Just a few hours after the Montreal Canadiens announced that Cayden Primeau had been extended a qualifying offer, the team traded those retained rights to the Carolina Hurricanes, acquiring a ...

One day before the NHL’s free agent period opens, there was one last item of business for the 32 NHL teams, and that was extending qualifying offers to their pending restricted free agents.

Jun 28, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Michael Hage is selected by the Montreal Canadiens with the 21st overall pick in the first round of the 2024 NHL Draft at The Sphere. | Credit: Stephen R.

In today’s links, accumulating picks all part of the plan to get players of Dobson’s calibre, Canadiens had eyes on Zharovsky for round one, and free agency frenzy begins.

It has been quite a year since the last NHL Draft for the Montreal Canadiens. Twelve months ago they left Las Vegas with Ivan Demidov in their back pocket and looked poised to take a big step forward.

It’s been clear for a few years that the biggest hole in the Montreal Canadiens’ lineup is at the second-line centre position. Kent Hughes attempted to solve the problem immediately upon being hired ...

With their second pick in the sixth round, the Montreal Canadiens took another defender, Andrew MacNiel of the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League. If you have followed along with our ...

With the 2025 NHL Entry Draft now complete, it is time to take a look at the Montreal Canadiens’ results therein, and how they fared at the first iteration of the league’s new decentralized selection.

In today’s links, reactions to the Habs’ draft class, what they got in Zharovsky, Montreal’s new approach to the draft, top stories from the draft, and trades and signings around the league.

Alexis Cournoyer was the first Quebec-born player drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in 2025 and the Trois-Rivières native grew up cheering for the team that called his name. Cournoyer did his ...

The Montreal Canadiens moved up to select a forward at 69th, then used the 81st overall selection to claim a defenceman. With those positions addressed, their final pick of the third round at 82nd ...

The fourth round of the NHL entry draft is a time for team to take some swings on undervalued players. The Montreal Canadiens did precisely that with their 113th-overall pick, taking the diminutive ...