Montreal Canadiens News and Rumors

Sunday Habs Headlines: “Time to dig in” for Kirby Dach

In today's links, Dach says he needs to figure things out, Savard says the team does as well, defensive improvements are still the story of the month, Lucas Condotta's path to the NHL, Michael Hage's high-event-game, Joe Thornton has his jersey retir

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Published: 2 weeks ago

Montreal Canadiens: Top Five Goalies All Time – #1 Patrick Roy

The Montreal Canadiens have entered the quietest time on the calendar. While there is little to look forward to in the month of August, we decided to take a look back at some of the greatest players in franchise history. We wrap up our site countdown

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Published: 1 year ago

Montreal Canadiens: Top 31 Prospects – #12 Jakub Dobes

Montreal Canadiens fans don’t get a lot of breaking news in the month of August so here at A Winning Habit, we’ll be counting down our picks for the Top 31 prospects currently in the Habs organization. Each player was carefully deliberated by o

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Published: 1 year ago

Sunday Habs Headlines: Jake Allen plans to earn his spot on the roster

In today's links, Allen's approach to training camp, the improved (and healthy) state of the Habs' defence, Paul Byron tries his hand at a coaching role, and an update on Jacques Demers..

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Published: 1 year ago

Pat Hickey: The Canadiens didn't need Jeff Petry

The three-team trade was all about getting winger Mike Hoffman’s contract off the books and opening a spot for a younger player. The Canadiens have plenty of defencemen.

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Published: 1 year ago

Top Canadiens Storylines Heading into 2023-24 Season

The Montreal Canadiens should improve in 2023-24, with widespread ramifications starting with the first Habs storyline to follow heading in:

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Published: 1 year ago

Canadiens’ Busy Offseason Has Made the Team Better

It is a fun exercise to look at the roster of the Montreal Canadiens from last season and compare it to the team expected to start the 2023-24 season to…

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Published: 1 year ago

Montreal Canadiens All Time Top 5 Goaltenders: #2 – Jacques Plante

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Published: 1 year ago

Montreal Canadiens: Top 31 Prospects – #13 Jacob Fowler

Montreal Canadiens fans don’t get a lot of breaking news in the month of August, so here at A Winning Habit, we’ll be counting down our picks for the top 31 prospects currently in the Habs organization. Each player was carefully deliberated by ou

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Published: 1 year ago

Sharks hire Miller, Vanek as scouts

The San Jose Sharks added significant NHL experience to their scouting department Friday.San Jose hired Ryan Miller in a goaltending scouting and development role, as well as Thomas Vanek in an amateur scouting position based in Minnesota, the team a

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Published: 1 year ago

Flyers & Canadiens Potential Future Rivalry Brewing

As the Philadelphia Flyers and Montreal Canadiens continue their rebuilding process, they are planning for the future and have been pretty successful in doing so thus far. Once finished, however,…

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Published: 1 year ago

Montreal Canadiens: Top 5 All Time Goaltenders – #3 Ken Dryden

Ken Dryden was drafted by the Canadiens arch-rival, the Boston Bruins, in 1964 but was subsequently traded to the Canadiens just a few days later. But before Dryden joined the Canadiens, he attended the University of Cornell, where he thrived both on

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Published: 1 year ago