The Canadiens have 17 days to avoid arbitration with Kirby Dach

We have more details regarding Kirby Dach's potential arbitration hearing.
The Canadiens player has been given a date to appear before an arbitrator to determine his salary. Of course, this is only if he doesn't reach an agreement with the Canadiens by then, which is a possibility.
According to PuckPedia, the Canadiens forward could go to arbitration on July 30. Exclusive: We've got hearing dates for all RFAs who elected salary arbitration.
Find out when each player's hearing is scheduled https:

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The connection between Oliver Marmol and Dave Roberts
They support each other through tough times.
Dave Roberts and Oli Marmol share a unique bond, one sparked by an unexpected act of kindness at a time when both managers wer

The Canadiens had a great 2025–26 season because their top players performed at their best.
Cole Caufield (51 goals), Nick Suzuki (101 points), Juraj Slafkovsky (73 points), and Lane Hutson (78 points) all had truly extraordinary seasons and helped the team win games.
These guys are expected to have the same impact on the team next season. 
But looking ahead to next season, I've singled out three players I'd like to see have a breakout year. And we'll start with… Zachary Bolduc

Forget the wedding, the most exciting TNT development of the year is that they have a dog, confirming what Swifties have been speculating about for months. Apparently, back in March, Taylor Swift was seen in the car with a white dog and then, from leaked footage of the wedding at Madison Square Garden last week, there was a photo from their personal and private collection of Taylor and Travis Kelce on display.This past weekend, TNT were in California for JuJu Smith-Schuster and Laura Kruk’

Bogdan Konyushkov has signed his entry-level contract with the Montreal Canadiens.
Good news!
We know the defenseman will be back in Russia next season on loan. But we can expect to see him arrive in North America once his season is over, and that, too, is good news.
What can we expect from Bogdan?
In fact, we know he's a strong skater. We know he has a bit of an offensive touch to his game and that he's reliable in his own zone. We're talking about a guy who won't turn things around in Montreal

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Loser behaviour to post this about your extremely famous daughter on Instagram. Selena’ s sister is 13, which makes it even worse. “Never gives up when they throw me in the trash” – very manipulative.View

Actor Sam Neill, who’s five decade-long career included roles in Jurassic Park, The Piano, Peaky Blinders and a handful of Vancouver-shot projects, has died at the age of 78.Neill, who had previously been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and had announced in April that he was cancer-free, died at his home in Sydney, Australia, on July 13.His family said “the loss was sudden and unexpected” and that he died “surrounded by family, and passed with the dignity that has ch

No, the Canadiens haven’t managed to improve since the start of the summer.
We were expecting a major trade because Kent Hughes had mentioned that he wouldn't be afraid to overpay to add a talented player to his roster.
In the end, that didn't happen.
It must be said, however, that market prices didn't help. The value of certain players has skyrocketed in recent weeks, which likely left the Canadiens with their hands tied in some situations.
It's all well and good to overpay… but th

Not too long ago, it was clear that the Detroit Tigers needed to—and would—trade the biggest name on the trade market: two-time Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal.
But things are a little less clear right now, for two reasons.
First, the team's recent performance has put the Tigers just three and a half games out of the final playoff spot.
However, that's not the only reason Detroit might keep Skubal on the roster. According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the left-hander has report

Do the kids still use this expression? If not, the teacher’s pet is the teacher’s favourite, a label assigned to one student by the other students who believe that the teacher’s pet can do no wrong in the teacher’s eyes. Back in my day, we’d talk derisively about a teacher’s pet – they were suckups, their hand-to-air movement was terrifyingly fast, teacher’s pets weren’t usually popular among the student body – but that was a long time

The chances of Kirby Dach leaving the Montreal Canadiens through arbitration are slim, but one interesting detail of the process is still worth noting.
According to information from PuckPedia (and as reported by Nicolas Cloutier), if the arbitrator were to award Dach an annual salary of $4.95 million or more, the Canadiens would have the right to reject that decision.
In such a scenario, the player would immediately become an unrestricted free agent, allowing the team to completely free itself f

Jay-Z’s three shows at Yankee Stadium this week featured what could also be described as a major mega celebrity wedding guest list and giving us one of the rarest occurrences in pop culture: Beyoncé and Rihanna in one show? It’s a unicorn event.But let’s start on Friday when Jay-Z kicked off his weekend residency to celebrate 30 years of Reasonable Doubt, now considered a cornerstone album in the history of music, a seminal piece of work not only in rap but music in gene

It’s official: Daniel Jacob is the Rocket’s new head coach.
I hope no one falls off their chair. Pascal Vincent's assistant since 2024 (and Joël Bouchard's for a decade) has been the favorite for quite some time.
He knows the organization and the young players well.
But what's also notable is that the Canadiens have chosen to appoint a defensive specialist to lead the farm team. Jacob has been in charge of the defensemen and the penalty kill for the past two years.
Should we dra

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This recognition confirms the excellent impression Maye made last season. At just 23 years old, he helped bring the Patriots back among the league's top contenders, leading the team back to the playoffs with consistent and spectacular performances.
His statistics

Yesterday morning (Sunday), the New York Yankees announced that Cam Schlittler had withdrawn from the All-Star Game. According to manager Aaron Boone, it was a mutual decision to give the pitcher some rest as the team tries to cope with the absence of captain Aaron Judge.
The baseball world had expected Schlittler to be the American League's starting pitcher for the All-Star Game, so when Dylan Cease of the Toronto Blue Jays was officially named the starter, it was assumed that the Blue Jays pit

