Tag: Arber Xhekaj
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Montembeault is out 10 to 14 days after a hard year, Kapanen is back on the ice, and the Canadiens face a key six-game stretch.
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The Canadiens dominated Nashville, outshooting and outchancing the Predators, and still lost 5-2. A look at the lines, the defense pairs and where the goals really came from.
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The Canadiens outshot the Predators 34-20 but lost 5-2 at the Bell Centre, their third straight loss. Special teams, discipline and Coach’s Take.
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Ivan Demidov will miss two to four weeks with a lower-body injury. Here is the Canadiens lineup against Carolina, what the injury changes and why Florian Xhekaj and Jakub Dobes matter tonight.
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Montreal’s training camp is officially in the books. The Canadiens closed out the preseason Saturday night, finishing with a 4-1-0 record, and confirmed their 23-man roster for the season Sunday — the group they have to formally submit to the NHL by 5:00 PM ET today. It was a short camp by any measure: just…
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Four years ago, training camp in Montreal was an audition. There wasn’t much of an NHL roster worth protecting, so jobs went to whoever looked best in September. That camp doesn’t exist anymore, and Jeff Gorton said as much this week, speaking to the Basu and Godin Notebook podcast (via The Athletic). “I think the…
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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 second and final week of Canadiens training camp is underway, and this is where things start to matter. Week one was only two preseason games and a handful of practices — nothing was decided, and nothing should have been. Martin St-Louis and his coaching staff will wait until next Sunday to make the calls…
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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…