2005–06 Montreal Canadiens season
2005–06 Montreal Canadiens | |
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Division | 3rd Northeast |
Conference | 7th Eastern |
2005–06 record | 42–31–9 |
Home record | 24–13–4 |
Road record | 18–18–5 |
Goals for | 243 |
Goals against | 247 |
Team information | |
General manager | Bob Gainey |
Coach | Claude Julien (Oct. 5–Jan. 14)[1] Bob Gainey (interim, Jan. 14–May 2)[1] |
Captain | Saku Koivu |
Alternate captains | Alexei Kovalev Craig Rivet Sheldon Souray (Oct–Jan) Richard Zednik (Oct–Jan) |
Arena | Bell Centre |
Average attendance | 21,273 (100%) |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Hamilton Bulldogs Long Beach Ice Dogs |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Michael Ryder (30) |
Assists | Saku Koivu (45) |
Points | Alexei Kovalev (65) |
Penalty minutes | Mike Komisarek Sheldon Souray (116) |
Plus/minus | Andrei Markov (+13) |
Wins | Cristobal Huet (18) |
Goals against average | Cristobal Huet (2.20) |
The 2005–06 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 97th season, 89th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canadiens would qualify for the playoffs, eventually being eliminated in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals by the Carolina Hurricanes 4 games to 2.
Offseason
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Regular season
[edit]Claude Julien started the season as coach but was fired and replaced on an interim basis by general manager Bob Gainey on January 14.[2] The Canadiens's number one goaltender Jose Theodore was traded to the Colorado Avalanche. His place was taken by Cristobal Huet. Huet would lead the league in save percentage of 92.9% and placed fourth overall in goals against average of 2.20.
Final standings
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 52 | 21 | 9 | 314 | 211 | 113 |
2 | 4 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 52 | 24 | 6 | 281 | 239 | 110 |
3 | 7 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 243 | 247 | 93 |
4 | 9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 41 | 33 | 8 | 257 | 270 | 90 |
5 | 13 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 29 | 37 | 16 | 230 | 266 | 74 |
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Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime/Shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Z- Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 52 | 21 | 9 | 314 | 211 | 113 |
2 | Y- Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 52 | 22 | 8 | 294 | 260 | 112 |
3 | Y- New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 46 | 27 | 9 | 242 | 229 | 101 |
4 | X- Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 52 | 24 | 6 | 242 | 239 | 110 |
5 | X- Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 45 | 26 | 11 | 267 | 259 | 101 |
6 | X- New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 44 | 26 | 12 | 257 | 215 | 100 |
7 | X- Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 243 | 247 | 93 |
8 | X- Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 252 | 260 | 92 |
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9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 41 | 33 | 8 | 257 | 270 | 90 |
10 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 41 | 33 | 8 | 281 | 275 | 90 |
11 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 37 | 34 | 11 | 240 | 257 | 85 |
12 | New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 230 | 278 | 78 |
13 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 29 | 37 | 16 | 230 | 266 | 74 |
14 | Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 237 | 306 | 70 |
15 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 22 | 46 | 14 | 244 | 316 | 58 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
Schedule and results
[edit]Regular season
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October: 8–3–1 (home: 3–3–0; road: 5–0–1)
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November: 6–4–3 (home: 5–1–1; road: 1–3–2)
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December: 4–6–2 (home: 3–1–1; road: 1–5–1)
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January: 5–8–0 (home: 3–2–0; road: 2–6–0)
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February: 4–1–2 (home: 2–0–2; road: 2–1–0)
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March: 10–5–1 (home: 5–3–0; road: 5–2–1)
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April: 5–4–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 2–1–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
[edit]The Canadiens placed 3rd in the Northeast division, and seventh in the Eastern Conference. The Canadiens played the eventual Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes in the first round and lost four games to two. The Canadiens were winning 2–0 in the series when Saku Koivu sustained a serious injury to his left eye. Hurricanes forward Justin Williams attempted to lift Koivu's stick but instead struck him in the eye. Koivu was rushed to the hospital, where he would remain overnight and for the remainder of the playoffs. Koivu remained out of the lineup for the rest of the series and underwent surgery to repair a detached retina during the off-season.
Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (2) Carolina Hurricanes
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Carolina Hurricanes – Hurricanes win 4–2
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Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
27 | Alexei Kovalev | RW | 69 | 23 | 42 | 65 | −1 | 76 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
11 | Saku Koivu | C | 72 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 1 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
73 | Michael Ryder | RW | 81 | 30 | 25 | 55 | −5 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
71 | Mike Ribeiro | LW | 79 | 16 | 35 | 51 | −6 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
79 | Andrei Markov | D | 67 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 13 | 74 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
38 | Jan Bulis | LW | 73 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 2 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
44 | Sheldon Souray | D | 75 | 12 | 27 | 39 | −11 | 116 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 8 |
21 | Chris Higgins | C | 80 | 23 | 15 | 38 | −1 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
52 | Craig Rivet | D | 82 | 7 | 27 | 34 | −5 | 109 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
20 | Richard Zednik | RW | 67 | 16 | 14 | 30 | −2 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
35 | Tomas Plekanec | LW | 67 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
22 | Steve Begin | C | 76 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 113 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
51 | Francis Bouillon | D | 67 | 3 | 19 | 22 | −6 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
14 | Radek Bonk | C | 61 | 6 | 15 | 21 | −3 | 52 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
25 | Mathieu Dandenault | D | 82 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
42 | Alexander Perezhogin | RW | 67 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
37 | Niklas Sundstrom | RW | 55 | 6 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
26 | Pierre Dagenais | RW | 32 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
32 | Mark Streit | D | 48 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −6 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
57 | Garth Murray | C | 36 | 5 | 1 | 6 | −2 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
8 | Mike Komisarek | D | 71 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −1 | 116 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
47 | Aaron Downey† | RW | 25 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
46 | Andrei Kostitsyn | RW | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
86 | Jonathan Ferland | RW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
60 | Jose Theodore‡ | G | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
30 | David Aebischer† | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
64 | Jean-Philippe Cote | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
75 | Yann Danis | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
39 | Cristobal Huet | G | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | Raitis Ivanans | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
40 | Maxim Lapierre | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
24 | Todd Simpson† | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
[edit]- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
39 | Cristobal Huet | 36 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1008 | 77 | 2.20 | .929 | 7 | 2103 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 212 | 15 | 2.33 | .929 | 0 | 386 |
60 | Jose Theodore‡ | 38 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1025 | 122 | 3.46 | .881 | 0 | 2114 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | David Aebischer† | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 240 | 26 | 3.73 | .892 | 0 | 418 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
75 | Yann Danis | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 14 | 2.69 | .908 | 1 | 312 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award | Cristobal Huet | [6] |
League (in-season) |
NHL Defensive Player of the Week | Cristobal Huet (March 6) | [7] |
Cristobal Huet (April 3) | [8] | ||
Team | Jacques Beauchamp Molson Trophy | Steve Begin | [9] |
Molson Cup | Saku Koivu | [10] |
Transactions
[edit]The Canadiens were involved in the following transactions from February 17, 2005, the day after the 2004–05 NHL season was officially cancelled, through June 19, 2006, the day of the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals.[11]
Trades
[edit]Date | Details | Ref | |
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July 30, 2005 | To New York Rangers 2nd-round pick in 2005 3rd-round pick in 2005 |
To Montreal Canadiens 2nd-round pick in 2005 |
[12] |
September 30, 2005 | To New York Rangers Marcel Hossa |
To Montreal Canadiens Garth Murray |
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March 8, 2006 | To Colorado Avalanche Jose Theodore |
To Montreal Canadiens David Aebischer |
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March 9, 2006 | To Chicago Blackhawks 6th-round pick in 2006 |
To Montreal Canadiens Todd Simpson |
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Players acquired
[edit]Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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August 2, 2005 | Pete Vandermeer | Detroit Red Wings | 1-year | Free agency | [16] |
August 3, 2005 | Mathieu Dandenault | Detroit Red Wings | 4-year | Free agency | [17] |
August 16, 2005 | Johnathan Aitken | Vancouver Canucks | 1-year | Free agency | [18] |
September 7, 2005 | Jeff Paul | Washington Capitals | 1-year | Free agency | [19] |
December 8, 2005 | Francis Lemieux | Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) | 3-year | Free agency | [20] |
January 9, 2006 | Andre Benoit | Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) | 3-year | Free agency | [21] |
January 23, 2006 | Aaron Downey | St. Louis Blues | Waivers | [22] | |
March 2, 2006 | James Sanford | Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) | 2-year | Free agency | [23] |
Players lost
[edit]Date | Player | New team | Via[a] | Ref |
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June 20, 2005 | Marc-Andre Thinel | Dragons de Rouen (Ligue Magnus) | Free agency (II)[b] | [26] |
August 3, 2005 | Patrice Brisebois | Colorado Avalanche | Free agency (III) | [27] |
August 4, 2005 | Jason Ward | New York Rangers | Free agency (UFA) | [28] |
August 25, 2005 | Karl Dykhuis | Adler Mannheim (DEL) | Free agency (III) | [29] |
August 29, 2005 | Gavin Morgan | EHC Basel (NLA) | Free agency (VI) | [30] |
Matt Shasby | Alaska Aces (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [31] | |
