Montreal defender Erin Ambrose, who led all players in scoring last month, has been named one of the The Professional Women's Hockey League's top stars of April. Ambrose had a goal and six assists in four games as Montreal locked up second place in the league standings and home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Montreal teammate Laura was second with 10 points in April (three goals, seven assists) and was one of three forwards honoured. Sarah Nurse of league-leading Toronto (league-best five goals in three games) and Ottawa captain Brianne Jenner (four goals and four games) we ..read more

Chris Wideman was a forgotten man with the Canadiens this season. Before the start of training camp last September, the Canadiens announced that the veteran defenceman would be out indefinitely with a back injury. Wideman, who turned 34 in January, wasn't heard from again — apart from a couple of brief chats in the media lounge during intermissions of games at the Bell Centre ..read more

Already possessing one of the deepest prospect pools in the league, the Montreal Canadiens have the chance to add a familiar name to their roster at the upcoming NHL draft. Cole Hutson, brother of Canadiens defenceman Lane Hutson, is projected to be a second-round selection at the 2024 Draft. Hutson is leading all defencemen in scoring at the U18s with eight points (two goals, six assists) in four games. Before that, the offensive-minded player netted three goals and 12 points over 19 games with the US National Development Team in 2023-24 ..read more

The season didn't go the way we thought it would for Cole Caufield. Seven of those eight goals came at even strength, which tied him with Lucas Raymond for the most in the final weeks of the regular season. Caufield found his greatest offensive success of the season by shooting from close range, but also finding the target from distance on occasion, which he had difficulty with all year long. While we're on the topic of encouraging end-of-season performances, Brendan Gallagher completed his campaign with 10 points in the final nine games, five of them goals ..read more

Artturi Lehkonen showed promising signs of becoming a bonafide top-six scoring winger after an 18-goal rookie season with the Montreal Canadiens in 2016-17. This was following him becoming the highest-scoring Finnish-born player in his age-20 Swedish Hockey League (SHL) season, and he was quickly rising the ranks of the influx of young Canadiens players. Unfortunately, his progression stalled and he never topped 13 goals in a single season wearing a Canadiens uniform. While he remained a vital presence in the team's middle-six, and famously scored the overtime goal in the 2021 playoffs to sen ..read more

Back in February, the Canadiens traded forward Sean Monahan to the Winnipeg Jets. In return, Montreal received a first-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft and a conditional third-round selection in the 2027 NHL Draft. Unfortunately for the Canadiens, the conditions have not been met for the later pick, allowing Winnipeg to retain it. As pointed out by CapFriendly after the Jets were knocked out of the playoffs by the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night, the Habs would have only been able to keep the pick if Winnipeg were to win the Stanley Cup this year ..read more

As playoff eliminations pile up and free agency draws closer, it's easy for teams and their fans to get their heads stuck in clouds, playing “what if?” However, Montreal Canadiens fans really don't need to run their imaginations too wild at the notion of the Habs signing Tampa Bay Lightning star Steven Stamkos. Granted, lightning only needs to strike once. Stamkos is of course still a star player, having scored 40 goals and 81 points this past season and 575 points over his expiring eight-year contract (513 games ..read more

It's easy to forget that Kaiden Guhle is only 22 years old. The Canadiens defenceman displays a maturity way beyond his years, both on and off the ice. This season — only his second in the NHL — Guhle found himself playing on the top defence pairing with Mike Matheson, averaging 20:51 of ice time per game. Guhle, a left-hand shot like Matheson, was also playing on the right side against the opposition's No. 1 line each game ..read more

Chantal Machabée, the Canadiens' vice-president of hockey communications, is being honoured by the National Assembly in Quebec City. During a ceremony Tuesday evening, Machabée will receive the National Assembly's Medal of Honour, which recognizes Quebecers for their career, achievements or commitments. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below ..read more

The Montreal Canadiens are in the midst of another long offseason after failing to advance to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the third consecutive season. The Habs came within three victories of capturing a 25th championship in 2021, but it's been all downhill since. Montreal has finished dead last in the Atlantic Division for each of the last three campaigns, compiling a middling 30-36-16 record in 2023-24 as the futility continues. The list includes Buffalo Sabres forwards Jack Quinn and Peyton Krebs, New Jersey Devils' Alexander Holtz, Los Angeles Kings' Arthur Kaliyev and New York Rangers ..read more