Fantasy Focus: Alex Newhook
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After his first year with Montreal showed some promise offensively for Alex Newhook, last season saw him take a step back. Can he rebound and become a key secondary contributor once again in 2025-26?
After his first year with Montreal showed some promise offensively for Alex Newhook, last season saw him take a step back. Can he rebound and become a key secondary contributor once again in 2025-26?
Through the first few articles in our annual series, we’ve covered some of Montreal’s safer players to project. It’s time to flip the script and look at one of the biggest wild cards for the upcoming season, Patrik Laine.
When it comes to Montreal’s top relevant blueliners in fantasy hockey, the top two of Lane Hutson and Noah Dobson are obvious. But Kaiden Guhle might find himself third on the list heading into the upcoming season.
After an impressive sophomore season, expectations were high for Juraj Slafkovsky heading into last year. But, after his output basically stagnated, what should be expected from him as he begins his new contract?
The Habs have some impactful right-shot wingers on their roster heading into next season. But from an organizational depth perspective, it’s one of their weaker spots.
After an impressive 2023-24 campaign, Cole Caufield took another small step forward last season. Will that upward trajectory continue for another year?
The 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase recently came to an end. Normally, the Habs don’t have many prospects in this event but they had four this time around with most of them playing prominent roles.
The 2026 Winter Olympics will feature NHL players for the first time since 2014 when the tournament gets underway in February. Countries are hosting orientation camps this summer in preparation for the event and three Habs will be taking part in Canada’s camp.
The centre position is something the Habs have been trying to shore up for basically multiple general managers now. However, while they still need some upgrades, the organizational depth is starting to come around.
While it took a little longer than expected, the Habs reached a contract agreement with their final restricted free agent, announcing on Monday that they’ve re-signed defenceman Jayden Struble to a two-year contract that carries a cap hit of $1.4125 million.