2017–18 Montreal Canadiens season – Wikipedia

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Trades[edit]

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)	To Vegas Golden Knights 5th-round pick in 2019	To Montreal Canadiens David Schlemko	^[37]
October 4, 2017 (2017-10-04)	To Buffalo Sabres Zach Redmond	To Montreal Canadiens Nicolas Deslauriers	^[38]
October 4, 2017 (2017-10-04)	To Chicago Blackhawks Andreas Martinsen	To Montreal Canadiens Kyle Baun	^[39]
November 23, 2017 (2017-11-23)	To Los Angeles Kings Torrey Mitchell	To Montreal Canadiens Conditional 5th-round draft pick in 2018	^[40]
November 30, 2017 (2017-11-30)	To New York Rangers after-content-x4 Peter Holland	To Montreal Canadiens Adam Cracknell	^[41]
January 4, 2018 (2018-01-04)	To Edmonton Oilers Al Montoya	To Montreal Canadiens Conditional 4th-round draft pick in 2018	^[42]
February 21, 2018 (2018-02-21)	To Washington Capitals Jakub Jerabek	To Montreal Canadiens 5th-round draft pick in 2019	^[43]
February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Kyle Baun Tomas Plekanec^{[Note 1]}	To Montreal Canadiens Kerby Rychel Rinat Valiev 2nd-round pick in 2018	^[44]
February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26)	To Winnipeg Jets Joe Morrow	To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2018	^[45]
February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26)	To Minnesota Wild 5th-round pick in 2019	To Montreal Canadiens Mike Reilly	^[46]
June 15, 2018 (2018-06-15)	To Arizona Coyotes Alex Galchenyuk	To Montreal Canadiens Max Domi	^[47]

Notes:

^{Note 1} Montreal to retain 50% of salary as part of trade.

Free agents acquired[edit]

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Karl Alzner	Washington Capitals	5-year, $23.125 million	^[48]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Peter Holland	Arizona Coyotes	2-year, $1.35 million	^[49]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Byron Froese	Tampa Bay Lightning	2-year, $1.3 million	^[50]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Matt Taormina	Tampa Bay Lightning	2-year, $1.3 million two-way contract	^[51]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Joe Morrow	Boston Bruins	1-year, $650,000	^[52]
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)	Ales Hemsky	Dallas Stars	1-year, $1 million	^[53]
July 25, 2017 (2017-07-25)	Mark Streit	Pittsburgh Penguins	1-year, $700,000	^[54]
March 25, 2018 (2018-03-25)	Hayden Verbeek	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	3-year, $2.33 million entry-level contract	^[55]
April 24, 2018 (2018-04-24)	Alexandre Alain	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	3-year, $2.33 million entry-level contract	^[56]
May 28, 2018 (2018-05-28)	Michal Moravcik	HC Plzeň	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract	^[57]
May 28, 2018 (2018-05-28)	David Sklenicka	HC Plzeň	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract	^[57]

Free agents lost[edit]

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26)	Ryan Johnston	Luleå HF	2-year	^[58]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Joel Hanley	Arizona Coyotes	1-year, $725,000 two-way contract	^[59]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Brian Flynn	Dallas Stars	1-year, $700,000 two-way contract	^[60]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Keegan Lowe	Edmonton Oilers	1-year, $650,000 two-way contract	^[61]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Stefan Matteau	Vegas Golden Knights	1-year, $650,000 two-way contract	^[62]
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)	Alexander Radulov	Dallas Stars	5-year, $31.25 million	^[63]
July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06)	Nikita Nesterov	CSKA Moscow	3-year	^[64]
July 28, 2017 (2017-07-28)	Andrei Markov	Ak Bars Kazan	2-year	^[65]
August 4, 2017 (2017-08-04)	Dalton Thrower	Allen Americans	2-year	^[66]
August 14, 2017 (2017-08-14)	Dwight King	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	2-year	^[67]
August 17, 2017 (2017-08-17)	Connor Crisp	Toledo Walleye	1-year	^[68]
September 5, 2017 (2017-09-05)	Mark MacMillan	Wichita Thunder	Unknown	^[69]
June 8, 2018 (2018-06-08)	Markus Eisenschmid	Adler Mannheim	2-year	^[70]

Claimed via waivers[edit]

Lost via waivers[edit]

Players released[edit]

Lost via Expansion Draft[edit]

Player signings[edit]

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 28, 2017 (2017-06-28)	Jacob de la Rose	1-year, $725,000 contract extension	^[77]
July 2, 2017 (2017-07-02)	Carey Price	8-year, $84 million contract extension	^[78]
July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05)	Alex Galchenyuk	3-year, $14.7 million contract extension	^[79]
July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06)	Charlie Lindgren	1-year, $700,000 two-way contract extension	^[80]
February 13, 2018 (2018-02-13)	Charlie Lindgren	3-year, $2.25 million contract extension	^[81]
February 19, 2018 (2018-02-19)	Nicolas Deslauriers	2-year, $1.9 million contract extension	^[82]
March 7, 2018 (2018-03-07)	William Bitten	3-year, $2.73 million entry-level contract	^[83]
March 7, 2018 (2018-03-07)	Michael Pezzetta	3-year, $2.23 million entry-level contract	^[83]
April 9, 2018 (2018-04-09)	Jake Evans	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract	^[84]
May 2, 2018 (2018-05-02)	Lukas Vejdemo	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract	^[85]
May 22, 2018 (2018-05-22)	Antti Niemi	1-year, $950,000 contract extension	^[86]
May 31, 2018 (2018-05-31)	Rinat Valiev	1-year, $650,000 two-way contract extension	^[87]
June 16, 2018 (2018-06-16)	Max Domi	2-year, $6.3 million contract extension	^[88]

Draft picks[edit]

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Below are the Montreal Canadiens’ selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.

Draft notes:^[89]

This was the Washington Capitals’ original second-round pick, traded to the Canadiens on June 24, 2016 in exchange for Lars Eller and a second-round pick in 2018.^[90]
The Canadiens acquired this pick from the Buffalo Sabres’ as the result of a trade on June 17, 2017 that sent Nathan Beaulieu to Buffalo in exchange for it.^[91]
The Canadiens original seventh-round pick was traded on June 25, 2016 to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2016 draft.^[92] This pick was acquired from the Philadelphia Flyers’ on June 24, 2017 in exchange for the Canadiens’ seventh-round pick in 2018.^[93]

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