Habs Daily: Canadiens Improving Stats, Top NHL Draft Prospects

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October 26, 2023

Marc Dumont

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

The rebuild is far from over, but the Habs have improved their results in one very important metric during the early parts of the 2023-24 season. [Montreal Canadiens Showing Massive Improvement In Key Area]
Check out some of the very exciting prospects available at the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, including Ivan Demidov, Macklin Celebrini, and Cole Eiserman. [Canadiens Draft: An Early Look At Top Prospects Available in 2024]
Montreal Canadiens Defenceman David Savard’s great shift on the penalty kill against the Buffalo Sabres was praised by ESPN analyst Pat MacAfee. [Canadiens David Savard Receives Praise For Epic Shift]

Ask former Hab Jarred Tinordi about the Blackhawks’ “kids” on the blueline–Kevin Korchinski, Wyatt Kaiser, and Alex Vlasic, and they’re just more than alright during a seven-game stretch that has seen some tough competition.[Chicago Blackhawks]
Former Nashville Predators blue-liner Mattias Ekholm has been one of the NHL’s better defensemen over the last few seasons, and the staff at The Athletic seemingly agree. [Nashville Predators]
It hasn’t been the best of starts to the regular season for the New York Islanders. Following a pair of back-to-back losses this past weekend and another on Tuesday night, the Islanders are in the midst of their first losing streak of the year. [New York Islanders]
The Vegas Golden Knights trailed the Philadephia Flyers until eight minutes remaining in the third period and got a late goal from Shea Theodore to win the game with 32 seconds remaining to maintain their historic start to the season. [Vegas Golden Knights]
James Reimer will be in goal when the Detroit Red Wings are home to face the Winnipeg Jets. But don’t read anything into that decision. [Detroit Red Wings]
If you watched the Phillies collapse Tuesday in Game 7 and tuned into the Flyers-Golden Knights in the Late, Late Show hoping to improve your mood, well, it didn’t happen. The Philadelphia Flyers’ three-game point streak ended as they dropped a heartbreaking 3-2 decision to surging Vegas at T-Mobile Arena.[Philadelphia Flyers]