Habs Daily: Canadiens Prospect Trade, Holiday Roster Freeze

All the latest Montreal Canadiens news, highlights, and stories from Tuesday.

Habs News

• The NHL’s holiday freeze is now in effect, which means the Montreal Canadiens can’t trade or waive players until December 28.  [NHL Holiday Roster Freeze Could Impact Canadiens Trade Options]

The 'NHL Holiday Roster Freeze' goes into effect across the league tonight at 11:59pm local time, and runs until December 28 at 12:01am local time.

What does that mean? Below is a breakdown of all the key points you'll need to remember. https://t.co/3B8UOBLIyt pic.twitter.com/oBJKMMKJI4

— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) December 19, 2023

• Goaltending prospect Quentin Miller will join a new team after the holiday break. The Quebec Remparts have reportedly traded Miller to the Rimouski Océanic. [JdM (FR)]
• Kaiden Guhle was in a festive mood after Justin Barron’s game-winning goal against the Winnipeg Jets on Monday. Viewer discretion is advised.

On est venu pour le but, on est resté pour la célébration 👏

Came for the goal, stayed for the celly#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/IiccQW8Imn

— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) December 19, 2023

• Filip Mesar is expected to play a big role for Slovakia at the 2024 World Junior Championship. As a reminder, the tournament gets underway on Boxing Day, as per tradition.

Hey Filip 👋 🇸🇰 pic.twitter.com/ewNm97s6Ov

— /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) December 19, 2023

National Hockey Now Network

• While we continue to monitor the NHL’s trade market, we must not forget that several teams are still looking for goaltending reinforcements, including the New Jersey Devils. Jake Allen or Cayden Primeau could be a good fit on a team looking to improve its depth.  [New Jersey Devils]
• “There’s plenty of teams talking right now, but that’s all it’s going to be for now, it seems,” an NHL executive source told Boston Hockey Now on Tuesday morning.[Boston Bruins]
• The Pittsburgh Penguins demonstrated their better instincts and flashed their flaws in a narrow escape from disaster Monday when they blew a 3-0 lead to the Minnesota Wild but rallied for a 4-3 win at PPG Paints Arena. Make no mistake, they were ashamed of their performance on Saturday in a 7-0 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. That word came directly from Kris Letang on Sunday as the team tried to regroup from an utterly embarrassing loss on national TV that included cameras catching the president of hockey operations/GM Kyle Dubas uttering a string of obscenities in exasperation. [Pittsburgh Penguins]