The offseason has arrived for three-quarters of the NHL for teams that either missed the playoffs or were eliminated in the first round. Accordingly, it’s now time to examine what they will need to accomplish over the coming months. Next up is a look at Montreal.
If the Montreal Canadiens are indeed aiming to be in the playoff mix for next season, they have quite the summer ahead of them. It may have been another 28th-place finish for the Canadiens this season, but the progress was notable; giving general manager Kent Hughes the necessary data he needs to make some big changes.
The summer of 2024 will already be the third in which Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton will be at the helm of the team. And in reality, we can expect it to be much like the first two: the club is likely to focus on the draft and be rather quiet on the free-agent market.
If the Canadiens don’t have a great team on the ice, they do have a great team to follow in the off-season. After all, you’d think the Habs would be looking for a forward.
The Habs have too many defensemen in their player bank. Eventually, at least one of them will have to be traded, as you know. We suspect that the plan has always been to recreate the Alexander Romanov for Kirby Dach trade (it was done in two trades… but we understand each other), but for the past two years, it hasn’t happened.
In 2023-2024, the Habs didn’t move up in the standings, but many of their players did. Of the lot? The first line, made up of Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield and Josh Anderson Juraj Slafkovsky.
When asked why the Montreal Canadiens will be a better team next season, General Manager Kent Hughes said it was simple, Kirby Dach will be back. The 23-year-old has been sidelined all season with yet another injury.
Right now, everyone’s talking about how important Nick Suzuki is to the Habs. And it’s true. I’m the first to say that, until proven otherwise, he’s the Habs’ most important forward going forward.
If you were to look only at the results, it would be easy to call this season a disaster for the Montreal Canadiens. But the 2023-24 campaign has just been another part of the process that head coach Martin St.
In this edition of the Montreal Canadiens News & Rumors, the Canadiens see progress in Kirby Dach’s recovery. Fans get to witness the exponential progress of Juraj Slafkovsky.
The Kirby Dach injury will have repercussions throughout the Montreal Canadiens organization. He’s the glue that keeps the middle of the roster together.
Montreal Canadiens forward Kirby Dach will require surgery on his right knee and miss the rest of the regular season, the team said Tuesday. Dach, 22, suffered a torn ACL and MCL during the first period of the Canadiens' 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Montreal's home opener on Saturday.
In a heartbreaking blow for the Montreal Canadiens, forward Kirby Dach is set to miss the remainder of the season due to ACL and MCL tears in his right knee, both requiring surgery.
The Montreal Canadiens have announced that center Kirby Dach will be out for the season due to ACL and MCL tears in his right leg. Dach, 22, suffered the injury midway through the first period of Saturday’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks, Dach’s former team.
No one really wants to hear about Montreal Canadiens forward Kirby Dach getting injured and understandably so. After the Habs set man-games lost records the last few seasons, news coming mere games into 2023-24 that Dach is out with a significant injury certainly is unwelcome to say the absolute least.
Montreal Canadiens forward Kirby Dach likely will miss significant time with an injury sustained during Saturday's 3-2 home win against Chicago, according to the team.
In a devastating blow to the Montreal Canadiens, forward Kirby Dach has sustained a significant injury following a fierce hit by Jarred Tinordi during a recent game.
The Montreal Canadiens have announced that forward Kirby Dach will miss a significant amount of time. Dach was injured in the game against his former team, the Chicago Blackhawks, on Saturday night.
Montreal Canadiens forward Kirby Dach is expected to miss “significant” time with a lower-body injury.
Kirby Dach was the recipient of a big hit from Blackhawks defenseman Jarred Tinordi, one that sent Dach into the Blackhawks bench.
Dach went to the Canadiens’ dressing room in the first period after Blackhawks’ defenseman Jarred Tinordi bodychecked him into the Chicago bench.
Montreal Canadiens forward Kirby Dach enjoyed quite a resurgence last season following his abrupt departure from the Chicago Blackhawks. And now that he’s enjoyed a small taste of success, he’s hungry for more.
While Dach did receive boos from the crowd in his first game back in Chicago since the trade, the gesture was likely also directed toward the team’s front office for opting to trade him rather than keeping him around for their rebuild.
The Habs locked in Dach to a relatively long-term deal in the hopes that he can unlock some of the potential that put him at the top of the draft in 2019.
Will a trade to Montreal unlock the talent that made Dach the third overall pick in 2019?
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