Tag: Canadiens
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By Randy Workman What are the expectations going into this season? The Habs made major strides last year, and they now have one of the best young cores in the league. Here’s my evaluation of that core — the players I’ll be watching closest this season. Cole Caufield Best Quality: Cole’s hockey IQ is out…
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Every training camp has one job battle that says more about a team’s philosophy than any other, and for the Canadiens this fall it’s the fight for the 13th forward spot. On paper it looks like a simple depth-chart question. In practice it’s a referendum on how Montreal wants to build: reward the players it…
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Brendan Gallagher wore that letter for years, through some of the hardest seasons this franchise has had in a generation. When he was traded to Vancouver this summer after his role and his ice time shrank last year, he didn’t just leave a hole in the bottom six — he left an empty letter next…
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The Canadiens have released their roster for the 2026 Rookie Camp, inviting 23 players to Brossard and Gatineau ahead of a training camp that opens in less than two weeks. The group runs from September 11-15, with a two-game Prospect Challenge against Winnipeg and Ottawa built into the schedule — the first real look at…
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For Canadiens fans, watching every game this season means juggling more moving parts than usual. The 2026-27 season is the first 84-game slate the NHL has played since 1993-94 — a scheduling change built into the new CBA to create more space between the Stanley Cup Final and the draft — and it’s also the…
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The Athletic just dropped its 2026-27 NHL Player Tiers — the latest edition of a project built by senior writers Harman Dayal, Thomas Drance, Sean Gentille, Shayna Goldman, and Dom Luszczyszyn. They sort the 150 best players in hockey into five tiers, from Tier 1 (MVP/Cornerstone) down to Tier 5 (Support), each broken into A/B/C…
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Spartak Moscow made it official this weekend: goaltender Yevgeni Volokhin has signed a new three-year contract extension, keeping the Canadiens’ 2023 fifth-round pick in the KHL organization through the 2028-29 season. The club confirmed the deal with a graphic posted to its channels, and it closes the book on what was already Volokhin’s best professional…
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When the Montreal Canadiens begin the 2026-27 season, something will feel different: for the first time in 14 years, Brendan Gallagher’s Canadiens legacy won’t include a spot in the lineup. For the first time since making his NHL debut in January 2013, Brendan Gallagher will not be part of the Canadiens’ dressing room. After 14…
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Heading into training camp, the Montreal Canadiens have an enviable problem: real offensive depth. With the top nine taking shape and the core locked in, the conversation naturally shifts to the bottom of the roster. Specifically, the battle for the 13th forward spot. In the modern NHL, the extra skater is one of the most…
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Cole Caufield has quietly put together the best two-year goal-scoring stretch of any player in the NHL — and it’s not particularly close. Add up his last two campaigns and Caufield has scored 88 goals: 37 in 2024-25, then a career-high 51 in 2025-26. No other player in the league scored more over that same…