The Canadian had a fairly surprising season in 2024-2025. Let’s be honest, who predicted that Montreal was going to enter the series? Not me, anyway.
In view of the next season, I am a little more optimistic, but that remains that the place of the Habs in series is not poured in concrete. The Atlantic is a fairly competitive division.
Not only The Hockey Writers does not believe that Montreal will make the series, but the media believes that it is one of the teams most likely to regress.
Capitals, jets, Maple Leafs and Blue Jackets are the other four teams in the TOP-5 of THW. As for capital and jets, they both finished in the forefront of their association. It is therefore logical to see them regress. In Toronto, the loss of Mitch Marner will hurt and in Columbus, magic after the death of Johnny Gaudreau could go out.
But why will Montreal regress, according to the author of the text? According to him, it was the guards who saved the troop of Martin St-Louis and he does not expect such performances again this season. The defensive was mediocre and he does not plan as much chance on the side of Montrealers for the 2025-2026 season.
The defensive was perhaps average in 2024-2025, but, with the addition of Noah Dobson, all the rear will fall into the right chair, which makes one of the most dynamic and balanced blue lines of the NHL.
I do not see how blue-white-red could regress this season, but we never know …
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— DansLesCoulisses (@DLCoulisses) August 7, 2025
The team has improved this between season considerably and it will be the first opportunity to see a full full season of Patrik Laine, Noah Dobson, Ivan Demidov and Zachary Bolduc.
Okay, Kent Hughes may have lost Emil Heineman, Joel Armia and Christian Dvorak, that’s the alignment has more offensive punch than last season.
Burst
– Two Montreal personalities at the IGA stadium.
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– What a game!
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– Sportsnet (@sportsnet) August 7, 2025
– A whole duel.
The two have been walking well since their legendary first duel in career. https://t.co/ech87hjz25
— Passion MLB (@passion_mlb) August 7, 2025
