Category: Takeaways

The Montreal Canadiens’ late-season surge reintroduces the Bell Centre’s magic

By Jared Book | Apr 6th 2025 | 6 min read |

Before this season, it has been a long time since a full Bell Centre hosted games with NHL playoff implications for the home team. In fact, due to COV...

Why the Montreal Canadiens’ quiet deadline speaks volumes

By Jared Book | Mar 8th 2025 | 3 min read |

The Montreal Canadiens did not make a single trade surrounding the NHL Trade Deadline as it passed on Friday afternoon, and for once it isn’t me...

The Montreal Canadiens' fairy tale run might actually be out of a fairy tale

By Jared Book | Jan 22nd 2025 | 4 min read |

Some might call the run that the Montreal Canadiens are on something out of a fairy tale. A team in last place in the conference suddenly starting to ...

'Records are meant to be broken': Lane Hutson's hunt for franchise immortality

By Patrik Bexell | Jan 15th 2025 | 3 min read |

In the 1982-83 season, Mats Näslund set the Montreal Canadiens rookie scoring record with 71 points in 74 games. Only three years after that, Kjell D...

The Montreal Canadiens start 2025 by repaying their GM's faith in them

By Jared Book | Jan 2nd 2025 | 3 min read |

On August 19, Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes traded Jordan Harris to the Columbus Blue Jackets for Patrik Laine and a draft pick. It w...

After steady improvement, the Montreal Canadiens have a win to build on

By Jared Book | Nov 19th 2024 | 5 min read |

Make no mistake about it, the Montreal Canadiens were struggling to start the season. In their defensive zone, especially. Call it man-to-man, call it...

The Lane Hutson show has arrived

By Jared Book | Oct 11th 2024 | 5 min read |

On the box score, the Montreal Canadiens first goal on Thursday night against the Boston Bruins will show Brendan Gallagher from Joel Armia and Lane H...

Quick Takeaways from the Prospect Showdown: Hutson stars, Reinbacher, Mešár impress

By Jared Book | Sep 16th 2024 | 6 min read |

Over the weekend, the Montreal Canadiens played two games against the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Bell Centre, and it was a great opportunity to see so...

PWHL: Montreal backed into a corner with their backs against the wall

By Jared Book | May 13th 2024 | 4 min read |

The reality that PWHL Montreal faces in their best-of-five semifinal against Boston is much difference than the reality of the situation. Montreal is ...

The Montreal Canadiens are entering their competition era

By Jared Book | Mar 28th 2024 | 2 min read |

It takes a lot more to make grand declarations than two games. After all, the Montreal Canadiens’ wins against the Seattle Kraken and Colorado A...