Monday was the deadline for teams to submit qualifying offers to retain the rights to their restricted free agents. The Habs opted to submit offers to six of those players while relinquishing the rights to two others.
In this, the most dramatic of Habs summers in recent memory, one thing is for certain: the team will be starting the 2021-22 NHL season without Shea Weber, its longtime captain and a rock, err, man mountain, on the first pair of its defence corps.
The Habs were busy as expected on the second day of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. They entered the day with ten selections, made eight, and made a total of four trades which helped them pick up three more selections for the 2022 draft.
The Habs made a rather shocking selection with their first-round pick on Friday night, picking London Knights defenceman Logan Mailloux 31st overall.
Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin held a press conference with the media on Thursday in advance of what projects to be a very busy next few days around the league. Here are some of the key points from that session.
The official roster reveal for the Kraken has been made and the Habs have lost defenceman Cale Fleury to Seattle.
The Habs have added to their coaching staff, announcing on Wednesday that Trevor Letowski has been named an assistant coach. Montreal finished up this last past season with a vacancy on their bench so Letowski will likely fill that void now.
The Habs are about to lose a player to Seattle in Wednesday’s expansion draft. Which one will it be? Our writers make their predictions.
There was plenty to discuss in the latest edition of our podcast including Montreal’s run to the Stanley Cup Final, Carey Price being left unprotected in expansion, coaching staff decisions, and much more.
The NHL released all 30 protection lists in advance of Wednesday’s Seattle expansion draft. Here is a look at who the Habs protected and who will be available to the Kraken.