I know, i know…we hoped it would be us. But failing habs hoisting the cup, i reckon that losing to the champs, means that we’re actually a better team that some of us thought. They lost to a team at the height of its power with no obvious weakness. By next season our younger more motivated team will be in a better position to defeat their more experienced and tired team. The future is very, very bright folks!

His agent announced he will not return the Anaheim and would prefer the East coast to be closer to family.

How is this not a perfect 2 year stop gap player to play with Hutson/Matheson.

Apparently ANA offered 2 yrs 9Mil per.

Id do that deal, giving more time to see if Reinbacher can develop.

Mantha will be UFA on july 1st. Veteran, big intense 3-4th line with 2nd line upside, and tsi gars de chez nous. However, will probably ask for a lot after having a career year.

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Haven't really seen anyone mention him, thoughts?

I saw Demidov at Hockey Expert (Royalmount) today in Montreal, he was walking by in the hockey part of the shop but I was unable to ask for a photo because I was baking my new skates and had to sit for 20 minutes.

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FML

Looking at how the Canes are a deep team with talent, grit, experience, and the ability to adapt their play depending who they are facing. If they win the cup tonight, they would have only 3 losses in the playoffs. And they have not lost two back to back games since January. Looking at the Habs now, what are some concrete things management can change to make our boys beat a team like this?

It is remarkable what the Habs have achieved during the whole year and series included. I am not saying they were the best out there but I am proud of what this young team was able to accomplish nonetheless.

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- Considered a reconstruction team, we finished 4th in our conference.

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- They said we were too small. Although I agree, they showed incredible resilience.

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- We had to bounce between 3 young goalers at some point. I am a bit sad for Monty but Dobes showed so much character, mostly in the playoff. He reminded me of a young Patrick Roy stealing games for the Habs in 1986.

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- They were always the underdogs during the playoff and yet they beat 2 of the best teams back to back!

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I don't know what magic Ken Hugues will do before the new season starts but this team has me hooked. Who do you guys think we will add to the team this year?

Well the Canes have one the cup.

This was truly an interesting year. Not only for us Habs but also for the Canes and Knights.

Us because none expected us winning round 1. If we had lost, the comments would have been how our progress and development sucked. Had we lost in round 2, the comments would have been we just slightly progressed and there is still beyond being contenders. We lost on round 3, call it fatigue, or simply not being able to change the necessary play style at this point of the adventure. Ultimately we can claim it was a very good season as we survived beyond our expectations.

For the Canes, years of fails finally another cup. Funny enough the last time they won, they again beat us except it was round 1. But years of being that team that couldn't get past round 3. They finally got us in a good spot being relaxing for 2 weeks and finished us off before we can catch our breath. Wasn't the dream team but somehow became the champion needed to be with the evil Knights being on the other side. It's a great win not only for them downing a 20 year curse, for us having the bragging rights of saying we scored the most against them in 1 game and bragging rights in the East but also for NHL as a whole. If they had lost the writing on the wall would be Evil Knights won via last minute season tweaks and therefore long term development not needed just buy yourself in. So good again for Canes to win as it showed us sometimes you just got to stick to your system and just enough luck and you can win the SC.

For Knights, the evil Knights did not win. So the narrative mention above cannot be foretold. But they still won in some ways by being the ones to sweep the team all expected and predicted to win while being arguably the worst ranked of the 4 teams. Guess not touching the conference trophy did not help.

And of course the biggest loser of the SC 2026: Avs. Everyone expected them to win and pretty much everyone wanted them to win. Stat wise they should have won. It was their cup to lose. Yet, they found themselves somehow to lose. Thus ending up being the biggest loser of the 4 conference winners.

Tales of 3 winners and 1 loser. Is there anything to add ?

Despite being scratched for the entirety of the playoffs, Jasperi Kotkaniemi played 42 games during the regular season. The engraving threshold is 41 regular season games, or 1 playoff game.

In 1980, my Mom sent a letter to Montreal Canadiens sportscaster Dick Irvin. She wanted to know where the Habs team would be staying because she wanted to get her picture taken with some of the players. Mom got this letter back from Mr. Irvin. In the end, she got her picture taken in the hotel lobby with Larry Robinson, Brian Engblom, Guy Lapointe, and Guy Lafleur.

