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Cole Caufield scored 28 goals in the 2023-24 season. Some people considered it a disappointment. So he came into 2024-25 and scored 10 times in October, setting the stage for a career-high 37 on the season. Since the turn of the millennium, only one other person has scored that many goals in a single season while wearing the Tricolore: Max Pacioretty (37 in 2014-15 and 39 in 2013-14).

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Ken Dryden was always an outlier. A mountain of a man between the pipes, standing 6’4″, famously leaning on the butt of his stick, with pads that look so small on his lanky frame that he gives off a road hockey vibe. When he broke into the NHL in 1970-71, only one skater in the NHL was listed above Dryden’s own height, his teammate Peter Mahovlich. Like his stature in an era where 10 of the…

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There are many reasons why some players find themselves selected far later in the NHL draft than they should be. Be it a lacklustre draft year, off-ice issues, lack of a particular elite trait, or size, teams don’t want to use their first-round picks on anyone that they’re not entirely sure of. Size, or lack thereof, was the obvious factor that saw Lane Hutson available with the 62nd-overall…

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There is something about Ivan Demidov that feels unprecedented, even with the Montreal Canadiens’ century-long history. Thanks to him, Habs fans have probably learned more about the machinations of the KHL and Russian hockey than they ever imagined that they would. Roman Rotenberg became as familiar a name amongst the fandom as Michel Therrien, with some even dreaming up fanciful Mogilnyan…

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What Sam Pollock wants, Sam Pollock gets. That was the old saying, as the general manager of the Montreal Canadiens made a name for himself league-wide as a savvy talent scout, with shrewd moves that would keep the Canadiens at the top of the standings for decades. But there was one player who proved to be quite elusive: goaltender Ken Dryden. The story begins at the 1964 amateur draft.

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Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT How to watch: RDS2 (French) Streaming: RDS After an off-season filled with some big moves, it’s finally time for preparations to begin for the 2024-25 campaign. The first event on the calendar is always rookie camp, and it is highlighted by the Prospect Showdown that features the four Canadian teams east of Alberta. Earlier today, the Toronto Maple Leafs…

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Start time: 3:00 PM EDT / 12:00 PM PDT How to watch: RDS (French) Streaming: RDS, Canadiens.com The Canadiens didn’t win the first game of the prospect showcase, but most of the fans who attended left happy anyway after seeing Ivan Demidov in action. The player who ranked first in our Top 25 Under 25 countdown had points on all three goals that Montreal scored, and made several incredible…

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After doing our annual countdown of the top 25 players under the age of 25 in the Montreal Canadiens organization, we have an indication of how the depth will shake out for the future. The NHL roster contains many more veteran players who don’t qualify for the series, but most of them will have moved on by the time the majority of the players we profiled are ready to play in the league.

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Each year once the order has been revealed, we do a final reflection on the Top 25 Under 25 to highlight the biggest movers from last year, both those who had impressive years to climb higher and those who dropped lower with disappointing seasons. It was already a strong group of players we had last year, so making a big move up inside the Top 25 was difficult. Only two of the rises…

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When the Montreal Canadiens made Florian Xhekaj the 101st pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, many were skeptical. It’s easy to say that skepticism came from a belief that the Canadiens reached for him because they also had his brother in the organization. On the flipside, some people were optimistic about the selection because of the family connection to a player who had risen to the NHL ranks.

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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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