Brendan Gallagher is THE example for a player who knew what it meant to be a Montreal Canadien despite not being from here.
A lot of the current players followed his lead.
@thegoldenmuzzy It is crazy to think though that the Canadiens have already achieved this early in their program what Toronto couldn’t do in 9 years as far as getting past the second round. Mind boggling, really.
"He's a kid that just wants to win. He's a team-first guy. He may have been one of the more pissed off guys after we lost.
Don't think he's worried about how much money he's going to get."
Habs captain Nick Suzuki on Ivan Demidov's love for the Habs and city of Montreal.
there are players on our roster who have never played a season without brendan gallagher. cole caufield being one of them, from his first day as a hab to now, he’s always had gally there for him ☹️
Lane Hutson mentions that he and Ivan Demidov have had conversations about Ivan's upcoming contract extension.
Hutson's given Demidov advice on how he handled the process.
Mentions how excited he and Ivan are at the prospect of playing together in Montreal for the next decade.
Ivan Demidov will spend his summer in Montreal again, and has invited Alexander Zharovsky to Montreal to train for at least part of the summer. Demidov says Zharovsky is supposed to arrive here next week.
To everyone dunking on the Habs right now
This is the youngest team in the NHL, far exceeding all expectations, finishing top 5 in the NHL, playing 3 other top 5 teams, with half the games going to OT.
This is the worst they’ll be over the next decade.
#GoHabsGo
I understand the criticism and concern with Caufield in the playoffs, but miss me with any talk of trading him when the brotha is 25 and makes a measly 7.85M for another 5 years.
This isn’t like 2023 flat cap Marner stuff.
Revisit in 2-3 years if he’s still not performing when the Canadiens have serious cup expectations.
Tough conference final for the Canadiens by any measure. But what a run by the youngest team to make the playoffs. Other front offices talk so highly about how Montreal is set up for the next decade with so many good contracts and a salary cap that’s going up big time. More in pipeline coming. Still some holes in that lineup, for sure. But Montreal is way ahead of schedule. Sky’s the limit.