With the Canadiens doing very well these days, we warmly applaud the work of the current management of the team. After all, seeing guys like Lane Hutson, Patrik Laine, and Alexandre Carrier being important pieces of this comeback means that those who brought them to town are recognized.
Hughes also inherited Nick Suzuki’s (eight years ... Mike Matheson ($4.875 million until 2026), Alexandre Carrier ($3.75 million until 2027), and David Savard ($3.5 million until 2025) are ...
Everyone knows it: it’s nice to live in the Montreal Canadiens’ locker room. Since the change in management and the new culture introduced, all the players have great chemistry with each other. Recently,
Kent Hughes, since taking office, has not been afraid to offer good contracts to his young players. Cole Caufield (eight years), Juraj Slafkovsky (eight years), and Kaiden Guhle (six years) have all earned long-term contracts without having to go through the notorious bridge contract.
There have been stages the Canadiens have gone through in showing maturity as a young team, in learning how to win. They’ve gone through stages where they’ve learned the value of puck management, the value of game management, the value of risk management.
THROUGH GAMES OF TUESDAY, JAN. 21, 2025
After an embarrassing face plant against the Leafs on Saturday, Montreal showed mental and physical toughness against the Rangers on Sunday.
The Habs were in comeback mode for most of the night on Sunday against the Rangers, erasing four separate one-goal leads. That set the stage for overtime where Patrik Laine buried the winner in a
Patrik Laine scored 3:20 into overtime and the Montreal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 5-4. Brendan Gallagher and Christian Dvorak had a goal and an assist, and Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsky also scored for the Canadiens,
Jakub Dobes gets the call in net tonight, and he has been significantly outperforming Samuel Montembeault since he was called up just after Christmas. He will be aiming to run his career-opening winning streak to five games, and if he does that (maybe even if he doesn’t), he could be the one who gets the nod in the homestand finale on Tuesday.
After a 1-0 win in the shootout over Columbus, the New York Rangers look to continue to build as they visit the Montreal Canadiens.
The Habs got off to a terrific start on Saturday against Toronto, scoring three goals in the first period. However, things went downhill after that as Montreal allowed seven unanswered, kicking