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

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

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 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 [...]

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

Signed as a free agent by Montreal, March 9, 1981

Traded to Montreal by Winnipeg for Perry Turnbull, June 13, 1984.

Traded to St. Louis by Montreal with Greg Paslawski and Doug Wickenheiser for [...]

Traded to Winnipeg by Montreal for Winnipeg's 2nd round choice (David Maley) in [...]

Traded to Washington by Montreal with Rod Langway, Doug Jarvis and Craig [...]

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Steven Fletcher was the 10th round draft choice of [...]

Deemed by many as the league’s best defensive forward, Bob Gainey was named [...]