The Canadiens traded defenseman Jayden Struble to the Nashville Predators for a 2027 second-round pick. Here are his numbers and what it means for the blue line.
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…
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…
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…
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…