The Canadiens made it known that they wanted to sign Cole Caufield to a long-term contract and they were able to do just that on Monday, announcing that they’ve signed the winger to an eight-year contract extension. He was slated to become a restricted free agent next month.
The Canadiens took care of one of their pending restricted free agents on Friday, announcing that they’ve re-signed winger Michael Pezzetta to a two-year contract.
The Habs parted ways with two of their prospects on Thursday as the Canadiens failed to sign goaltender Frederik Dichow and winger Jack Gorniak prior to the 5 PM ET deadline. They now become unrestricted free agents.
The 2023 World Championship has come to an end. The Habs had seven players taking part, playing various roles from being key contributors to fringe roster players. Here is an evaluation of how each one performed.
The Memorial Cup will take place from May 26th through June 4th in Kamloops. This year, the Habs will have two prospects taking part. As always, we’ll keep track of their stats here.
After an underwhelming performance this season, it would be fair to suggest that Mike Hoffman hasn’t panned out as planned in Montreal. Our writers discuss if they think they’ll be able to move him out this summer or if he’ll be at training camp in the fall.
One element of the CBA that often gets overlooked is the limit of 50 active contracts. While right now, the Canadiens are well under that limit for next season, it’s quite possible that they’re going to be very close to it this summer.
The 2023 World Hockey Championship is now underway and will run through May 28th. Despite missing the playoffs, the Habs don’t have many regulars playing in this event although several of their prospects are participating. As is tradition, we’ll keep track of their stats here.
The Habs will have a total of seven players representing them at the 2023 World Championship with the majority of those being prospects. Here’s a rundown of who will be participating with a prediction of the role they’ll have.
Heading into the draft lottery, the Habs were holding down the fifth-overall selection. While there was a winner in the lottery, it wasn’t the Canadiens but they did stay where they were and will pick fifth next month.