In the coming weeks, Kent Hughes will be a busy man. Of course, the draft is just around the corner… But we know that the Habs GM will be active on the trade market, because he wants to add natural talent to his lineup for the upcoming campaign.
While the second-round series featuring the Edmonton Oilers and the Vancouver Canucks kept Canadians on the edge of their seats right up to the end of Game 7, Montreal Canadiens fans had another reason to keep close tabs on the matchup.
Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovsky, Kirby Dach and Cole Caufield: the Habs currently have four players who should, if all goes well, play in the club’s top-6 in the long term.
The offseason has arrived for three-quarters of the NHL for teams that either missed the playoffs or were eliminated in the first round. Accordingly, it’s now time to examine what they will need to accomplish over the coming months. Next up is a look at Montreal.
If the Montreal Canadiens are indeed aiming to be in the playoff mix for next season, they have quite the summer ahead of them. It may have been another 28th-place finish for the Canadiens this season, but the progress was notable; giving general manager Kent Hughes the necessary data he needs to make some big changes.
In 2023-2024, the Habs didn’t move up in the standings, but many of their players did. Of the lot? The first line, made up of Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield and Josh Anderson Juraj Slafkovsky.
When asked why the Montreal Canadiens will be a better team next season, General Manager Kent Hughes said it was simple, Kirby Dach will be back. The 23-year-old has been sidelined all season with yet another injury.
If you were to look only at the results, it would be easy to call this season a disaster for the Montreal Canadiens. But the 2023-24 campaign has just been another part of the process that head coach Martin St.
Montreal Canadiens forward Kirby Dach suffered a season-ending injury back in mid-October. He played just two games before tearing his ACL and MCL. The young forward is rehabbing his injuries, but he is still around the team.
The Kirby Dach injury will have repercussions throughout the Montreal Canadiens organization. He’s the glue that keeps the middle of the roster together.
Montreal Canadiens forward Kirby Dach will require surgery on his right knee and miss the rest of the regular season, the team said Tuesday. Dach, 22, suffered a torn ACL and MCL during the first period of the Canadiens' 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Montreal's home opener on Saturday.
In a heartbreaking blow for the Montreal Canadiens, forward Kirby Dach is set to miss the remainder of the season due to ACL and MCL tears in his right knee, both requiring surgery.
The Montreal Canadiens have announced that center Kirby Dach will be out for the season due to ACL and MCL tears in his right leg. Dach, 22, suffered the injury midway through the first period of Saturday’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks, Dach’s former team.
No one really wants to hear about Montreal Canadiens forward Kirby Dach getting injured and understandably so. After the Habs set man-games lost records the last few seasons, news coming mere games into 2023-24 that Dach is out with a significant injury certainly is unwelcome to say the absolute least.
In a devastating blow to the Montreal Canadiens, forward Kirby Dach has sustained a significant injury following a fierce hit by Jarred Tinordi during a recent game.
The Montreal Canadiens have announced that forward Kirby Dach will miss a significant amount of time. Dach was injured in the game against his former team, the Chicago Blackhawks, on Saturday night.
Montreal Canadiens forward Kirby Dach is expected to miss “significant” time with a lower-body injury.
Kirby Dach was the recipient of a big hit from Blackhawks defenseman Jarred Tinordi, one that sent Dach into the Blackhawks bench.
Montreal Canadiens forward Kirby Dach enjoyed quite a resurgence last season following his abrupt departure from the Chicago Blackhawks. And now that he’s enjoyed a small taste of success, he’s hungry for more.
Expectations were relatively low when the Montreal Canadiens acquired Kirby Dach on July 7th. He was coming off a somewhat disappointing 26-point season with the Chicago Blackhawks, and despite having the type of size and talent that justified a third-overall choice in 2019, the team that drafted him decided it was already time to move on.
The Montreal Canadiens announced Thursday that forward Kirby Dach will be out a minimum of one week with an upper-body injury.
While Dach did receive boos from the crowd in his first game back in Chicago since the trade, the gesture was likely also directed toward the team’s front office for opting to trade him rather than keeping him around for their rebuild.
The Habs locked in Dach to a relatively long-term deal in the hopes that he can unlock some of the potential that put him at the top of the draft in 2019.
Dach, 21, was acquired earlier in the offseason by the Canadiens as part of a stunning three-team deal that was announced on the draft floor.
Will a trade to Montreal unlock the talent that made Dach the third overall pick in 2019?
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