Tag: Nick Suzuki
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Martin St-Louis enters his fifth season as Canadiens head coach with a new reality: real depth, higher expectations and a puck possession gap to close.
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Hockey is back, and the whole organization is playing again. Only the Lions have not started their season yet. The Canadiens opened on September 29, the Rocket and the NCAA prospects followed on October 2, and many European prospects started earlier in September. Every Monday during the season, we will publish a Weekly Report on…
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The Canadiens climbed out of a four-goal hole in Pittsburgh on Saturday, but they could not finish the comeback. Nick Suzuki set up two goals in the final 68 seconds of regulation to make it 5-5, and then Tommy Novak won it for the Penguins 1:33 into overtime. Final score: 6-5 at PPG Paints Arena.…
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The Canadiens didn’t have their A-game in Toronto on Tuesday night, and Martin St-Louis said as much. They still found a way. Jakub Dobeš made the saves when it mattered, the depth throughout the lineup chipped in, and Montreal opened the 2026-27 season with a 3-2 win over the Maple Leafs. That is what a…
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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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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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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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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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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…