Category: Habs
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Colisée Vidéotron felt like the Bell Centre on Monday night. A near red-out crowd, Michel Lacroix — the same PA voice Canadiens fans have heard for 33 years — calling out every penalty, every goal, every final minute of the period. And in the end, the Canadiens delivered exactly the kind of finish that night…
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The Canadiens killed two birds with one stone Saturday night. Split into two squads for a preseason doubleheader against the Maple Leafs, Montreal sent one lineup to Toronto and kept another at home — and both of them won. In Toronto, Phillip Danault scored twice in a 4-1 win. Back home, Cole Caufield did what…
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Day 1 of Canadiens training camp wasn’t a feeling-out session — Kreider went straight onto the top line, and the ripple effects tell you how this roster’s really built.
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Training camp opened today with a different kind of pressure hanging over the Bell Centre — the Canadiens’ window is wide open, and that’s the good kind of pressure. For the first time in over a decade, nobody in Montreal is asking the Canadiens to just make the playoffs. After last spring’s run, the only…
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Zack Bolduc’s four-year extension ($4.2 million AAV, runs through 2029-30) and Alex Newhook‘s four-year extension ($5.55 million AAV, kicks in 2027-28) share more than a signing week. Neither contract carries a no-trade or no-movement clause. Nothing. Both players can be dealt on a Tuesday in February if Kent Hughes decides that’s the move. That’s not…
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Busy Monday for Kent Hughes. The Canadiens announced two separate deals on September 15: a one-year, $1.5 million contract for restricted free agent defenseman Arber Xhekaj, and a four-year contract extension for Alex Newhook worth $5.55 million per season ($22.2 million total), running from 2027-28 through 2030-31. Two very different bets, signed on the same…
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Martin St-Louis has a phrase for how he wants this team thinking, and he used it more than once Monday at the Canadiens’ golf tournament in Laval-sur-le-Lac: “Win Your Day.” Process over outcome. Stack the days, let the season sort itself out. Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton stayed in that same register all morning —…
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The Montreal Canadiens made it official Monday: head coach Martin St-Louis has signed a multi-year contract extension, general manager Kent Hughes announced. The team didn’t disclose the exact term — standard for coaching deals — but TSN’s Pierre LeBrun reports the deal is believed to be three years on top of St-Louis’s existing contract, which…
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The Montreal Canadiens made it official Monday morning: Josh Anderson has been named an alternate captain for the 2026-27 season, joining captain Nick Suzuki and returning alternate Mike Matheson in the team’s leadership group. General manager Kent Hughes made it official, filling the letter left open since Brendan Gallagher was traded to Vancouver this summer.…
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The Montreal Canadiens signed winger Zachary Bolduc to a four-year contract extension on Sunday, worth $16.8 million total at a $4.2 million cap hit, running through the 2029-30 season. News of the deal was first reported by TSN’s Chris Johnston, with general manager Kent Hughes making it official Sunday from Gatineau. Bolduc, 23, just wrapped…