The Canadiens have several defensemen under long-term contracts.
Lane Hutson (2034), Noah Dobson (2033), Mike Matheson (2031), and Kaiden Guhle (2031) will be central to Martin St-Louis's game plan for many years to come.
Unless, of course, there's a trade involving Guhle, a major injury, or some other unexpected event.
Otherwise, Alexandre Carrier is here for another year. As long as he remains with the Canadiens and continues to perform at the level we've seen over the past year and a half, he

Dear Gossips,This weekend marked the 25th anniversary of the release of one of the most iconic films in Hong Kong cinematic history and a comedy that’s well-known around the world. Probably most people who play soccer know this movie: Shaolin Soccer, directed by and starring Stephen Chow.Shaolin Soccer broke box office records in Hong Kong when it was released in 2001, a standard that Stephen surpassed himself a few years later with Kung Fu Hustle. We won’t talk about how dirty Harve

With NFL training camps approaching, ESPN has unveiled its highly anticipated annual ranking of the league's top quarterbacks.This ranking, based on votes from more than 70 NFL executives, coaches, and scouts, reflects the players' current performance rather than their entire careers.
For the first time in several years, Patrick Mahomes is no longer ranked first. Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills has taken the top spot after impressing the experts with his performances over the past two seasons. H

Alexander Zharovsky has one year remaining on his KHL contract.
The young player, who will spend much of his summer in Montreal in 2026, is expected to make a permanent move to Quebec in 2027. He is expected to join either the Montreal or Laval team at the end of the 2026–2027 season or in preparation for the 2027–2028 season.
Plans may change, but for now, that's how things are shaping up… unless he's traded in the meantime.
After a first full season in the KHL, where Zharo h

That’s it: the All-Star break is here.
This break, which marks the unofficial end of the first half of the season, is an important time to reflect on what's to come.
Why? Because the trade deadline is approaching.
In exactly three weeks (August 3), team executives will face restrictions on the trades they can make. So time is running out.
Some teams are sure to be buyers, and others are sure to be sellers. But there are still several teams that don't know where they stand.
Among them? The

It’s official.
The Laval Rocket announced that Daniel Jacob will succeed Pascal Vincent as head coach of the AHL team moving forward.
Well done.Daniel Jacob Named Head Coach of the Laval Rocket
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Daniel Jacob Appointed Head Coach of the Laval Rocket
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— Laval Rocket (@RocketLaval) July 13, 2026Rumors had been circulating for a while. We'd heard that the possibility of him moving from an assis

When we talk about an aggressive GM who isn't afraid to pull off a major trade, Bill Guerin's name obviously comes to mind.
Just think of the blockbuster trade that sent Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild.
Right now, the Wild are well-positioned to once again be a powerhouse in the West, but they're still missing that first-line center (or at least a second-line center to support Joel Eriksson Ek).
The Wild have been heavily linked to Dylan Larkin, mainly because Minnesota is a destination he'd

The Vancouver Canucks had a dismal season. 58 points—that's really not great… Obviously, after a season like that, there have to be changes.
Marcus Pettersson was traded for a conditional first-round pick in 2030, and Nils Hoglander is now in Nashville. Others have left via free agency, but there have also been additions like Brendan Gallagher, Paul Cotter, and Jamie Oleksiak.
In short, you can see that these aren't major changes. Players like Brock Boeser, Jake DeBrusk, and Elias P

Last summer, the Padres made a big move by acquiring Mason Miller. The reliever was acquired at a high cost (Leodalis De Vries, one of baseball's top prospects, was sent the other way) in an effort to strengthen the Padres' bullpen.
It was already solid, but with the addition of Miller, it's become monstrous.
And Miller, so far, is living up to expectations. He's having a phenomenal season in a Padres uniform… except that his team, on the other hand, is struggling quite a bit.
As things s

Although the Canadiens still need to sign Zachary Bolduc and Kirby Dach (as well as defenseman Arber Xhekaj), we have a good idea of which forwards are likely to be in the lineup to start the season.
However, with twelve forwards currently under contract, the Habs will have to call up at least one player from Laval to serve as the team's thirteenth forward if the situation doesn't change by the start of the upcoming season.
We could therefore see a battle for that spot at the upcoming training c

Dylan Cease to Start the All-Star Game
He becomes the third player in Blue Jays history to receive this honor. Dave Stieb and Roy Halladay are the others.ELITE Company#BlueJays50 pic.twitter.com/JzoK2awndi
— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) July 12, 2026
We figured this was likely after seeing that Cam Schlittler had decided not to pitch on Tuesday. But in any case, John Schneider's choice was Dylan Cease.
Aaron Boone meets with the media to explain Cam Schlittler's decision not to pitch in t

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Yesterday, the first four rounds of the Major League Baseball draft took place. Of course, we were keeping an eye out to see if any Quebecers would be drafted.
In the end, that didn't happen. Three Canadians (Carter Beck, Elliot Lascelles, and Sean Duncan) and one player with dual citizenship (Taj Marchand) were selected.
Day 1 of the 2026 MLB Draft is in the books!Three Canadians heard their names called, along with one dual citizen.Congratulations to all four players on taking the next step in

The Laval Rocket continues to build depth ahead of the upcoming season.
The organization announced that it has agreed to one-year, two-way contracts with forward Alexander Legkov and defensemen Jacob Dion and Kale McCallum.
These three signings demonstrate that the Canadiens organization sees promising potential in these players, who will now try to earn a spot in the American Hockey League.
Alexander Legkov's background is particularly noteworthy. The Russian forward was among the players invit

Since the start of the season, the Yankees have had one of the best offenses in Major League Baseball. It hasn’t been quite as obvious in recent weeks, but the team is still capable of competing with anyone.
And that will be even more true if Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton eventually return.
However, despite all that, the catcher position remains a real problem in the Bronx. Austin Wells is having a dismal season offensively, and the options behind him aren't doing much better.
As a res