{"id":428667,"date":"2026-01-26T09:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/428667\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T09:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:03:15","slug":"laval-signs-ex-habs-prospect-drouin-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/428667\/","title":{"rendered":"Laval Signs Ex Habs Prospect, Drouin Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Laval Rocket come to a perfect compromise with former Montreal Canadiens prospect.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Drouin is coming into camp to prove that he belongs in management\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n

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

Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n

The Laval Rocket<\/a> signed former Canadiens prospect Brett Stapley to an AHL contract, proving to be a perfect compromise for both parties.<\/p>\n

Canadiens winger Jonathan Drouin<\/a> is healthy and ready to prove that he belongs in the long-term plans for the rebuilding club.<\/p>\n

Canada Hockey Now<\/p>\n

CAL: The Calgary Flames<\/a> have added some offensive firepower to their AHL affiliate, the Calgary Wranglers.<\/p>\n

VAN: The perfect defensive unit for the Vancouver Canucks<\/a> is seemingly within reach.<\/p>\n

National Hockey Now<\/p>\n

NYI: With many of the club\u2019s top prospects likely to suit with the New York Islanders<\/a>\u2018 AHL affiliate, the Bridgeport Islanders, head coach Brent Thompson has a critical year ahead of him.<\/p>\n

PGH: The Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> extended head coach Mike Sullivan for another three years; Sullivan points to strong relationships and hard conversations as reasons for his longevity as coach.<\/p>\n

FLA: While the Florida Panthers<\/a> have not confirmed as of yet, the start of training camp should be somewhere around Sept. 22.<\/p>\n

DET: Albin Grewe recognizes that his opportunity to grow into a role with the Detroit Red Wings<\/a> is now or never. The sands of time are running out on his NHL dream.<\/p>\n

PHI: Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> forward Scott Laughton believes the Flyers need a demanding coach like Tortorella to get to the next level.<\/p>\n

WSH: The Washington Capitals<\/a> will have several new names at training camp looking to to secure their spot in the team\u2019s core group. One of those players is Connor Brown.<\/p>\n

COL: Speculating on what the next contract for Colorado Avalanche<\/a> star centre Nathan MacKinnon could look like.<\/p>\n

VGK: New Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> goaltender, Adin Hill, excited to share the net with childhood friend, Logan Thompson.<\/p>\n

SJS: Why the Adin Hill trade between the San Jose Sharks<\/a> and the Vegas Golden Knights is a win-win for both teams.<\/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":"Laval Rocket come to a perfect compromise with former Montreal Canadiens prospect. Jonathan Drouin is coming into camp…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428668,"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-428667","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\/428667","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=428667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}