The first calendar month of the 2025-’26 season is done. Montreal Canadiens fans are riding high. Their team is near the top of the NHL standings while playing an exciting brand of hockey. On Saturday night, the Canadiens won a thriller over the Ottawa Senators, their fifth overtime win in just 12 games played.
With a 9-3-0 record, Montreal has heeded the call of their head coach. From the beginning of this year’s training camp, Marty St. Louis challenged his squad to play with a sense urgency to avoid the slow start that they experienced one year before.
In addition to a solid start for the team, individual Habs players are ranked near the top of the forwards, defense, rookies and goaltending categories. Expectations were high coming into the season but it can be safely said that the Canadiens are exceeding those expectations as October came to a close.
This Week’s Show
What factors combined to propel the Canadiens to the top tier of the standings in the first month? What can fans expect for November and beyond? These are the points of discussion in the latest episode of the Canadiens Connection podcast.
NEW PODCAST: What October Taught Us About the Habs: 10 Key Takeaways | Canadiens Connection ep 372
On this week’s episode of the podcast, we also discussed these key topics:
- Ivan Demidov has an immediate impact on the Canadiens power play.
- David Reinbacher makes his season debut with the Laval Rocket.
- Alexander Zharovsky is on pace with Ivan Demidov’s KHL numbers.
CC Question of the Week: Which Canadiens player has surprised you the most so far this season — good or bad — and why?
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Canadiens Connection Podcast: 10 Key October Takeaways
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