August 30, 2005 | Christian Larrivee | Long Beach Ice Dogs (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [32] |
November 29, 2005 | Ron Hainsey | Columbus Blue Jackets | Waivers | [33] |
June 7, 2006 | Niklas Sundstrom | Modo Hockey (SHL) | Free agency | [34] |
Signings
[edit]Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 28, 2005 | Jimmy Bonneau | 3-year | Entry-level | [35] |
Maxim Lapierre | 3-year | Entry-level | [35] | |
August 2, 2005 | Francis Bouillon | 1-year | Re-signing | [16] |
August 3, 2005 | Alexei Kovalev | 4-year | Re-signing | [17] |
August 8, 2005 | Pierre Dagenais | 1-year | Re-signing | [36] |
August 11, 2005 | Jaroslav Halak | 3-year | Entry-level | [37] |
Mike Komisarek | 1-year | Re-signing | [37] | |
Mike Ribeiro | 1-year | Re-signing | [37] | |
August 12, 2005 | Jan Bulis | 1-year | Re-signing | [38] |
August 15, 2005 | Marcel Hossa | 1-year | Re-signing | [39] |
Saku Koivu | 1-year | Re-signing | [40] | |
August 16, 2005 | Tomas Plekanec | 2-year | Re-signing | [18] |
August 24, 2005 | Mark Streit | 1-year | Entry-level | [41] |
August 25, 2005 | Andrei Markov | 2-year | Re-signing | [42] |
September 2, 2005 | Jose Theodore | 3-year | Re-signing | [43] |
September 12, 2005 | Michael Ryder | 1-year | Re-signing | [44] |
February 11, 2006 | Saku Koivu | 3-year | Extension | [45] |
March 25, 2006 | Kyle Chipchura | 3-year | Entry-level | [46] |
May 30, 2006 | Loic Lacasse | 3-year | Entry-level | [47] |
Greg Stewart | 3-year | Entry-level | [47] | |
June 5, 2006 | Steve Begin | 3-year | Re-signing | [48] |
Aaron Downey | 1-year | Re-signing | [48] | |
Garth Murray | 2-year | Re-signing | [49] | |
June 7, 2006 | Mark Streit | 2-year | Re-signing | [50] |
Draft picks
[edit]Montreal's draft picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 5 | Carey Price | ![]() |
Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
2 | 45 | Guillaume Latendresse | ![]() |
Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) |
4 | 121 | Juraj Mikus | ![]() |
HK 36 Skalica Jr. (Slovakia) |
5 | 130 | Mathieu Aubin | ![]() |
Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL) |
6 | 190 | Matt D'Agostini | ![]() |
Guelph Storm (OHL) |
7 | 200 | Sergei Kostitsyn | ![]() |
HK Gomel (Belarusian Extraleague) |
7 | 229 | Philippe Paquet | ![]() |
Salisbury School (USHS-CT) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
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- ^ a b "Canadiens fire coach Claude Julien". CBC Sports. January 14, 2006. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
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- ^ "Habs hold on to Huet". Canadiens de Montreal. June 25, 2006. Archived from the original on June 29, 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
Huet won the 2005-06 Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award for the NHL's best save percentage (.929).
- ^ "Huet named NHL Defensive Player of the Week". Canadiens de Montreal. March 6, 2006. Archived from the original on March 19, 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
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After trading the 45th pick to the Montreal Canadiens for the 56th and 66th selections
- ^ "Canadiens acquire Garth Murray in swap with Rangers". Canadiens de Montreal. September 30, 2005. Archived from the original on November 25, 2005. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
- ^ "Habs acquire Aebischer from Avalanche". Canadiens de Montreal. March 8, 2006. Archived from the original on March 19, 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
- ^ "Canadiens pick up Simpson from Chicago". Canadiens de Montreal. March 9, 2006. Archived from the original on March 19, 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
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- ^ a b "Kovalev and Dandenault ink 4-year deals". Canadiens de Montreal. August 3, 2005. Archived from the original on November 30, 2005. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
- ^ a b "Plekanec, free agent Aitken reach deals with Canadiens". Canadiens de Montreal. August 16, 2005. Archived from the original on November 23, 2005. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
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- ^ "Canadiens sign defenseman Benoit to three-year contract". NHL.com. January 9, 2006. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
- ^ "Canadiens claim Downey off waivers from Blues". NHL.com. January 23, 2006. Archived from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
- ^ "Canadiens sign defenseman Sanford". NHL.com. March 2, 2006. Archived from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
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- ^ "MARC-ANDRE THINEL". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on September 5, 2005. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
20-Jun-05: Signed by the Rouen HE (French League).
- ^ "Avs pick up Turgeon, Brisebois after stars bolt". ESPN.com. August 3, 2005. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
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- ^ Karl Dykhuis at Hockey-Reference.com, retrieved July 7, 2022
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- ^ "Aces welcome ex-UAA star back to Anchorage". OurSports Central. August 29, 2005. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
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- ^ "Niklas Sundström vänder åter till MODO Hockey". MODO Hockey (in Swedish). June 7, 2006. Archived from the original on August 23, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
- ^ a b "TRANSACTIONS". The New York Times. July 29, 2005. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
MONTREAL CANADIENS--Signed F Jimmy Bonneau and F Maxin Lapierre to three-year contracts.
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- ^ "Yes way, Jose: Theo signs for 3 years". Canadiens de Montreal. September 2, 2005. Archived from the original on November 23, 2005. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
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- ^ "Canadiens sign Chipchura to three-year deal". NHL.com. March 25, 2006. Archived from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
- ^ a b "Canadiens sign Lacasse and Stewart". Canadiens de Montreal. May 30, 2006. Archived from the original on August 29, 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
- ^ a b "Habs ink Begin, Downey". Canadiens de Montreal. June 5, 2006. Archived from the original on June 17, 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
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- ^ "Canadiens sign Streit to two-year pact". Canadiens de Montreal. June 7, 2006. Archived from the original on June 18, 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2023.