{"id":422403,"date":"2026-01-22T22:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T22:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/422403\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T22:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T22:18:14","slug":"canadiens-goalie-market-nhl-trade-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/422403\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens, Goalie Market, NHL Trade Rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Montreal Canadiens remained quiet on the NHL trade and free agent markets this past week but there\u2019s still some\u00a0Montreal Canadiens news and more in the latest MHN Canadiens Daily:<\/p>\n

Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n

The Montreal Canadiens can take advantage of a suddenly busier NHL trade market for goalies. Could the Vegas Golden Knights have interest in Jake Allen<\/a> or Samuel Montembeault?<\/p>\n

Former Montreal Canadiens winger and hall of famer Mark Recchi loves the direction Kent Hughes<\/a> and Jeff Gorton have the Canadiens headed in.<\/p>\n

Canada Hockey Now<\/p>\n

VAN: The Vancouver Canucks<\/a> have finalized their coaching staff for the Abbotsford Canucks, their AHL affiliate.<\/p>\n

CAL: The Calgary Flames locked up Jonathan Huberdeau almost immediately after acquiring him and MacKenzie Weegar<\/a> on the NHL trade market in exchange for Matthew Tkachuk. Why hasn\u2019t Weegar been signed long term as well?<\/p>\n

National Hockey Now<\/p>\n

BOS: After a busy Monday last week, the Boston Bruins<\/a> were quiet on the NHL trade and free agent markets.<\/p>\n

NYI: New York Islanders prospect Aatu R\u00e4ty<\/a> has remained hot at the 2022 World Juniors Championships.<\/p>\n

PGH: If an NHL team can\u2019t find the roster depth they need on the NHL trade market, there are still some unrestricted free agents like Phil Kessel and P.K. Subban<\/a> left on the open market right now.<\/p>\n

WSH: Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin<\/a> and defenceman Dmitry Orlov are both scheduled to return to the United States from Russia this week.<\/p>\n

FLA: Florida Panthers defenceman Marc Staal<\/a> is excited to be back on a contending team.<\/p>\n

DET: How similar has Steve Yzerman\u2019s plan for the Detroit Red Wings<\/a> been to the one he used to make the Tampa Bay Lightning into a perennial Stanley Cup contender?<\/p>\n

VGK: Jake Leschyshyn and Paul Cotter both inked three-year extensions with the Vegas Golden Knights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SJS: San Jose Sharks goalies James Reimer<\/a> or Adin Hill will likely be dealt on the NHL trade market before the season begins.<\/p>\n

NHL<\/p>\n

Hockey Canada<\/a> continues to roll at the 2022 World Junior Championships.<\/p>\n

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\t\tMarc has been covering the Habs for over a decade. He previously worked for Journal Metro, The Athletic, The … More about Marc Dumont<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Montreal Canadiens remained quiet on the NHL trade and free agent markets this past week but there\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5103],"tags":[426,765,27700,95,254,974,26,592,265,2268,29,977,144,155,2178,593,146,57,5,2752,2685,3724,1117,3550,1762,1269,691,3265,2086,4167,976,8348,1749,1043,94,747,1192,38,264,21,5147,517,2054,159,35,4,465,550,546,14978,3046,804,4863,100,13173,168,4186,84,4302,104,135,92,279,18,2360],"class_list":{"0":"post-422403","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal-canadiens","8":"tag-alex-ovechkin","9":"tag-alexander-radulov","10":"tag-andrew-cogliano","11":"tag-boston-bruins","12":"tag-brad-marchand","13":"tag-brendan-gallagher","14":"tag-calgary-flames","15":"tag-cam-neely","16":"tag-canadiens","17":"tag-carey-price","18":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","19":"tag-christian-dvorak","20":"tag-colorado-avalanche","21":"tag-connor-mcdavid","22":"tag-david-pastrnak","23":"tag-don-sweeney","24":"tag-edmonton-oilers","25":"tag-florida-panthers","26":"tag-hockey","27":"tag-hockey-canada","28":"tag-j-t-miller","29":"tag-jake-allen","30":"tag-jared-bednar","31":"tag-jeff-gorton","32":"tag-jessica-campbell","33":"tag-jim-montgomery","34":"tag-john-klingberg","35":"tag-johnny-gaudreau","36":"tag-jon-cooper","37":"tag-joshua-roy","38":"tag-juraj-slafkovsky","39":"tag-justin-trudeau","40":"tag-kent-hughes","41":"tag-marc-andre-fleury","42":"tag-matthew-tkachuk","43":"tag-mike-grier","44":"tag-mike-matheson","45":"tag-minnesota-wild","46":"tag-montreal","47":"tag-montreal-canadiens","48":"tag-montrealcanadiens","49":"tag-nathan-mackinnon","50":"tag-nazem-kadri","51":"tag-new-york-islanders","52":"tag-new-york-rangers","53":"tag-nhl","54":"tag-nhl-draft","55":"tag-nhl-free-agency","56":"tag-nhl-trade-rumors","57":"tag-nhl-trade-rumours","58":"tag-patrice-bergeron","59":"tag-paul-maurice","60":"tag-pierre-luc-dubois","61":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","62":"tag-robin-lehner","63":"tag-san-jose-sharks","64":"tag-shane-wright","65":"tag-st-louis-blues","66":"tag-stanley-cup-final","67":"tag-stanley-cup-playoffs","68":"tag-steve-yzerman","69":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning","70":"tag-wayne-gretzky","71":"tag-winnipeg-jets","72":"tag-world-juniors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}