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The Athletic’s senior columnist on the Montreal Canadiens, co-host of the Basu and Godin Notebook podcast, regular contributor for Habs on TSN. Subscribe at: Print: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/nhl/team/canadiens/ Audio: https://basuandgodin.com/

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 3h

On Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes, what they said they’d do, what they’ve done, and how that’s earned them the right to do what’s next. Which might just be the hardest part. www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

Canadiens architects Gorton, Hughes earned a longer runway. Now, the hard part begins

Gorton and Hughes getting five more years was an easy decision for owner Geoff Molson, but the challenge ahead is immense.

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 22h

On the Lane Hutson contract and why it allows the Canadiens to dream: www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

Lane Hutson deal signals Canadiens’ road to contention is taking shape

Lane Hutson's eight-year contract gives the Canadiens flexibility in a rising cap environment to add the final pieces of their rebuild.

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Basu&Godin @basuandgodin.bsky.social · 1d

This episode starts with a bang following the announcement of Lane Hutson's new deal. Of course @arponbasu.bsky.social & @magodin.bsky.social had to tackle that before anything else!
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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 22h

On the Lane Hutson contract and why it allows the Canadiens to dream: www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

Lane Hutson deal signals Canadiens’ road to contention is taking shape

Lane Hutson's eight-year contract gives the Canadiens flexibility in a rising cap environment to add the final pieces of their rebuild.

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 1d

So, Martin St. Louis sent Hutson on that hot lap so he could get rid of him and tell the team about the contract, which was announced just before practice was about to start. That's why they mobbed him when he was finished. Cool moment.

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 1d

Lane Hutson does a solo hot lap at the end of practice and is mobbed by his teammates at the end of it. Seems to be a happy day for the Canadiens in general, and not just Hutson.

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 1d

8 years and $8.85 M AAV for Lane Hutson. Everyone wins.

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 1d

Canadiens weekly notebook is out with items on a power play split that is not as even as we might have assumed it would be, the difference between playing hockey on blades and in sneakers, and much more!

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 2d

If there is a creative way to lose a football game, the Dolphins invariably find it.

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not sure Ivan Demidov could impress his Canadiens teammates any more than he already has, but he did that Saturday night in Chicago.

This was a new brand of hostility for him. And he shined in a way some of his teammates didn’t realize he could shine.

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Canadiens rookie Ivan Demidov, targeted by Blackhawks, further shows what he’s all about

Demidov is incredibly skilled, and everyone knows that. But he showed something against the Blackhawks that might have been less known.

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 2d

That goal’s been given to Guhle.

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 2d

Canadiens score with 15 seconds left, Juraj Slafkovský tips home a Kaiden Guhle point shot, 3-2 Canadiens

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 2d

10! 10 Canadiens power plays!

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Luc Gélinas @lucgelinas-rds.bsky.social · 2d

Zachary Bolduc est le premier depuis Yanic Perreault en 2001 à marquer lors de ses trois premiers matchs avec le CH. #rds.

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 2d

Canadiens power play No 9 coming up here. This is ridiculous.

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 2d

This Canadiens PP1 setup is, uhh, not working.

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 2d

Eighth power play here for Canadiens after Connor Bedard appeared to try to flip a puck off Alexandre Carrier's jock after the whistle.

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 2d

Canadiens headed to the power play for a seventh time tonight. We are halfway through the game.

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 2d

Blackhawks tie it again on the power play, puck bounces in off Connor Bedard at the side of the net, 2-2 game.

This game might end 8-7.

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 2d

The ornery version of Ivan Demidov is certainly an interesting look. He's involved in a LOT tonight.

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry that should be 2-1, lots happened there...

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Zack Bolduc, in his third game in a Canadiens uniform, has his third goal in a Canadiens uniform. 2-0 Montreal.

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 2d

Cole Caufield bats a fluttering Zack Bolduc shot out of the air and past Spencer Knight, Canadiens finally score on their fifth power play of the game, 1-0 early in the second. It was reviewed for being touched by a high stick and the goal stands. Caufield's first of the season.

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Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.social · 2d

The Blackhawks tried to give the Canadiens a first period gift.

The Canadiens:

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Scott Powers @scottpowers.bsky.social · 2d

Blackhawks lineup in warmups
Dach-Bedard-Burakovsky
Teräväinen-Nazar-Bertuzzi
Donato-Greene-Mikheyev
Foligno-Reichel-Lafferty

Vlasic-Rinzel
Grezlcyk-Murphy
Kaiser-Crevier

Knight
Söderblom

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