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Relentless and intense, forward Keith Acton showed off his offensive skills in [...]

Signed as a free agent by Montreal, October 4, 1979.

Traded to Colorado by Montreal for Colorado's 3rd round choice (Daniel [...]

Signed as a free agent by Montreal, March 15, 1984.

Signed as a free agent by Montreal, October 3, 1990.

Signed as a free agent by Montreal, February 8, 1985.

Claimed by Montreal from Hartford in Waiver Draft, October 5, 1981.

Signed as a free agent by Montreal, January 15, 1986.

Traded to Montreal by Toronto for Montreal's 2nd round choice (Darryl Shannon) [...]

For more than a decade, no NHLer has even come close toshutting down the [...]

Traded to Pittsburgh by Montreal for Ron Flockhart, November 9, 1984.

Traded to Vancouver by Montreal for Dan Woodley, January 25, 1989.

Traded to Los Angeles by Montreal for Los Angeles' 2nd round choice (Claude [...]

To this day, Chris Chelios remains the Canadiens’ most recent Norris Trophy [...]

An energetic and hard-hitting power forward, Shayne Corson’s bone-rattling [...]

Traded to Montreal by Washington for Marc Deschamps, June 22, 1990.

Traded to Montreal by Toronto for John Kordic and Montreal's 6th round choice [...]

Kjell Dahlin broke into the NHL with a bang, scoring 25 goals in the first half [...]