In this edition of the Montreal Canadiens News & Rumors, General Manager (GM) has cut Hughes his work for him while the rebuilding continues. The youngsters of the Canadiens build up chemistry. A member of the team makes a final statement about the play -offs. Kirby Dach returns to the ice and brings some hope that the schedule can be healthy before the beginning of the 2025-26 season and much more.
Demidov builds chemistry
Ivan Demidov is the focus of the attention of Canadiens fans this season, and for a good reason he is an early favorite below Canadian sports books to win the Calder trophy in 2025-26. He was linked to the best Power-Play unit of the team and could explain why in their top six-zes. What will make the biggest difference is how he integrates into the club, and there are early signs that he has already been fully accepted. It was clear to the prospect of New Jersey Devils – and the friend of Demidov – Arseni Grityuk who shared his thoughts in one Exclusive interview with RG.org. He described the band he builds with the ruling Calder Trophy winner, Lane Hutson. Both young people regularly trained together and also spent the time of the ice.
“They train a lot together and hang around. They are about the same age, so they have a lot in common.”
-Arseni Grityuk
This budding chemistry will be essential for the success of the power game of Montreal, but will therefore be his acceptance in the culture of the dressing room. This summer he attended the weddings of teammates Nick Suzuki and Patrik Laine. All these points on a vegetable that is not only serious to be fully prepared to compete on the ice, but even though the culture of the team is integrated.
Caandiens’ Reinbacher to be shown
Every year NHL Official Trading Card Partner Upper Deck organizes the NHLPA Rookie Showcase, and the 2025 event takes place in Washington, DC, on 3 September and has 32 NHL prospects. This year the Canadiens are not represented by Demidovbut by David Reinbacher.
Reinbacher, a steady two -way defender, played limited games last season due to an injury. In 2024-25 he played 10 regular season matches with the American Hockey League (AHL) Laval Rocket and scored two goals and five points. He also played in 13 AHL -Playoff -games and recorded two goals and six points in those matches. Getting the invitation to the 2025 Rookie showcase should increase its self-confidence prior to the training camp, where he has a struggle to earn a full-time NHL role for the 2025-26 season.
Patrik Laine makes daring prediction
Laine spent the summer in Montreal training for the entire low season, something he could not do in 2024 due to injuries. He is in a contract year if he enters the last season of his four -year contract that pays him $ 8.7 million per season. He is motivated to earn his next contract, but he also seems to be motivated for team success with the Canadiens, so much so that he has made a daring and assertive explanation for the season. When he was asked by the French language RadioStation 98.5 FM Sports About the play -off of Montreal this year hopes, he was immediately and stated: “We will not be in the mix, we will be inside.”
Line further explained why he is so confident; His concise explanation, however, shows the budding trust that the players have in their group. After a surprising Playoff performance last season, Montreal added various skill and depth players, which contributes to the excitement that fans feel when training camps will soon begin.
Dach on the ice
Dach missed half of the matches that the Canadiens have played since he arrived in Montreal. This season out of season, he is Recover from a second knee operation In two years and has now been seen on skating with some of his teammates to prepare at the start of the training camp next month.
In 2024-25, Dach had 10 goals and 12 assists for 22 points and a team-striking min-29 rating last season, and Montreal needs him to make the season completely healthy and ready to compete. That remains a question while Hughes spoke about hope and explains: “Our hope is that he is ready to go, either at the beginning of the season or a point early in the fall, but we certainly do not intend to rush him in any way. We have to get Kirby back when Kirby is ready to be physically back, and then very aware and careful with his return.”
The biggest need for Montreal is to find a second -line center, and Dach was brought in to fulfill that role, but his injuries have prevented him from showing that he can be. This coming season is crucial, not only for him and his NHL future, but also for the Canadiens, because Hughes will be forced to take a step earlier than later if Dach could not be what he could hope he could be.
Lane Hutson’s future
The Canadiens would like to be aware of Hutson in the long term, and the negotiations continue and his value continues to rise, so that he is brought into elite company with his contract comparisons. The runaway Calder Trophy victory of Lane Huton was the first grand prize for a Canadiens player, because Carey Price de Nhl dominated and the Hart Trophy, Vezina Trophy, William M. Jennings Trophy and Ted Lindsay Award won in 2015. Huton’s training. According to Marco d’Amico of rg.orgAn NHL source told him that the decision to pass on the world championship may have something to do with Hutson that is omitted from the Olympic orientation camp of the US.
From the point of view of Montreal, this can help them lower their salary cap. His contract situation has fueled rumors in recent weeks, so many wonder why Hutson has not yet signed his second contract with the Canadiens. We will be in August, he is still under team control, and technically they don’t really have to make this about this until next summer. However, the pressure may be to have a deal signed before the new collective negotiating agreement starts and the maximum duration of a contract is shortened from eight years to seven. That will influence the cap -hit, and with Hughes who must manage the money to ensure that he retains other young stars such as Demidov, the hope he can be signed soon.
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