THIS IS A HUGE WAKE-UP CALL FOR THE MONTREAL CANADIENS…

THIS IS A HUGE WAKE-UP CALL FOR THE MONTREAL CANADIENS…

I don’t think it’s too far-fetched to say that this is somewhat of a revelation for the Montreal Canadians and their fans. Now, I know you’re not going to see that right away based off of this article that was posted on NHL.com 2 days ago, July 29th, 2025, posted by NHL themselves. There’s a variety of writers that contributed to this piece right here, but it’s the NHL’s Super 16. Golden Knights Hurricanes climbed the power rankings after offseason moves. Plain and simple, this is the NHL’s power rankings for what is essentially the end of July, start of August in 2025. And while it’s true we don’t have any hockey games to go off of, there are enough news stories, signings, transactions, and more that can give us a narrative as to who’s hot and who’s not. The hottest team in the National Hockey League, the number one power ranking team on the NHL’s list is Florida. Not surprising here. Okay. Actually, um, we should dive into how the points are calculated first because it says here they have 208 points. I totally skipped over that. That is my bad. Take a look at this. So, the Panthers are the unanimous number one team in the NHL in the summer of the Super 16. But what does the staff here at NHL.com think about the teams chasing the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions and the possible path to catching them? Read on to find out. To come up with the Super 16, the 13 voters this week put together their own version of what they think the ranking should look like and a point total was assigned to each with the team selected first given 16 points, second 15 points, third 14 points, and so on. So yeah, Florida got 16 multiplied by 13 for 208 points. They’re number one. They’re the top team. But the reason this is a wakeup call for the Montreal Canadians is because if you scroll all the way down and you take a look at the fact that Montreal is ranked 15th out of 32 with 34 points over here. This is where you start to say, “Hm, maybe, just maybe, the Montreal Canadians are not seen as a quote unquote rebuilding team no longer.” Let’s go out there and read Dan Rosen. Is that right? Is it Dan Rosen? Yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s Dan Rosen. His report on the Montreal Canadians, the 15th ranked team on the NHL’s summer super 16. Similar to the Ottawa Senators, the Montreal Canadians also have a benchmark of being a playoff team. They got in as a second wild card last season, and although they lost to the Capitals in five games, they showed flashes of what they could be this season, especially with rookie forward Ivan Demidov becoming a full-time player. Montreal will try to tame expectations which will be difficult to do because of the excitement around a young exciting team led by one of the most dynamic top lines in the league with Nick Suzuki, Cole Cfield, and Yuri Slovkovski. The addition of defenseman Noah Dobson in a trade with the Islanders is only fueling optimism and expectations. So too is the thought of what Lane Hudson might do for an encore. The 21-year-old defenseman won the Calder Trophy as the league’s top rookie last season when he had 66 points in 82 games. For the first time in a long time, the Canadians will have some pressure to live up to expectations. How they can handle that will determine how quickly they can take the next step to become a team that can win in the postseason. And I think that’s the biggest thing that Habs fans have to realize at this point. For the first time in a long time, the Canadians have some pressure to live up to. And while it is true, you can look at the Habs from last year and say, “Hey, they had no expectations, they absolutely surpassed whatever reasonable thoughts people had about this team. They were at a 2% chance of making the playoffs in December and they ended up making it because of some clutch goal scoring with line and some really good winning streaks. Montreal had all the power in the world. They just rode the momentum and they made the playoffs. Well, here’s the thing. Now that the team is getting better, now that the team is getting older, and now that there are some talented pieces in play that we did not see too much of last year, like Ivan Demidov, now like Noah Dobson, there is a very reasonable level of expectation that is being placed on Montreal. And it’s why the folks on NHL.com are going out there and saying that, hey, for the first time in years, Montreal can reasonably be seen as one of the top half teams in the NHL. This was expanded upon even more on a tweet by Michael at Demidov Habs on Twitter. The question was posted by Barard Down asking, “Are the Montreal Canadiens a playoff team this upcoming season?” And written out are the lines over here. Caulfield, Suzuki, Slowski, Luha, Kaepernin, Bullduke, Doc, Demi Dov, Gallagher, Evans, Anderson. I think a lot of the lines are not really like placed in the right spot, but this is what they showed. On defense, you’ve got Ghouie, Dobson, Hudson, Stubble, Mat, Kerier, and then in goalies, you have Monttobo, Doh, and Kakan. And this is really not presented properly, but then again, it’s a graphic. They’re not going out there and showing the lines in order. But the tweet from Demidov Hab says, “I don’t see a world in which the Montreal Canadians don’t improve bearing any injuries. They’re adding Ivan Demidov for a full year. They’re adding a top 20 Dman in Dobson and they’re adding a young potential 20 goal scorer in Buluk. L will also be healthy for a full season. The young guys may also improve. So that I think is the biggest thing. It’s going to boil down to injuries and health. Line getting hurt at the beginning of the season last year really put a big roadblock into the goal scoring for Montreal in 24-25. Hopefully, knock on wood, he’s able to have a full off season’s worth of training and really get back into gear in this 8.7 million year that he has got. Obviously, you want the big three, Cfield, Suzuki, Slowski to stick around and play all the games. Buluke had 19 goals last year in St. Louis as a middle to bottom six guy. If there’s a world where he gets some top six time, I could definitely see Buluk taking a step. And then for Lane Hudson, I think honestly it’s more dependent on Hudson than it is on Dobson or Ghoulie because for Hudson, there is already a level of expectation that he has because of how well he had played in this first season. But that’s the thing, that was his first season. We know the sophomore slump exists and we know that players genuinely go through it. Not because they all of a sudden suck one year after, but because when Lane Hudson suited up for the Canadians this most recent season, he was the new guy. Quite literally. After one year of NHL play, other teams and other coaching staff will be able to say, “Okay, now we’re playing Montreal. Here’s a whole bunch of Lane Hudson tape from last year that we can now refer to that we didn’t have access to a year ago because he was new. Now we can point out the things in his game, the idiosyncrasies, the moments of weakness, the vulnerabilities, and now it becomes easier to shut him down. The sophomore slump doesn’t exist because these players stink one year after they’re rookies. it exists because the other NHL teams that they’re playing off against catch up and they learn what makes them work. So for Lane Hudson, it’s going to be all about how he adapts to that for next season and whether or not that’s able to manifest as a number one power play option for the course of 2526. So, with all this in mind, I want you to let me know your thoughts in the comment section below about Montreal being named one of the best 16 teams in the National Hockey League in the power rankings right here throughout the summer. What are your thoughts on Montreal and whether or not their expectations are really going to swallow them whole? Are they going to step up to the task or is this setting up everybody for disappointment? I think a lot of Canadians fans, Michael included over here, are very optimistic. But you can let me know your thoughts in the comment section below. I hope you enjoyed this roll and bye.

