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Habs Daily: Salary Cap Projection, LJ Mooney, Dobson
Here are the Montreal Canadiens news items, stories, and content you may have missed on Wednesday.
Montreal Canadiens News
The Habs still have some salary cap space available should they want to upgrade their lineup prior to the start of the 2025-26 season. If we look beyond next season with the help of Cap Wages’ Build A GM Mode, the salary cap situation is actually quite healthy, even if we include the Lane Hutson mega extension. [Montreal Canadiens Salary Cap Projections For Two Seasons]
It seems like new Montreal Canadiens prospect L.J. Mooney is stealing all the summer headlines. The talented forward was among the forwards invited to Team USA’s World Junior Showcase in late July. [Habs Prospect – Mooney Impressive Youth Hockey Highlights]
4️⃣2️⃣ players have been invited to the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase set for July 25-Aug. 2 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis! #WorldsJuniors
More info and 🎟️: https://t.co/EPnbNFjHR2 pic.twitter.com/FNB3Esg4ZR
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) July 9, 2025
It’s funny how quickly Noah Dobson lost his elite lustre according to certain fan bases. The good news is that the numbers do not lie (across the board).
The problem with the “Dobson is bad” narrative is that you can’t find a single model the doesn’t consider him elite… pic.twitter.com/KP3rz9t5Qu
— Dom🥅🎵 (@DomUn1que) July 9, 2025
ICYMI: With Dobson and Hutson in the mix, the Habs will certainly enter 2025-26 with much more mobility on the back end, but how will the actual defensive pairings shake out? For the first time in a long time, head coach Martin St-Louis has some options. [Projecting Canadiens Defensive Pairings Including Dobson]
National Hockey Now Network
As Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas navigates the murky and choppy waters of the off-season, and chums the NHL trade waters with valuable veteran players, much of the off-season is following the script. [Pittsburgh Penguins]
The dust has settled on free agency, and the New Jersey Devils still have work to do, at least internally, but the makeover of their bottom-six forward group very well may be complete. [New Jersey Devils]
The NHL won’t return to action until October. However, there is still hockey, even in the dog days of summer– the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase is right around the corner. On Wednesday, Team USA named 42 roster players, including Vegas Golden Knights prospect Trevor Connelly. [Vegas Golden Knights]
