Habs Daily: RIP Ken Dryden, Carey Price Trade Analysis, Suzuki

Here are the Montreal Canadiens news items, stories, and content you may have missed on Friday.

Montreal Canadiens News

Some unfortunate news broke at midnight. Legendary Canadiens netminder Ken Dryden passed away at the age of 78. [Canadiens Legend Ken Dryden Has Passed On]

The trade everyone’s been expecting was finalized on Friday. The Montreal Canadiens moved Carey Price’s contract to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a fifth-round pick. [BREAKING: Carey Price Traded To The San Jose Sharks]

The move gives the Canadiens more financial flexibility, especially since it opens up pure cap space rather than long-term injured reserve relief funds. Most of the money is likely to be spent trying to fill the No.2 centre gap in the roster. [Carey Price Trade Leads To Opportunities For Canadiens]

Price reacted to the trade via Twitter, with his classic penchant for brevity.

Always a Hab. Just a teal one for now 😉🔵⚪️🔴

— Carey Price (@CP0031) September 6, 2025

Brossard has never been more popular! Several Canadiens players have made it their unofficial summer home, an encouraging sign as to their overall buy-in to Montreal’s long-term plans. It’s a situation that was made possible via solid leadership from Nick Suzuki. [Canadiens Summer Workouts Show Dedication, Leadership]

National Hockey Now Network

The Price trade didn’t just benefit the Habs. San Jose now has ample cap space should they want to make a few trade deadline deals. However, they still have a few too many contracts on the books, an issue the Price trade did not solve. [San Jose Sharks]

The Florida Panthers are mourning the loss of dedicated super fan Steve Elario, a yacht broker who resided in Fort Lauderdale who became a favourite of those attending games in Sunrise. [Florida Panthers]

Since the brief flurry of activity on July 1st, how would one describe this off season for the Devils? Slow. Dragging. Platitudinous. [New Jersey Devils]