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The Montreal Canadiens opened the on-ice portion of training camp on Thursday with a practice for Group A, followed by a scrimmage between Groups B and C. While it is still very early in camp, the groups can tend to give us some insight as to how the team is planning to look this season. In Group A, Kirby Dach, Ivan Demidov, and Patrik Laine were all included…

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We’re over halfway through September, the Top 25 Under 25 has been released, pre-season begins, and a new Montreal Canadiens season is upon us. The season where expectations have risen, especially with Ivan Demidov here. We’ll have time to dig in analytically soon, but first, how are you feeling? For me, the summer was a contrast of difficulty in other areas and amazing time with my…

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Patrik Laine changed the course of the 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens. No, not by scoring goals seemingly at will during his first 10 games in a Habs sweater (although that certainly did help), but by bumping Josh Anderson down onto the third line with Christian Dvorak and Brendan Gallagher. Whether he (or anyone) knew it or not, Laine’s presence in the lineup had just created a critical…

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The Montreal Canadiens will play their first game of the 2025-26 pre-season tonight against the Pittsburgh Penguins, and we will get our first look at Noah Dobson in a Canadiens uniform. He will be paired with Mike Matheson, but there’s something very interesting brewing on the expected top line for Monday’s game. Patrik Laine and Ivan Demidov will have Oliver Kapanen was a centre. Now…

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The Montreal Canadiens are back at the Bell Centre, or at least the half that didn’t play on Monday night, as the team will take on the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night. The Canadiens top line of Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, and Juraj Slafkovský will make their 2025-26 pre-season debut, as will the line of Alex Newhook, Zachary Bolduc, and Joshua Roy. It is a big opportunity for…

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On Tuesday night, the Montreal Canadiens announced that they had returned Owen Protz to the Brantford Bulldogs of the OHL. Protz had been in Montreal since joining the prospects for rookie camp. He didn’t get into any NHL pre-season games, but he did have the experience of playing in the Prospect Showdown and felt the atmosphere of two pre-season games at the Bell Centre.

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Improving to 2-0 on their preseason calendar, the Montreal Canadiens took a 4-2 decision over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night at the Bell Centre. Both Xhekaj brothers found the mark with their mother in attendance, and the Habs looked to have a little more jump than the group that skated the night prior. Perhaps some of that had to do with their top line of Nick Suzuki…

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Before he came in relief of Samuel Montembeault on Monday night in his NHL pre-season debut, Montreal Canadiens goaltending prospect Jacob Fowler got the full Bell Centre treatment at the Rookie Showdown. Fowler, who grew up a Canadiens fan, was in the hallway hearing “Fix You” coming out of the arena, and a sold-out crowd of over 21,000 fans was cheering. It wasn’t quite a regular season…

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The Montreal Canadiens will play their third pre-season game of the season at the Bell Centre on Thursday against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Canadiens are looking to win their third straight game, and as we reach the half-way point of the pre-season, things continue to take shape. Kirby Dach will make his first appearance of the pre-season at centre between Patrik Laine and Ivan…

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The Montreal Canadiens announced that defenceman David Reinbacher will miss four weeks with a broken metacarpal bone, suffered in Thursday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The injury is the latest blow for Reinbacher, who has struggled to stay healthy since being the fifth overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft. The good news is that this is a relatively straightforward recovery…

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Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In Canada: Sportsnet One In Canadiens region: RDS (French) Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, The pre-season started off well with some spirited efforts, or at least strong finishes, in the opening two games. With a lineup a bit closer to what the Canadiens will see when the season starts, that wasn’t at all the case on Thursday night when the Toronto Maple Leafs…

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On Sunday afternoon, the Montreal Canadiens further reduced their training camp roster after cutting 25 players the previous night. Five players were placed on waivers with the aim of getting them to the Laval Rocket’s training camp. Alex Belzile, Nate Clurman, Lucas Condotta, Marc Del Gaizo, and Sean Farrell were exposed to the waiver wire, where they will be claimable by other NHL…

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