Paul Byron’s extension over the weekend caught many by surprise. Instead of being potential trade bait, he’s now a part of Montreal’s long-term core. Our writers weigh in on the four-year, $13.6M contract.

Brendan Gallagher was one of the few bright spots offensively for the Habs last season. With some of their top scoring threats now gone, how will he fare with more pressure on his shoulders?

Despite the 5-3 losing outcome to Toronto on Wednesday night, there were many positive signs for the Habs who now just have one game before having to finalize their roster.

Some cuts were expected on Tuesday and the Habs have indeed made some, removing four players from their training camp roster and placing five on waivers, all of whom cleared on Wednesday.

As the Habs had their way with a very young Leafs squad, the 5-1 win allowed for players such as Kotkaniemi, Ouellet, and Chaput to show again that they belong with the big boys in Montreal.

Paul Byron was looking like a potential trade candidate at some point during the season but that won’t be the case now as the Habs have inked him to a four-year extension worth $13.6 million.

With a top line of Tatar-Danault-Gallagher that is firing on all cylinders, the Habs youthful roster never gave up and finally grabbed the lead in the opening minute of the third to take away their third victory in four preseason games by beating Ottawa 3-2.

The Habs will be without Max Domi for the rest of the preseason after he was suspended by the Department of Player Safety for the incident against the Panthers on Wednesday night.

Despite playing a half roster against an almost complete Panthers team on Wednesday night, the Habs showed some great moments in what wound up as a 5-2 loss.

Tomas Tatar had been a fairly consistent secondary scorer in Detroit but struggled after being dealt at the trade deadline to Vegas. Which version of the Slovak winger will the Habs get?