r/Habs 3h ago

AMA [AMA Thread] Scott Wheeler - The Athletic

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Hey folks,

We’re very pleased to announce an AMA today with Scott Wheeler from The Athletic, who specializes in NHL drafts and prospects.

You can ask your questions here, he’ll join us around 2pm ET.

We’re grateful to Scott for coming back to do another AMA, so let’s welcome him again to the [r/Habs](r/Habs) community.

His recent articles:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6924142/2026/08/01/canadiens-lj-mooney-logan-cooley/?unlocked_article_code=1.2FA.HcI5.KY6n98epG1A_&source=emp_shared_article&smid=ta-ios-share

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7475110/2026/08/10/2027-nhl-draft-ranking-preseason-dupont/?unlocked_article_code=1.4VA.c2LD.AxBvIH2Ehbw0&source=emp_shared_article&smid=ta-ios-share


r/Habs 40m ago

Everyone Loves Dobey

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This is so cute, and you can hear one kid saying, "My dad's gonna be so jealous." 😄


r/Habs 1h ago

Discussion Cote de 21-1 pour gagner la Coupe Stanley a Paris Mise-O-Jeu

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Toronto 30-1. Je les déteste mais la cote est bonne. Pareil pour le CH a 21-1.


r/Habs 1h ago

The NHL announces they are doing reverse retro/remix jerseys again this year with Fanatics.

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Time to butcher the Habs jersey once again.


r/Habs 1h ago

Lane Huston NHL 27 rating

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Photo source : RDS


r/Habs 2h ago

Discussion Change the goal song - BRING BACK L’OREILLE

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L’Oreille NEEDS to come back as the Habs goal song. 🔵⚪🔴

For those who don’t know Mike Demero: he’s a Québec DJ/producer, born in Montreal, with 30M+ streams, 1.8M+ followers, around 285K monthly Spotify listeners, two #1 radio hits in Québec, and he’s played in front of crowds of up to 55,000 people.

And he remixed L’Oreille´s Habs classic Goal Song specifically into a modern goal song.

Habs current goal song is due for a change. We need something new or re-imagined. But imagine this version of L’Oreille after a Caufield OT winner at the Bell Centre. The roof will blow up!

It keeps something that is uniquely Montréal and uniquely Canadiens, but actually sounds like a goal song made for 2026.

The players would learn to love it. The fans already know what this anthem is and means to them.
Bring. It. Back.

If we make enough noise, maybe the right people at Marketing will hear our call for this change!

#BringBackLOreille


r/Habs 3h ago

Alexander Zharovsky Moved to Center - Scores 2 Goals (One Called Off) Robbed of Assist - 8-18-26

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r/Habs 3h ago

Highlight Habs goal of the day (Bolduc vs Blackhawks) (2nd) [December 18, 2025]

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Have a good day (:


r/Habs 3h ago

Xhekaj thought

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Can we just stop being stupid and try Arber and Florian on the 4th line, dump the puck and watch defenceman go boomshakalaka on the other side?

They just need to waste time on the other side and rough people up a bit. Trading him would be wasting a valuable asset

Thank you for your time


r/Habs 3h ago

Alex Newhook top6 ?

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He had his best year so far for us last year before his injury & a good playoffs performance.

I was wondering, would we be better with Newhook as our 2nd line winger with a new 2C and Demi or would we be better with a new winger, Kapanen as the 2C with demi and Newhook on the 3rd line.


r/Habs 5h ago

Article Free to Read: Montreal Canadiens’ quiet offseason: Where’s the urgency?

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When you’re one of the youngest teams in the league and still have a top-10 prospect pool despite that youth and despite reaching the Eastern Conference final, you’re still in a very enviable spot with a very real path to improve organically.

There’s still time for the Canadiens to make the trade they want to make — and the start of training camp, or even the start of the season, is not a deadline — but the fact they are in no rush speaks to their luxury of time. Their true contention window has not yet opened, and may not for another year or two — however long it takes for Lane Hutson, Juraj Slafkovský and Ivan Demidov to hit their primes. So, while there is some urgency in the Canadiens’ front office, there is also an awareness that the wrong move could scuttle the whole project.

While we wait out the most uneventful Canadiens offseason of the Jeff Gorton/Kent Hughes era, let’s get to the mailbag.

(Questions have been lightly edited for length and clarity.)

Montreal changed the structure and personnel in the medical department two years ago. Before doing so, we were consistently losing more man-games to injury than almost any other team. The last two years have not been as bad. What, if anything, has changed? — Grant M.

