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.
Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes had high hopes when he traded for Justin Barron. Seeing what Barron could be rather than what he was, Hughes decided to pull the trigger and sacrificed Artturi Lehkonen to get the right-shot defenseman.
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.
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.
Logan Mailloux showed some good stuff in the Canadiens’ 82nd and final game of the season. He was pretty good at everything, without excelling at anything.
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.
Another disappointing season has led to one of the NHL’s most storied franchises missing the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Thanks to a series of bad results, the Montreal Canadiens were officially eliminated from postseason contention last week, marking the third straight season the Habs failed to qualify for the playoffs.
The Montreal Canadiens will be in action tonight, as the Toronto Maple Leafs take to the Bell Centre. And in anticipation of tonight’s game, the Habs have issued an emergency recall of defenseman Justin Barron from the Laval Rocket.
This week, there were two big news items for the Habs. The first, of course, is Martin St-Louis. His absence has caused quite a stir. We don’t know when the coach will be back, and we don’t know how his guy is doing either, but we do know that life goes on with the Habs.
The Canadiens have placed forward Mitchell Stephens on waivers and loaned defenseman Justin Barron to the AHL’s Laval Rockets.
The Montreal Canadiens have made a pair of roster moves leading up to their Jan. 23 contest against the Ottawa Senators. Defenseman Justin Barron has been loaned to the American Hockey League (AHL) to join the Laval Rocket, while forward Mitchell Stephens has been placed on waivers.
The Montreal Canadiens (18-18-7) are headed to New Jersey to face the Devils (22-16-3) at the Prudential Center. The puck drop is scheduled for 7 pm ET.
Thankfully, Montreal Canadiens defenseman Justin Barron is far from facing a mission impossible. It’s just far from mission accomplished at this juncture despite all appearances.
The Montreal Canadiens were in Manitoba on Monday night to face the surging Winnipeg Jets. Jake Allen was given the start for the Canadiens, who were looking to build upon the momentum they created in their 5-3 win against the New York Islanders.
Don’t mistake progression for perfection. There are still holes in Montreal Canadiens defenseman Justin Barron’s game, after all. That has been evident since he first drew into the lineup after Kaiden Guhle got hurt a few games into the season.
The Montreal Canadiens are facing significant, long-term injuries to their top players already this season. Kirby Dach is out for the entire season, and now Kaiden Guhle is out day-to-day, however, his defensive partner Jonathan Kovacevic says he hopes he is back in a couple weeks.
The Montreal Canadiens (1-1-1) will host Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals (1-2-0) at the Bell Centre on Saturday night. The puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m.
These reasons will keep you interested in the Habs in 2023-24.
The Montreal Canadiens are in the midst of a rebuild, and for Kent Hughes and Co., this means prioritizing development over short-term success. It also affords the opportunity to give prospects a chance to play in the best league in the world, should they prove ready.
The current version of the Montreal Canadiens is loaded with up-and-coming young defensemen. Still under the age of 23, Justin Barron, Kaiden Guhle, Jordan
The Montreal Canadiens were able to paper Rafaël Harvey-Pinard and Jesse Ylönen to the AHL, but had the NHL nix their plans for Justin Barron. Although the Canadiens are not very likely to make the playoffs this season, the Laval Rocket are in prime position to make some noise again this year in the AHL Playoffs.
The Canadiens have decided to get a look at one of their main acquisitions from the trade deadline last season.
Both are expected to make a full recovery in time for training camp.
Over the last week, NHL prospects were used in trades in a variety of ways, from nabbing key deadline additions to being sweeteners in taking bad contracts. In some cases, they were filler.
Kevin Weeke’s broke the news that forward Artturi Lehkonen is being traded by the Montreal Canadiens to the Colorado Avalanche. The Canadiens continue to sell, moving money off the roster and the Avs don’t give up a first-round pick, but move Justin Barron and a 2024 2nd-Round Draft Pick in the deal.
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