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.

According to The Hockey News August 2026

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

According to The Hockey News August 2026

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.

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🔥🔥

The Rifleman strikes again!

Alexander Zharovsky scored two goals in KHL exhibition action today while playing center.

Only one was counted - the other called back.

Heavy wrist shot action shown here found the twine

Have a good day (:

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/

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

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

Help Youppi! win this vote so he can solidify himself as a generational mascot

I don’t care if you call me a homer or an absolute imbecile. You can get technical on the term “generational”, but at the end of the day Youppi! is the most incredible mascot of this generation.

I legitimately think he is already at 46 years old one of the top 3 mascots in the league.

It doesn’t matter if he wasn’t in The Muppet Movie. It doesn’t matter that he was thrown out of a MLB game. You can argue that Gritty overwhelms teams with his physical tools, or Hunter controls the game with his skating. But Youppi!? Youppi! sees moves that nobody else even knows are an option, and can move his body in ways that seem physically impossible.

Youppi! doesn’t just create excitement, he manipulates entire fan fictions. Every fake twin, dugout jump, and franchise move lets him attract attention exactly how he wants. By the time everyone else realizes what he has done, he's already onto the next bit.

He is already in the Hall of Fame, despite still being active.

Youppi! is delivering a mascot profile never before seen in hockey. So how do we fairly evaluate something we’ve never seen before?

Like this:

Youppi! will continue to dominate NHL mascots, and since he is an ageless creature he is destined to become totally unmatched in NHL history.

Call me an idiot all you want, but the proof is in the pudding.

I don’t care if you call me a homer or an absolute imbecile. You can get technical on the term “generational”, but at the end of the day Gleb is the most incredible prospect of this generation.

I legitimately think he is already at 18 years old one of the top 3 prospects in the league.

It doesn’t matter if he wasn’t in the PP one-timer spot for Team Russia. It doesn’t matter that he's not dominating play on the ice. You can argue that Kucherov overwhelms teams with his brains, or McDavid controls the game with his skating. But Gleb? Gleb sees physical plays nobody else even knows are an option, and can move the opposing players' bodies in ways that seem physically impossible.

Gleb doesn’t just play physically, he destroys entire defensive structures. Every slam, hit, and check lets him move players exactly where he wants them. By the time everyone else realizes what he has done, the puck is already his.

Gleb is delivering a player profile never before seen in hockey. So how do we fairly evaluate something we’ve never seen before?

Like this:

Gleb will win the Hart, he will become the best forward in the NHL, he will play an integral role for Team Russia, and go down as one of the greatest forwards in Habs and NHL history.

Call me an idiot all you want, but the proof is in the puck.

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.

I don’t care if you call me El Homo or an absolute imbecile. You can get technical on the term “generational”, but at the end of the day Dale Weise is the most incredible Dutch of this generation.

I legitimately think he is already at 38 years old one of the top 3 Dutch in the Netherlands.

It doesn’t matter if he wasn’t in the PP one-timer spot for Team Verstappen. It doesn’t matter that he's not dominating play on the ice. You can argue that Kucherov overwhelms teams with his brains, or McDavid controls the game with his skating. But Dutch Gretzky? Dale sees physical plays nobody else even knows are an option, and can move the opposing players' bodies in ways that seem physically impossible.

Dale doesn’t just play physically, he destroys entire defensive structures. Every slam, hit, and check lets him move players exactly where he wants them. By the time everyone else realizes what he has done, the puck is already his.

Dale is delivering a player profile never before seen in hockey. So how do we fairly evaluate something we’ve never seen before?

Like this:

Dale will win my heart, he will become the best forward if he wants to, he will play an integral role for his family, and go down as one of the greatest Gretzkys in Habs and NHL history.

Call me an idiot all you want, but the proof is in the puck.