Tuesday Habs Headlines: “It’s up to us to be better”

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• “Whether I play 25 minutes or 10 minutes, I have to get back to work,” Patrik Laine responds concerning his benching. [La Presse]
• A slight lineup shakeup could be coming for tonight’s ga

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Getting to know Montreal Canadiens 189th overall pick Andrew MacNiel

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 Getting to Know profiles from the 2025 draft class,

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Published: 6 hours ago

Getting to know Montreal Canadiens 177th overall pick Carlos Händel

German defenceman Carlos Händel played a couple of seasons in Sweden against better competition than he could have received in his home country before heading to the QMJHL in his draft season. After participating in the Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Edmonto

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Published: 10 hours ago

Canadiens Shopping $39M Defenseman After Trading for Dobson

The Montreal Canadiens are shopping a star defenseman after acquiring Noah Dobson in a blockbuster deal with the Islanders. The post Canadiens Shopping $39M Defenseman After Trading for Dobson appeared first on Heavy Sports.

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Published: 13 hours ago

NHL Rumors: Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders, San Jose Sharks, and the New York Rangers

The New York Islanders asked the San Jose Sharks for the No. 2 pick. The New York Rangers are interested in Vladislav Gavrikov and maybe Jonathan Drouin.

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Published: 14 hours ago

NHL Rumors: Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders, San Jose Sharks, and the New York Rangers

The New York Islanders asked the San Jose Sharks for the No. 2 pick. The New York Rangers are interested in Vladislav Gavrikov and maybe Jonathan Drouin.

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Published: 15 hours ago

Grading the 2025 Montreal Canadiens draft class

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. I’d like a word on that format first and

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Published: 18 hours ago

Getting to know Montreal Canadiens 145th overall pick Alexis Cournoyer

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 post-selection Zoom from a room with a Canadiens post

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Published: 20 hours ago

Sunday Habs Headlines: “Very, very, very satisfied”

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• Despite planning the whole year on who to take with a first-round pick, both Martin Lapointe and Nick Bobrov were happy that Montreal was able to turn two first-rounders into a player of Noah Dobson’s c

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Getting to know Montreal Canadiens 82nd overall pick Arseni Radkov

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 was spent on a goaltender. Montreal had several na

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Every Montreal Canadiens pick from 2025 NHL Draft

After trading their two first-round picks to the New York Islanders, the Montreal Canadiens used their first pick of the 2025 NHL Draft on a skilled Russian right-winger.

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2025 NHL Draft: The Montreal Canadiens select Maxon Vig at 209th overall

Montreal held one final selection in the 2025 NHL Draft with their assigned seventh-round selection. With that voucher they added Bemidji State University-commit Maxon Vig, a defenceman who came up through the Minnesota high-school system. Elite P

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Getting to know Montreal Canadiens 113th overall pick L.J. Mooney

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 L.J. Mooney from the U.S. development program. T

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Published: 1 day ago