Habs Daily: Montembeault Contract Situation, Canadiens On Ice

All the latest Habs news, recent Montreal Canadiens stories, as well as information from around the National Hockey League.

Habs News

• The Montreal Canadiens are yet to engage in contract extension negotiations with goaltender Samuel Montembeault. Despite the decent numbers produced by Montembeault last year, it’s definitely the right approach from Kent Hughes and Co. [Canadiens Approach To Samuel Montembeault Contract Extension]
• The 2023-24 season is just around the corner! Some members of the Habs jumped on the ice in Brossard for an unofficial skate.

🎵 The boys are back in town 🎵
Is it October yet?!? #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/EoGprUeBle

— Priyanta Emrith (@HabsInHighHeels) September 6, 2023

🏒 Informal Skate SZN 🏒
With training camp upcoming, more #Habs players are back in Montréal skating together [unofficially] in Brossard ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/iu6V96oSLu

— Priyanta Emrith (@HabsInHighHeels) September 6, 2023

• The PWHL team in Montreal is picking up steam. Not only will they have one of the greatest hockey minds in hockey as their GM, Daniel Sauvageau, but they’re also going to build the foundation of their team on three gold-medal Olympians: Marie-Philip Poulin, Ann-Renée Desbiens, and Laura Stacey. The rest of the roster will be announced sometime after September 18, when the six-team league completes its inaugural draft.

Danièle Sauvageau est prête à bâtir notre équipe, dans notre ville, au sommet du hockey féminin! 😄

Danièle Sauvageau is ready to build our team in our city, a pinnacle of women’s hockey! pic.twitter.com/RzzadlFTL2

— PWHL Montréal (@PWHL_Montreal) September 1, 2023

National Hockey Now Network

• With Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci retired, that leaves the door open for the remaining Boston Bruins centers to advance up the depth chart. [Boston Bruins]
• More players jumped on the ice for yet another informal skate ahead of the Avalanche season opener. [Colorado Avalanche]
• For the first time in 32 years, Doug Wilson is associated with an NHL team that isn’t the San Jose Sharks. [San Jose Sharks]
• The Sabres have devised a plan intended to drastically reduce, if not eliminate, early ticket sales to the fans of other clubs. Not only do Penguins followers swarm KeyBank Arena when their team plays there, but followers of Toronto, Montreal, Detroit and the New York Rangers do likewise. [Pittsburgh Penguins]
• Devon Levi has a great deal of expectations being thrust upon him after winning his second Mike Richter Award as the NCAA’s top goalie, turning pro, and playing seven games down the stretch for the Buffalo Sabres last season. [Buffalo Sabres]
• Will Patrick Kane be joining the Detroit Red Wings? At this stage, such talk is nothing more than mere speculation. However, what is known is this – when the Red Wings are adding a player who won the Hart Trophy with another NHL club, it’s always a move leading to happy endings in Hockeytown. [Detroit Red Wings]
• Who are the most important players on the Philadelphia Flyers roster this season? And why? It depends on your calculation of success. [Philadelphia Flyers]