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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.

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

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

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.

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 [...]

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

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

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 [...]

A native of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, right-winger Perry Ganchar was the 6th [...]

Some of the greatest moments of Gaston Gingras’ career came during his second [...]