Cole Caufield didn’t play a ton for the Habs last season as a shoulder injury ended his year early. Will he be able to stay healthy this year and make a run for the 40-goal mark?

Patience is a virtue. And far too many Montreal Canadiens fans and media members seem to lack when it comes to their expectations of 2022 first-overall draft pick Juraj Slafkovsky. That needs to change.

Three strands from the first five games of the preseason have caught my seasoned eye, suggesting that perhaps, just maybe, the Habs are on the brink of something unique.

The Habs capped off a rare three games in four nights preseason series against the Maple Leafs on Monday and after dropping the first two, they came back late for a 5-4 overtime victory. Here are ten thoughts on the contest.

The Canadiens continue to trim their roster with the regular season now a week and a half away.  On Sunday, the team announced that centres Lias Andersson and Phillipe Maillet were placed on waivers.

The Canadiens hosted the Maple Leafs at the Bell Centre for the first time this season on Saturday night, and outshot them 34-22 but were outscored 3-1 as the Habs had neither solid defence nor lights-out goaltending to bail them out.

Prior to Saturday’s game against Toronto, the Habs announced a sizable group of cuts from training camp.  Not counting the four players waived earlier in the day, the team trimmed their camp roster by 26.

With a big list of cuts expected tomorrow with Laval’s training camp starting on Monday, the Habs signalled who four of those will be as they placed forwards Lucas Condotta and Mitchell Stephens plus defensemen Nicolas Beaudin and Brady Keeper on waivers on Saturday.

In a game that was hard to watch due to the complete lack of cohesiveness on both sides of the puck, the Habs made it interesting in the final minutes before ultimately coming up short in a 2-1 loss.

The Habs were back in action on Wednesday night as they hosted the Senators. Here are 10 thoughts from the game, a 4-3 victory for the Canadiens.