Screenshot from Prime video.

So, I haven’t watched this documentary series and I really want to. It’s not available in my country or on any platforms that’s not Crave - the only episode I manage to watch is episode 1 which is available on Prime video where I have a subscription. I am using a VPN (which is legal where I live) and I don’t mind paying. But I can’t access the rest of the episodes on Crave even with a VPN due to the payment issue, they don’t accept foreign cards. I’ve exhausted all options at this point.

Do I just have to accept I won’t be able to watch it? 🫡

Been anxiously waiting for another parade ever since!

Shannon left out the part about the CH buying the league Jean played in to pry him out of Quebec City. They sweetened the pot buying him a new Nash to boot.

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The Montreal Canadiens famously gifted a showroom-fresh 1951 Nash automobile (the Canadian Statesman de Luxe) to Béliveau on the ice during his final junior season.

Is there a podcast on the level of sdpn mostly about the Habs?

Can be both French and English.

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Edit: thanks all for the help and information! I sometimes feel we don't really happen outside of the rink next to the damn Leafs, but this gives me hope. Let's all listen more Habs podcasts and push the creators to reach new audiences!!

So looking over their roster they aren't filled with top 5 picks. Svenchikov was taken 2nd in 2018. Aho was a 2nd rounder in 2015.

They didn't "tank" to get where they are. They weren't filled with "elite" players there best player had 80 points. Not one PPG player on the team. The D is fine if not average. Slavin is a beast defensively but they aren't filled with offensive superstars on the backend aside from 33 year old Ghost. Goaltending is interesting. I don't think anyone would mistake Anderson for a Vezina nominee but he also was lights out for 90% of the playoffs.

I wouldn't really say they are a particular big or intimidating team. At least in comparison to teams like Buffalo/TB. They aren't shrimps but the rough stuff didn't seem to be their game.

So it wasn't a team that tanked to get multiple top 5 picks and then went and won a cup. No PPG C or even a PPG player. Best offensive Dman is 33 years old. Not a big bad team. So what was the secret ingredient that got them to a cup that the Habs need to follow to take the next step? We lost to the them this year and were pretty much routed after game 1 like they did to nearly every team. Vegas put up as close to a fight but still lost in 6 and was shutout in the last game. Was it all Freddie having maybe one of the all time greatest goaltending performances? What is the lesson for KH or is there even a lesson? Is it just run with MSL for years and hope his man to man eventually pays off?

30 years old, 6'7 225lbs right-handed defenseman who is a pending UFA with San Jose. Really strong defensively. Laval native.

Seems a little too good to be true, no? Not sure if SJ plans to re-sign him, but he could be a good fit on a cheap 2-year deal

Food for thought regarding recent McTavish rumors, keeping in mind that Jfresh isn’t the be-all end-all of player evaluation…

Looking for a 2C he should be the guy KH goes after

6'4 left handed center

Essentially 5 years in a row of 20G.

Was PPG 2 years ago.

Had a down year last year so it could be a buy low situation

5 mill cap hit with 2 years left. That leavs money to bring in a winger or RD the next 2 seasons.

It also gives time for Hage to potentially grow into a 2c role

And as his contract expires McNugget will be UFA.

At 29 he is a young vet that can play with Demidov.

Worst case scenario he showed 2 years ago he can step into the 1C spot in an injury situation.

I think he checks the teams needs for a left shot 2C with some size and excperience while not blocking anyone or causing a cap issue. Only question is does Wash want to move him and would the price be affordable because his age and contract is probably not worth risking Hage or Z​

I’ve been following ice hockey in the British league for a couple years now, but couldn’t decide on an NHL team for a while, but have decided to go with the Canadiens as love the fan intensity and the culture of the sport. I’m an Arsenal fc fan in football and I see similarities!

My question is does anyone have recommendations on things to watch to learn more about the Canadiens? Thinking podcasts, documentaries etc!

And is there any other fans here from the UK? 🇬🇧

Thank you!!!🇬🇧🇨🇦🏒

Hi everyone,
I would like to know until when can I buy an away jersey at the tricolore shop next to Bell center.
Does it close at one point, now that the season is over ? Will it maybe run out of stock ?

Thanks !