During Montreal’s run to the Eastern Conference Final, a lack of size and grit started to become more noticeable as the series went on. As a result, they could be looking to address that at the draft next week. If so, winger Casey Mutryn could be one to watch for at 28th overall.
The Habs had themselves a playoff run that few were expecting, making it to the Eastern Conference Final. Now, let’s look back and evaluate their performance with some report cards, starting with the forwards.
With individual awards now done with, the NHL revealed its end-of-season teams on Friday. A pair of Habs made the All-Rookie team while another landed on the Second All-Star Team.
There will be a change behind the bench in Laval next season. On Thursday, the Seattle Kraken announced that Pascal Vincent, previously the head coach of the Rocket, has joined the Kraken as an assistant coach.
Earlier this month, a pair of Habs received some end-of-season honours with Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield taking home trophies. Now, one of their prospects has received an end-of-season award with Adam Engstrom being named to the AHL 2025-26 Top Prospects Team.
It’s not too often that the Habs have enough prospects playing in May to do this piece. But there were just enough who played deep into the playoffs or internationally to allow us to cover the best of the rest who were still playing.
Nick Suzuki wasn’t the only award winner from the Habs on Friday. The NHL announced that Cole Caufield has won the 2026 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy.
All season long, there was plenty of speculation about Nick Suzuki being a Selke Trophy contender. That proved to be quite accurate as on Friday, the NHL announced that he is this year’s winner of the award in a landslide vote.
The Habs had a solid playoff run overall, adding 19 games to their 2025-26, hardly an insignificant amount. What was learned through those three rounds? Our writers provide their playoff takeaways.
After a long playoff run came to an end last week, Monday was a day for exit interviews for both Montreal’s management team and most of the players. Here are some of the key takeaways from the day.