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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.

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

Traded to Philadelphia by Montreal with Gilbert Dionne and John LeClair for [...]

Traded to Tampa Bay by Montreal to complete transaction that sent Rob Ramage to [...]

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

In his rookie season with Montreal in 1988-89, Brent Gilchrist helped the Habs [...]

A pillar on the Canadiens’ blue line, Rick Green spent seven seasons in [...]

Making most of his starts on the road, Brian Hayward proved to be a top-flight [...]

Traded to Toronto by Montreal with Montreal's 6th round choice (Michael Doers) [...]

Signed as a free agent by Montreal, September, 1983.

After a stellar junior career, Stéphan Lebeau reached the 15-goal mark in each [...]

A clutch player, right-winger Claude Lemieux is one of five players in league [...]

Traded to Montreal by St. Louis with Darrell May and St. Louis' 2nd round [...]

A leader both on the ice and in the locker room, defenseman Craig Ludwig was a [...]

An exceptional passer, Jyrki Lumme began his career in Montreal before [...]

Signed as a free agent by Montreal, August 2, 1988.

Despite spending his career in the shadows of his teammtes, Mike McPhee scored [...]