Bottom Six Minutes: Cross-checking to the face is now legal!

The Montreal Canadiens put up quite the fight in the third period on Wednesday night. Down 2-1 to the Washington Capitals in game two of the series, they played their absolute best in the final frame, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the one-goal d

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Published: 2 months 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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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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2025 NHL Draft: The Montreal Canadiens select Andrew MacNiel at 189th overall

With a second pick in the sixth round, and their eighth of the 2025 NHL Draft, the Montreal Canadiens added defenceman Andrew MacNiel from the OHL’s Kitchener Rangers. Elite Prospects MacNiel played his first season as a full-time OHL player

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2025 NHL Draft: The Montreal Canadiens select Carlos Händel at 177th overall

Deep into the sixth round, the Montreal Canadiens made their next pick. The team went back for another defenceman, selecting Carlos Händel at 177th overall. Händel captained Team Germany at the World Under-18 championship, and also suited up for

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2025 NHL Draft: The Montreal Canadiens select Alexis Cournoyer at 145th overall

Deep inside the fifth round of the NHL Draft, the Montreal Canadiens stepped up to the podium and walked away with another massive goalie to add to their stable of prospects. Alexis Cournoyer was not even in the QMJHL to start the year, originally pl

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NHL Rumors: Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens, and the Washington Capitals

Evan Bouchard will be getting $10 million or more. The Montreal Canadiens still looking at ways to add up front. The Washington Capitals are working on some house cleaning.

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2025 NHL Draft: The Montreal Canadiens select L.J. Mooney at 113th overall

With the fourth round underway, the Canadiens went back to the podium and changed course after drafting multiple large players with their first four picks and selected L.J. Mooney from the U.S. National Team Development Program. Standing just 5’

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