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[Montreal Hockey Now @MTLhockeynow]

Jeff Gorton discussed the future of two key prospects: Michael Hage and Alexander Zharovsky.

While neither player is expected to play in Montreal next season, Gorton left the door open should the situation change in the summer.

More:
https://t.co/PtPNbMDIZp

[Canadiens Montréal @CanadiensMTL]

Les Canadiens font l'acquisition de l'attaquant Hunter McKown des Blue Jackets de Columbus en échange de l'attaquant Luke Tuch.

The Canadiens have acquired forward Hunter McKown from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for forward Luke Tuch.

#GoHabsGo

[Eric Engels @EricEngels]

On the Habs and Kirill Marchenko

[/r/Habs @HabsOnReddit]

Jeff Gorton when asked if Habs prospect Michael Hage will return to Michigan next season:

“That’s a good question. We’ve talked to Michael a lot. He’s told us that he would like to stay in school and we’ve kinda left it there. But we also told him to take some time. It’s a long summer, things happen.”

“Maybe we add people, maybe we don’t. If there’s something that you see that changes your mind. Maybe something happens at Michigan that changes your mind. So we’ve left it open. We’ll continue to talk to Michael. We’re gonna respect his opinion and if he wants to change that, we’ll be open to that discussion. If he wants to stay there, we’ll support him with that.”

[Pierre LeBrun @PierreVLeBrun]

Montreal has dealt Luke Tuch to Columbus for Hunter McKown. Both spent their seasons in the AHL and both are pending RFAs.

[HabsLinks @HabsLinks]

Elliotte Friedman on the Canadiens: “I think Montreal is a team that is really stealthily trying (to add); I wouldn’t be surprised if they were a Marchenko team, for example.”

[Marco D'Amico @mndamico]

The Habs were sneaky last year to jump on the Noah Dobson RFA situation with the NYI.

Kirill Marchenko, who is one year away from being an RFA, could find himself in the same situation.

Sources say CLB doesn't want to move him though, but are listening.

Something to monitor.

[Canadiens Montréal @CanadiensMTL]

Le président aux opérations hockey Jeff Gorton s'adresse aux médias à l'aube du #RepêchageLNH

The president of hockey operations Jeff Gorton addresses the media ahead of the #NHLDraft

#GoHabsGo https://t.co/NwhRf0cBaz

[Marco D'Amico @mndamico]

Playing Chess. Read into it if you want.

[Marco D'Amico @mndamico]

RE: Mason McTavish.

There is league-wide interest (MIN, OTT, PHI, etc), but the price remains high on him despite some pretty big questions marks.

The Habs do have some level of interest, and likely would pursue if Pat Verbeek lowered his price.

No interest in overpaying.

[Eric Macramalla @EricMacramalla]

No-trade and no-move clauses are not the industry standard in North American sports. NHL contracts represent the outlier.

Approximate number of no-trades/no-moves:
NFL: 8
NBA: 2
MLB: 35
NHL: 245

[Grant McCagg @grantmccagg]

A 30-year-old winger with one 70-point season (three years ago) is going to be paid $10.5M AAV until the age of 38. Is the plan in Washington to play Kyrou at center? I don't quite get the vision.

[Habs Nation @Habzter]

Definitely an overpayment IMHO

[Pierre LeBrun @PierreVLeBrun]

The Sabres will get a third-round pick from the Capitals as part of the sign-and-trade with Alex Tuch.
Tuch will get 8 x $10.5M on his new team.

[Marco D'Amico @mndamico]

Michael Hage's decision to head back to Michigan and win a natty looks much better now.

That's a ton of talent to play with while getting max minutes and gym time.

Many thought he'd be in MTL this year, myself included, but this may pay off nicely for the Canadiens long-term.

[Habs Nation @Habzter]

This is absolutely crazy money for this caliber of defence man

[David Pagnotta @TheFourthPeriod]

So, if we expect $12.5M AAV range for Bedard on a short-to-mid term deal, and say $15M AAV or more on full term, and then around $10M AAV for Byram extension, that’s a decent amount of cheese for Chicago’s deep dish za.

[Dobber @DobberHockey]

Possible Buffalo D corps:

Dahlin 6-3 Samuelsson 6-4
Power 6-6 Mrtka 6-6
Crevier 6-8 Timmins 6-3

Punishing!

#Sabrehood

[Hockey Hall of Fame @HockeyHallFame]

Welcome to the Hockey Hall of Fame, Carey Price.

#HHOF2026 #HHOF

[Canadiens Montréal @CanadiensMTL]

Félicitations à Carey Price pour avoir été élu au Temple de la renommée du hockey! 👏

Congratulations to @CP0031 on being elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame!

#GoHabsGo | #HHOF2026