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Despite being completely different players, the Montreal tenures of Alex Newhook and Kirby Dach have been tethered at the hip. Both arrived as high-profile first-rounders who had seemingly plateaued with their draft teams. They arrived on or around draft day: Dach in 2022, Newhook in 2023. Both were exchanged for a substantial price on the basis that 1) the player would help the Canadiens more…

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The Montreal Canadiens are well-known for their vast lore and deep history. Books have been written about the team, the players who have worn the jersey, and the deep-rooted relationship the team has with the city and its fans. Annual passionate arguments make the rounds about which jersey should be retired next, and videos of favourite goals over time circulate freely on social media.

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In his fourth feature on this list, Kirby Dach sits in his lowest placement so far after another injury-plagued season with the Montreal Canadiens. He started the season with five points in the Habs’ first 10 games, leaving fans hopeful they’d see the version of Dach they did in 2022. Unfortunately, as the year went on, he struggled. He looked sluggish, was taking too long to recover from hits…

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Michael Hage got to realize a childhood dream when the Montreal Canadiens traded up in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft to select him. A second-generation Habs fan and fluent French speaker, he had impressed the management of his favourite team enough that they were willing to use their draft capital to bring him into a rapidly deepening prospect group. Fast forward a year and change from that selection…

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Zachary Bolduc is the newest addition to the Montreal Canadiens, acquired for Logan Mailloux in July in a one-for-one swap. The 17th overall pick by the Blues in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft has completed his second professional season, and his first full-time campaign in the NHL. He came through the QMJHL system, playing primarily for the Quebec Remparts where he was a prolific goal-scorer…

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Jacob Fowler finished his last season at Boston College as the top goaltender in the NCAA, claiming the Mike Richter Award. He ended up playing 35 games, doing even better than his excellent freshman season. He had a 1.63 goals-against average and a .940 save percentage. Once BC was eliminated in the NCAA tournament, he began his professional career in the AHL, playing three regular-season…

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After making the jump to North America in the spring of 2024 and hitting the ground running, expectations were high for David Reinbacher. Fate, however, had different plans as he sustained a major knee injury on an innocuous hit against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL pre-season. It cost the Austrian six months of ice time, not able to return to the Laval Rocket until late February on a limited…

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The Montreal Canadiens traded the contract of Carey Price and a 2026 fifth-round pick to the San Jose Sharks on Friday, receiving defenceman Gannon Laroque in return. The move brings Price’s time with the Canadiens to an end just over 20 years after he was selected fifth overall in the 2005 NHL Draft. He hasn’t played since the final game of the 2021-22 season, a 10-2 victory over the…

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Photo credit: François Lafontaine, Dryden, Flickr.com | CC BY 2.0 The Montreal Canadiens have announced that Ken Dryden has passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 78 years old. Dryden began his NHL career with Montreal at the end of the 1970-71 season. Despite only playing six games in the regular season that year, he went on to win the Stanley Cup with the team and was named the…

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The Montreal Canadiens announced the players who will take part in the team’s rookie camp and will participate in two games against the Toronto Maple Leafs and Winnipeg Jets next weekend at the Bell Centre. Among the most interesting names are players who should be in the mix for NHL spots this season, namely Ivan Demidov and Oliver Kapanen. Both players played NHL playoff games last…

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Heading into 2023-24, Montreal Canadiens fans had reason to ask whether selecting Juraj Slafkovský was the correct decision. Then the calendar flipped to 2024 and Slafkovský answered that question with a resounding ‘yes.’ He climbed onto the top line with Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki, earned himself an eight-year contract extension worth $7,600,000 per annum, and, most importantly…

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