Montreal Canadiens

September 25, 2025

EdgeHockey Staff

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Montreal Canadiens’ Youth Movement Dominates Preseason Narrative

Every September, NHL training camps open with familiar platitudes about fresh starts and open competition. More often than not, it’s just talk. The real roster spots are mostly decided, and camp is for getting the veterans’ legs back. But in Brossard this fall, something feels different. Head coach Martin St. Louis has cranked the intensity dial to eleven, making it clear that ice time will be earned, not given. The result? A youth movement that is not just knocking on the door but trying to kick it off its hinges. Through the first week of scrimmages and two pre-season contests,

September 25, 2025

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Montreal Canadiens Arber Xhekaj

The Canadiens’ Xhekaj Brothers Have an Unforgettable Night at the Bell Centre

Preseason hockey can often feel like a necessary but forgettable ritual. But every so often, a game transcends its exhibition status. It delivers a moment, a narrative so compelling that it becomes part of team lore before the season has even begun. On Tuesday, September 23rd, the Montreal Canadiens and the Philadelphia Flyers played one of those games. The 4-2 final score in favour of the Habs was a footnote. The real story, the one that had the Bell Centre buzzing and a mother weeping tears of joy in the stands, was the unforgettable performance of brothers Arber and Florian

September 20, 2025

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Kirby Dach’s Second Chance at Becoming a Key Piece of the Montreal Canadiens’ Success

The hum of skates carving fresh ice, the sharp crack of a puck hitting a stick—these are the familiar sounds of an NHL training camp, a symphony of renewed hope. For the Montreal Canadiens, no returning player embodies that hope, and the profound anxiety that accompanies it, more than Kirby Dach. Slated to start camp as the team’s second-line center, the 24-year-old is not just returning from an injury; he’s returning from a nightmare that played out twice, armed with a new body, a new mindset, and the weight of a franchise’s aspirations on his surgically repaired right knee. Déjà

September 17, 2025

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Martin St. Louis Montreal Canadiens

Centre of Attention: The Battles That Will Define the Montreal Canadiens’ Season

The faint chill in the air and the smell of freshly scraped ice can only mean one thing: training camp is upon us. For the Montreal Canadiens, this isn’t just a tune-up; it’s the proving ground. After a surprising and exhilarating run to a playoff berth on the back of a 91-point season, the narrative has shifted. The team is no longer a plucky underdog happy to be in the conversation. Now, expectations are real, and the next step in this rebuild is the most difficult one to take. With 60 players descending on camp—42 of them on NHL contracts—roster

September 3, 2025

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Brossard Battleground: Key Questions Facing the Canadiens at Training Camp

The unofficial end of summer for any real hockey fan isn’t Labour Day; it’s the day the players report for medicals and the familiar sounds of skates carving up fresh ice return. For the Montreal Canadiens, the opening of their 2025-26 training camp feels like a significant inflection point. The foundational pieces are largely in place, the prospect pipeline is brimming, and the pressure is subtly shifting from patient development to tangible results. This year’s camp in Brossard isn’t just about setting the opening night roster; it’s about defining the team’s identity for the season ahead. Internal competition will be

September 1, 2025

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McDavid’s Contract Clock, Price on the Move, a Wild Offer and More NHL News & Rumors

As the last long weekend of summer fades into the rearview mirror, the NHL is anything but dormant. While the on-ice battles are still weeks away, the front-office warfare is reaching a fever pitch. GMs are working the phones, agents are posturing, and the futures of superstars and franchises hang in the balance. The relative quiet of August has given way to a flurry of high-stakes rumors that will define the landscape of the 2025-26 season. From a legendary goaltender’s imminent contract relocation to the nine-figure offer tabled for a Russian superstar, and the ominous silence surrounding the game’s best

August 31, 2025

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Carey Price Montreal Canadiens

The Ghost in the Machine: Decoding the Inevitable Carey Price Trade

The end comes for every era. For the Montreal Canadiens and Carey Price, that end won’t be a stick salute after a final game or a tearful press conference. It will be a transaction, a business dealing announced on a Monday in September that formally closes the book on one of the most dominant goaltending careers in franchise history. Reports from TVA Sports’ Jean-Charles Lajoie are solidifying what has been whispered about for months: the Canadiens are set to trade Carey Price’s contract, with an announcement expected as early as Monday, September 1st. This isn’t a trade for a player;

August 27, 2025

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Juraj Slafkovsky Montreal Canadiens

Unleashing the Giant: Slafkovský is Poised to Dominate for the Canadiens

As we stand on the precipice of the 2025-26 season, the Montreal Canadiens aren’t just looking at their former first-overall pick Juraj Slafkovsky as a nice complementary piece anymore. No, sir. After locking him into that massive eight-year, $60.8 million deal last summer, the expectation is clear: it’s time for the big man to become the man. Entering his fourth NHL campaign, Slafkovský is no longer the raw, sometimes hesitant teenager we first saw. He’s a man who has tasted NHL playoff intensity, learned the North American game, and is now being handed the keys to the offensive kingdom. The

August 26, 2025

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Montreal Canadiens Kent Hughes Martin St. Louis

The Wait is Over: Why the Montreal Canadiens’ Rebuild is Officially Finished

For years, the mantra in Montreal has been “patience.” It’s been a necessary, if sometimes bitter, pill to swallow for one of the league’s most passionate fanbases. We’ve talked endlessly about asset accumulation, draft capital, prospect pipelines, and long-term windows. The focus, drilled into us by Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton, was always on the future. But in the summer of 2025, the language changed. The whispers of “soon” became the declaration of “now.” The 2025 NHL Draft will be remembered not for the prospects the Canadiens selected, but for the roster player they acquired. It was the definitive moment

August 21, 2025

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Cole Caufield Juraj Slafkovsky Montreal Canadiens

Rocket Fuel: The Canadiens’ High-Octane Forward Corps for 2025-26

The days of whispered promises and five-year plans in Montreal are officially over. After a surprisingly potent 2024-25 campaign that saw them crash the playoff party, General Manager Kent Hughes has pushed his chips to the middle of the table. The message sent by an aggressive offseason is clear: the rebuild is over, and the era of contention has begun. Through savvy trades and targeted signings, the Canadiens have assembled a forward group that’s young, dynamic, and dripping with offensive potential. The departures of depth veterans like Christian Dvorak and Joel Armia signal a changing of the guard, making way