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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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