Friday Habs Headlines: Mike Matheson closes in on a decade in the NHL

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• A look at the career of Mike Matheson as he completes his 10th NHL season. [Montreal Canadiens]
• The season is already a success for the Canadiens. [Montreal Gazette]
• The Habs were

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Evaluating Mikael Granlund’s potential fit as the Canadiens’ second-line centre

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 by trading for Kirby Dach at the 2022 NHL Draft

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Published: 2 hours ago

Noah Dobson and emerging from the rebuild mindset

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. The expectation around the team was that they wer

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Published: 4 hours ago

Monday Habs Headlines: Accumulating picks all part of master plan

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• Accumulating a lot of draft picks over the years has helped Kent Hughes get a player of Noah Dobson’s calibre. [RDS]
• When the Canadiens saw that Alexander Zharovsky was still available on da

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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: 13 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: 17 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: 21 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: 21 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: 22 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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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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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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Published: 1 day ago