{"id":422866,"date":"2026-01-23T03:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/422866\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T03:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:36:13","slug":"habs-salary-cap-prices-message-matheson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/422866\/","title":{"rendered":"Habs Salary Cap, Price’s Message, Matheson"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Montreal Canadiens\u2019 current cap situation may seem a little convoluted after a flurry of roster moves, but we break it down for you<\/p>\n

Carey Price thanked fans on social media for massive ovation<\/p>\n

Cole Caufield is quickly leaving last year\u2019s early-season struggles behind.<\/p>\n

That, more Montreal Canadiens, NHL news, and NHL trade rumours in the latest MHN Canadiens Daily:<\/p>\n

Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n

Fresh off a two-goal performance against the Toronto Maple Leafs, sniper Cole Caufield<\/a> is quickly leaving last year\u2019s early-season struggles behind.<\/p>\n

The Montreal Canadiens\u2019 current cap situation may seem a little convoluted after a flurry of roster moves, so here\u2019s a breakdown of how much cap space<\/a> the Habs currently have.<\/p>\n

The Montreal Canadiens announced that newly-acquired defenceman Mike Matheson<\/a> was placed on the injured list, resulting in the call-up of Corey Schueneman from their AHL affiliate, the Laval Rocket.<\/p>\n

Carey Price <\/a>made an appearance at the Montreal Canadiens season opener and was met with a deafening ovation, and he returned the favour in kind by thanking fans on social media the next morning.<\/p>\n

Canada Hockey Now<\/p>\n

CGY: The Calgary Flames<\/a> aren\u2019t going into the season with a captain this year, and the reason is rather interesting.<\/p>\n

National Hockey Now<\/p>\n

NYI: New York Islanders<\/a> forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau is known for his ping-pong abilities, which he seems to have added to his on-ice game.<\/p>\n

BOS: Boston Bruins<\/a> winger David Pastrnak wasted no time in giving his agent J.P. Barry more ammo to use in contract extension talks with Bruins general manager Don Sweeney.<\/p>\n

PGH: The far superior Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> did what they were supposed to do against the inferior Arizona Coyotes.<\/p>\n

PHI: Travis Sanheim, the Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>\u2019 top defenseman last season, signed an eight-year, $50 million extension with the team.<\/p>\n

WSH: Same struggles, same story for the Washington Capitals<\/a> on Thursday against the Toronto Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n

FLA: The Florida Panthers<\/a> knew Thursday\u2019s game against the New York Islanders would be a good test for their new physical style of play and they passed.<\/p>\n

DET: Detroit Red Wings<\/a> coach Derek Lalonde is settling on his lineup for Friday\u2019s NHL regular-season opener and it does not include veteran forwards Filip Zadina or Pius Suter.<\/p>\n

VGK: For the first time in three years, the Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> hosted the Gold Carpet event, a stylish red (but in this case gold) carpet welcoming of the team.<\/p>\n

SJS: The San Jose Sharks<\/a> have recalled William Eklund, due to an\u00a0undisclosed Timo Meier injury.<\/p>\n

DAL: Top prospects Wyatt Johnston<\/a> scored his first NHL goal in the Dallas Stars\u2019 decisive win against the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.<\/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\u2019 current cap situation may seem a little convoluted after a flurry of roster moves, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5103],"tags":[765,27700,95,254,974,26,592,265,2268,29,977,144,155,2178,593,146,57,5,2752,2685,1117,3550,1762,1269,691,3265,2086,4167,976,8348,1749,1043,94,747,1192,38,264,21,5147,517,2054,159,35,4,465,550,546,14978,3046,804,4863,100,168,4186,84,4302,104,135,92,279,18],"class_list":{"0":"post-422866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal-canadiens","8":"tag-alexander-radulov","9":"tag-andrew-cogliano","10":"tag-boston-bruins","11":"tag-brad-marchand","12":"tag-brendan-gallagher","13":"tag-calgary-flames","14":"tag-cam-neely","15":"tag-canadiens","16":"tag-carey-price","17":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","18":"tag-christian-dvorak","19":"tag-colorado-avalanche","20":"tag-connor-mcdavid","21":"tag-david-pastrnak","22":"tag-don-sweeney","23":"tag-edmonton-oilers","24":"tag-florida-panthers","25":"tag-hockey","26":"tag-hockey-canada","27":"tag-j-t-miller","28":"tag-jared-bednar","29":"tag-jeff-gorton","30":"tag-jessica-campbell","31":"tag-jim-montgomery","32":"tag-john-klingberg","33":"tag-johnny-gaudreau","34":"tag-jon-cooper","35":"tag-joshua-roy","36":"tag-juraj-slafkovsky","37":"tag-justin-trudeau","38":"tag-kent-hughes","39":"tag-marc-andre-fleury","40":"tag-matthew-tkachuk","41":"tag-mike-grier","42":"tag-mike-matheson","43":"tag-minnesota-wild","44":"tag-montreal","45":"tag-montreal-canadiens","46":"tag-montrealcanadiens","47":"tag-nathan-mackinnon","48":"tag-nazem-kadri","49":"tag-new-york-islanders","50":"tag-new-york-rangers","51":"tag-nhl","52":"tag-nhl-draft","53":"tag-nhl-free-agency","54":"tag-nhl-trade-rumors","55":"tag-nhl-trade-rumours","56":"tag-patrice-bergeron","57":"tag-paul-maurice","58":"tag-pierre-luc-dubois","59":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","60":"tag-san-jose-sharks","61":"tag-shane-wright","62":"tag-st-louis-blues","63":"tag-stanley-cup-final","64":"tag-stanley-cup-playoffs","65":"tag-steve-yzerman","66":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning","67":"tag-wayne-gretzky","68":"tag-winnipeg-jets"},"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\/422866","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=422866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}