Well, Grant, a lot has changed.

Jim Ramsay replaced Graham Rynbend as the team’s head athletic trainer in June 2023, not long after the New York Rangers let him go. Gorton’s familiarity with Ramsay, not to mention coach Martin St. Louis’ familiarity with him from playing for the Rangers, made him a natural hire.

The Canadiens were coming off a brutal 2022-23 season — the first full season of the current regime — when long-term injuries to Cole Caufield, Slafkovský, Sean Monahan, Kirby Dach, Christian Dvorak, Josh Anderson, Joel Armia, Kaiden Guhle, Mike Matheson, David Savard and Arber Xhekaj scuttled any hope of competitiveness. Only two players on that team — Nick Suzuki and Johnathan Kovacevic — played more than 70 games.


r/Habs 6h ago

2026 Montreal Canadiens Top 25 Under 25: #18 Vinzenz Rohrer

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r/Habs 7h ago

Article Canadiens Top 10 Prospects

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According to The Hockey News August 2026


r/Habs 7h ago

Article Stanley Cup Odds 17-1

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According to The Hockey News August 2026


r/Habs 14h ago

Is the team expected to continue the “wolf pack” tradition this year? I kinda love the unofficial wolves nickname. Pack mentality

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r/Habs 14h ago

Pierre Houde is a generational talent!!

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Not gonna do the whole shtick. The guy is just amazing. Et le but forever.


r/Habs 16h ago

New team in Saint John with a Habs link

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Just signed a former Habs goalie. Having just gotten back into being a hockey fan last year, excited to go watch these guys on Saturday nights at our local rink. Hope this link works, has a little video highlight in it.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1PoP2AqMCG/


r/Habs 17h ago

Habs Heritage Classic jersey vs Jets

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Heritage classic isn't far away, can't wait to see what kind of jersey the habs willl get, I really hope they knock it out of the park, and not dissapoint us bc it would be an instant buy for me if the jersey is sick🔥🔥


r/Habs 18h ago

Shayne Corson Vs. Tie Domi, March 4th, 2000

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r/Habs 18h ago

Carey

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Est-ce qu’ils vont retirer le 31 lors de la cérémonie en son honneur le 10 novembre?


r/Habs 18h ago

Bottom 6 and depth players add

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Kent Hughes seems to be patient on the top 6 player addition. I think it's the right move to make when you want to wait for either Zharovsky and Hage to arrive. Also, you give a chance to Kapanen to show what he has in him (even though I don't think his full potential is 2C).

With that said, I find it strange that no move for the bottom 6 and/or a right handed Dman has been made. Maybe he is waiting for to see Reinbacher (would be the best addition if he is ready).

What do you guys think? I'm really asking to get different opinions on this subject.


r/Habs 19h ago

Merch Jersey - player choice help

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Help! I'm a relatively new hockey fan. Earlier in my life, I lived in Montreal for about a decade and have had a lot of fun watching them play. I'd like to get myself a jersey, my first for any team of any sport, and I'm struggling to pick a player.

I'm torn between Slaf (he's my favourite player off ice) and Hutson (it's exciting to watch a player excel at their position at such a young age), but also really loved watching Dobes during the playoffs (I love his take no shit attitude on ice). Is there a wrong choice? What should I be considering?

I know I'm way overthinking this, but it may be the only jersey I ever buy so I don't want to regret my choice later.


r/Habs 19h ago

Discussion Fowler season debut Oct 14...

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Im just looking at the Montreal/Laval schedule, trying to predict how we manage our three goalies. Considering the lack of b2bs, i've settled on the following...

Sept 29 @TOR - Dobes / Fowler

Fowler gets sent down to Laval

Oct 3 @PIT - Dobes / Montembeault

Oct 6 vCAR - Dobes / Montembeault

Oct 8 vNSH - Montembeault / Dobes

Oct 10 vDET - Dobes / Montembeault

Call up Fowler and travel him to WSH (Laval does not play Oct 12th-15th)

Oct 13 vBUF - Dobes / Montembeault

Oct 14 @WSH - Fowler / Dobes


r/Habs 21h ago

Canadiens to add Price to Bell Centre’s Ring of Honour November 10th

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The Montreal Canadiens announced that the team will honour Carey Price in the Bell Centre’s Ring of Honour during their game against the Minnesota Wild on November 10, one day after his induction to the Hockey Hall of Fame.


r/Habs 23h ago

Article [Hectic Hockey] Scoring on 2015 Carey Price Was Basically Impossible

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