September 20, 2025
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
