2026 Playoff Grades: Goalies and Defencemen
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With Montreal’s Cinderella playoffs in the rear window, we continue with our report cards. Having already covered the forwards, it’s now time to evaluate the goalies and defencemen.
With Montreal’s Cinderella playoffs in the rear window, we continue with our report cards. Having already covered the forwards, it’s now time to evaluate the goalies and defencemen.
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.
Topics in our latest podcast include positives from Montreal’s playoff run, what seems like the end of Brendan Gallagher’s time in Montreal, Ivan Demidov’s next contract, and much more.
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.
Although the Habs did not advance to the fourth series, the Stanley Cup Final is an exciting time for hockey fans. The HabsWorld writers are back to provide their predictions on the upcoming series between Carolina and Vegas.
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.