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We’re going over the Montreal Canadiens status on the NHL’s Summer Power Rankings, and how this is a wake-up call for the fans.

We’ll talk about Nick Suzuki, Ivan Demidov, Lane Hutson, and more.

Article: https://www.nhl.com/news/super-16-nhl-power-rankings-july-30-2025

This video is taking place after the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The 2025 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:

1st) New York Islanders, Matthew Schaefer
2nd) San Jose Sharks, Michael Misa
3rd) Chicago Blackhawks, Anton Frondell
4th) Utah Mammoth, Caleb Desnoyers
5th) Nashville Predators, Brady Martin
6th) Philadelphia Flyers, Porter Martone
7th) Boston Bruins, James Hagens
8th) Seattle Kraken, Jake O’Brien
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Radim Mrtka
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Roger McQueen
11th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Benjamin Kindel
12th) Philadelphia Flyers (from New York Rangers via Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins), Jack Nesbitt
13th) Detroit Red Wings, Carter Bear
14th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Jackson Smith
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Braeden Cootes
16th) New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames via Montreal Canadiens), Victor Eklund
17th) New York Islanders (from Montreal Canadiens), Kashawn Aitcheson
18th) Calgary Flames (from New Jersey Devils), Cole Reschny
19th) St. Louis Blues, Justin Carbonneau
20th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Minnesota Wild), Pyotr Andreyanov
21st) Nashville Predators (from Ottawa Senators), Cameron Reid
22nd) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Colorado Avalanche via Philadelphia Flyers), Bill Zonnon
23rd) Ottawa Senators (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Nashville Predators), Logan Hensler
24th) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Los Angeles Kings), Will Horcoff
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Vaclav Nestrasil
26th) Nashville Predators (from Vegas Golden Knights via San Jose Sharks), Ryker Lee
27th) Washington Capitals, Lynden Lakovic
28th) Winnipeg Jets, Sascha Boumedienne
29th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Mason West
30th) San Jose Sharks (from Dallas Stars), Joshua Ravensbergen
31st) Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton Oilers via Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins), Henry Brzustewicz
32nd) Calgary Flames (from Florida Panthers), Cullen Potter

This video is also taking place after 2025 NHL Season, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.

Nick Suzuki was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.

The 2017 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 30 of the draft went as follows:

1st – New Jersey Devils, Nico Hischier
2nd – Philadelphia Flyers, Nolan Patrick
3rd – Dallas Stars, Miro Heiskanen
4th – Colorado Avalanche, Cale Makar
5th – Vancouver Canucks, Elias Pettersson
6th – Vegas Golden Knights, Cody Glass
7th – New York Rangers (from Arizona Coyotes), Lias Andersson
8th – Buffalo Sabres, Casey Mittelstadt
9th – Detroit Red Wings, Michael Rasmussen
10th – Florida Panthers, Owen Tippett
11th – Los Angeles Kings, Gabriel Vilardi
12th – Carolina Hurricanes, Martin Necas
13th – Vegas Golden Knights (from Winnipeg Jets), Nick Suzuki
14th – Tampa Bay Lightning, Callan Foote
15th – Vegas Golden Knights (from New York Islanders), Erik Brannstrom
16th – Calgary Flames, Juuso Valimaki
17th – Toronto Maple Leafs, Timothy Liljegren
18th – Boston Bruins, Urho Vaakanainen
19th – San Jose Sharks, Josh Norris
20th – St. Louis Blues, Robert Thomas
21st – New York Rangers, Filip Chytil
22nd – Edmonton Oilers, Kailer Yamamoto
23rd – Arizona Coyotes (from Minnesota Wild), Pierre-Olivier Joseph
24th – Winnipeg Jets (from Columbus Blue Jackets via Vegas Golden Knights), Kristian Vesalainen
25th – Montreal Canadiens, Ryan Poehling
26th – Dallas Stars (from Chicago Blackhawks), Jake Oettinger
27th – Philadelphia Flyers (from Washington Capitals via St. Louis Blues), Morgan Frost
28th – Ottawa Senators, Shane Bowers
29th – Chicago Blackhawks (from Anaheim Ducks via Dallas Stars), Henri Jokiharju
30th – Nashville Predators, Eeli Tolvanen

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