With the season now over, it’s a good time to take a look back at the past month and see who our readers selected as Montreal’s top players in March.

Martin St. Louis won’t have to worry about being in the final year of his contract next season after all.  The team announced on Wednesday that they’ve exercised a two-year extension option on his contract, keeping him behind the bench through the 2026-27 season.

The Habs closed out their regular season on Tuesday night in a rematch with Detroit. For the second straight night, Detroit scored late to push the game to overtime. It took a shootout this time around but the Red Wings were victorious, winning 5-4.

The Habs kicked off their final stretch of the 2023-24 season on Monday with a trip to Detroit. They had a two-goal lead in the third but couldn’t hold it, eventually falling 5-4 in overtime.

The Habs got through the second-last week of the season with one of their better weeks in the standings, picking up four of a possible six points. Along the way, they had their biggest offensive outburst of the season and signed one of their top prospects.

The Habs had four separate one-goal leads on Saturday night in Ottawa but the Senators were able to come back each time, setting the stage for Drake Batherson to score the only goal of the shootout to pick up the 5-4 victory.

After an offensive breakout on Tuesday, the Habs weren’t able to muster up much in the way of quality chances against the Islanders on Thursday. While they were able to get it to overtime, New York picked up the early overtime winner, giving them the much-needed extra point in a 3-2 win.

Topics in this edition of our podcast include Nick Suzuki’s career year, Cayden Primeau’s strong play following the Jake Allen trade, talk about several key prospects in Laval, and much more.

The Habs kicked off the penultimate week of their season on Tuesday as they hosted Philadelphia. The Flyers have struggled as of late and that continued in this one as the Habs won 9-3 in dominant fashion.