault from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for a 2026 second-round pick.
As per reports, Phillip Danault has now officially requested a trade out of Los Angeles. Danault’s name has been swirling around the rumour mill for a little while now, and it would appear he may be the driving force in a move.
On today’s rendition of 32 Thoughts, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports that the Los Angeles Kings are exploring a change-of-scenery trade with center Phillip Danault.
Yesterday evening, Bleacher Report’s Frank Seravalli reported that “trade chatter is picking up” around Los Angeles Kings pivot Phillip Danault. According
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