Locked On Canadiens - Daily Podcast on the Montreal Canadiens

We discuss the importance of face-offs, particularly as it pertains to Kirby Dach, as our thoughts on that during the mailbag episode caused some concern. We also talk about the Habs defense as it is still missing some veteran presence. Finally, we discuss what cole Caufield's next contract will look like especially in light of the deal Tage Thompson recently signed with the Buffalo Sabres. 

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Inside today's Locked on Canadiens:

Scott and Laura are joined by special guest Mike Obrand, otherwise known as @HabsLaughs on Twitter! It's a very special Friday Mailbag as the trio answer a bevy of listener questions!

What does the future look like for Carey Price, what are the options with Price going on LTIR for this season, and potentially the rest of his career? What moment do the hosts wish they could go back in time and change? Is it the 2014 playoffs, the Subban Trade, or keeping Michel Therrien?

What the heck was up with Sean Monahan's toast? Is the rumoured four year deal for Kirby Dach something we're happy about, or what do the hosts think a good deal would look like? Also, the most frustrating moments as Habs fans, best and worst spots at the Bell Centre and more!

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With the Montreal Canadiens offseason chugging along, we take the opportunity to talk some more about the prospects currently in the Habs pipeline with special guest Hadi Kalakeche of Habs Eyes on the Prize and Dobber Prospects. In the first segment, we discuss Jan Mysak's development and his future in the Canadiens' system. We then discuss the AHL contract for former Habs prospect Brett Stapley. Finally, we turn it over to listener questions and discuss which CHL league has the strongest prospects, how Riley Kidney is shaping up, who to keep an eye on as the 2023 NHL Draft comes closer, and more! Hadi's work can be found at HabsEyesOnThePrize.com and DobberProspects.com

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Inside today's Locked on Canadiens:

The Montreal Canadiens released their behind the scenes look at the lead up and aftermath of the 2022 NHL Draft. Scott and Laura take a look at their thought process leading up to the Draft, and how they landed on Juraj Slafkovsky at first overall. The hosts also break down what they saw at the Draft Combine from the newest members of the Canadiens, including Owen Beck and Vinzenz Rohrer impressing the Montreal front office and scouts.

Then, after a brief hiatus it's the return of Three Up, Three Down on Locked on Canadiens! Laura and Scott take a look at the off-season moves made by the team so far, and who is seeing their stock rise, and who has theirs falling. How does the arrival of another centre impact Christian Dvorak and Jake Evans? How have the moves in free agency impacted the Laval Rocket, and what about players on the trade block?

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On the second part of the Montreal Canadiens mailbag this week, we discuss some Habs European prospects and expectations for them this season. As always, expected trade returns for Canadiens players that may get shipped out of Montreal as they try to clear cap space during their rebuild are always a hot topic. We talk about whether Jonathan Drouin and Evgeni Dadonov can be traded at the deadline, some more thoughts on the Drouin trade, and more.

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The Montreal Canadiens offseason continues to provide ample opportunities for speculation about this management group's next steps. In part 1 of this week's Habs mailbag, we answer questions such as: would you trade Brendan Gallagher, and what kind of return would he fetch? What will the forward lines look like when the season starts? Can Jonathan Drouin be traded for a first rounder? Where will the Habs finish in 2023 and who will they draft? And more!

Part 2 of the mailbag is coming Friday!

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Inside today's Locked on Canadiens:

Scott is taking a prominent hockey idea and applying it to the Montreal Canadiens in the form of the Prospect Pyramid! Using the prospect list from the Habs EOTP Top 25 Under 25 he created a tier list of all the current Habs prospects and breaks down who lands where, right now.

Tier 1- Instant NHL Star Impact

Tier 2- Top Six F/Top Four D potential, soon to be an impact player

Tier 3- Top Nine F/Top Six D potential, should be an NHL regular

Tier 4- Depth pieces, bottom pairing D and bottom six F

Tier 5- Everybody else!

Where does the newly drafted Juraj Slafkovsky fit in? While the Habs don't have a Tier 1 prospect right now, who among the current group could turn into one in the near future? Scott also looks at whether or not having too many pieces in one tier is a bad thing, or if it makes the Canadiens far more likely to land high-end talent out of that group.

Scott breaks it all down, and discusses his methodology for placing prospects where he did. And just because they're in one tier right now, how they can easily rocket up the pyramid in the near future and what it would take it to do so.

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Inside today's Locked on Canadiens:

Montreal stunned the hockey world on Thursday by announcing that they had traded for Calgary Flames' centre Sean Monahan, and a conditional first-round pick in the NHL Draft. The move comes on the heels of the Flames signing free agent Nazem Kadri, and the Canadiens reaped a strong reward in the form of another first-round pick as Calgary needed to get rid of Monahan's contract. Given that Monahan is still recovering from off-season hip surgery and likely won't play until November, where does he even fit in Montreal's lineup?

So the question becomes, how did Kent Hughes manage to pull this trade off with no cap space? The good news is that Hughes was able to plan his LTIR space accordingly, and will be able to fit Monahan onto the roster without much issue. The bad news is that it comes at the expense of Carey Price's health, as the Canadiens goaltender will not start the season able to play, and will likely never play again barring major surgery on his knee. It's an unceremonious end to the career of a franchise icon, and the hosts discuss their feelings around it, and what's next for the Canadiens.

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Inside today's Locked on Canadiens:

It's a debate on whether or not the Montreal Canadiens are actually one of the five worst teams in the NHL! Coming off a last place finish, and the first overall pick, has Kent Hughes improved Montreal enough to get them out of the cellar? The hosts take a look at all the reasons why they won't finish in the bottom five again first. Chief among them is the fact that head coach Martin St. Louis will have had an entire off-season and preseason to mold the Habs into the team he wants. Also, the team should hopefully not be as catastrophically injured, which should help Montreal climb slightly out of the cellar.

On the other side of the coin, the team hasn't really changed all that much in terms of roster construction, and there are a lot of questionable pieces still on the team. If St. Louis cannot continue his own run of improving players on the team, what will happen? Also, the goaltending remains a serious question mark, and the defence is still loaded with young, but unproven talent, can they hold it together for the entire season?

To end the show, the hosts try to figure out the upcoming Atlantic Division, and where they think the Habs will inevitably rank among the eight teams. Despite both hosts saying that Montreal is likely to finish last, they both agree that they could easily move out of last place as well. Scott and Laura also wonder where the Bruins will end up with their injuries, and with the return of Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci.

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How long will the Montreal Canadiens rebuild last? How confident are we in the Habs front office so far? And who will be next season's breakout player? Special guest Blain Potvin of The Hockey Writers and Habs Unfiltered joins us as we continue our offseason guest series. First we share our thoughts on what Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton have done so far with the Canadiens, in terms of draft choices and trades made. Then we turn our attention to breakout players for next season - who is sure to take a major step forward, and who is a dark horse possibility? Finally, we discuss how long we expect the rebuild to take, when we can expect to see the Habs make the playoffs and what we want to see this upcoming year to make us more confident in the rebuild process.

You can find Blain's work at The Hockey Writers and on Habs Unfiltered, and he is on twitter @BlainPotvin_THW

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Find Laura on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theactivestick

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