Canadiens Connection: The Habs’ Big Questions for 2025-26
So far, Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes has been unable to land the ideal player for the right price.
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Canadiens Connection: What the Habs Are Signaling Before Camp
With camp just a few weeks away and more players joining the on-ice sessions at Brossard every day, what have we learned about the Canadiens roster makeup as hockey’s offseason winds down?
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Canadiens Connection: Strong Signs From Habs Youngest Talent
As the Montreal Canadiens continue to progress through the rebuild and improve as a hockey team, picking in the top-5
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Habs: Goaltending, Growth, and a Whole Lot of Questions
There a lot of x-factors involved in whether the Habs continue to progress in 2025-26. This week’s Canadiens Connection tackles a host of topics.
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Canadiens Connection: What the Habs’ Front Office Is Signaling
It’s just 80 days until the start of the Montreal Canadiens regular season. Meanwhile, Kent Hughes believes the team is ready to roll for training camp.
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Off the Post: NHL Insider Chris Johnston Talks Canadiens
In addition to the Canadiens Connection, Hockey Hot Stove features several other popular podcasts. In the most recent episode of
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Canadiens Connection: A Missing Piece in the Lineup
The Canadiens have had a good off-season to date. However, the club still has a glaring need for a bonafide second-line center to boost the top six forward group.
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Canadiens Connection: Insider Breaks Down Habs Development Camp
Thirty-one prospects participated in Montreal’s 2025 Development camp including eight of the nine players the Canadiens selected in the Draft this year.
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Canadiens Connection: NHL Draft Recap, Dobson Deal
For the Canadiens, the debate was whether the team would use picks 16 and 17 consecutively or leverage one for trade.
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Canadiens Connection: Cosentino & Cohen on Habs Targets
With the 2025 NHL Draft at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater just days away, Montreal Canadiens fans continue to debate whether Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes will trade the Habs first-round selections to move up, or use the 16th and 17th picks to bolster the team’s prospect pool.