The Montreal Canadiens just signed a huge steal of a contract with Lane Hutson, put the comments and deal structure paint a broader picture of just how dangerous the Montreal Canadiens will look in the future. Josh Gosse chats about all of it on this episode of Habs Digest.
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0:00 Montreal Canadiens News
0:39 The NHL is beyond jealous of this
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Arber Xhekaj,Zach Bolduc,Alex Newhook,Jake Evans,Brendan Gallagher,Mike Matheson,David Reinbacher,Juraj Slafkovsky,Josh Anderson,Cole Caufield,Nick Suzuki,Kirby Dach,Alex CarrierKent Hughes,Martin St Louis,Sam Montembeault,Kaiden Guhle,Owen Beck,Filip Mesar,Jayden Struble,Adam Engstrom,Sean Farrell,Lane Hutson,Ivan Demidov,Patrik Laine,Jakub Dobes
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I remember when Kawhi Leonard was in Toronto and all the smak talk …generally from American press..that he was losing money by playing in Canada. I saw an interview with a Canadian tax expert who said that if Kawhi signed in Toronto again he would make MORE money than in the US. Good on Hutson. Hope he gets 💯 points this season!
Very happy with this deal. Thanks Josh.
Indont think people understand how big this is to the team and the culture. What it says to everyone the rear of the league. Habs gonna be insane
I think Lane wanted the contract issue to come to an end, and he's happy here and didn't want the contract to be a bad distraction going forward into the season. cheers
There is also a ten team no trade for the last 2 years of his term, sweet.
Another big piece of the puzzle has now been set, Kent Hughes is a magician. The culture here now is contagious, and precedents being set, players with a win first mentality. Still the youngest team in the league, future looks bright, enjoy this my friends and Go Habs Go
This reminds me of the back in the day's when Player's played for the sweater rather than for the salary This will allow the Montreal Canadians organization to be competitive for a run at a couple of Stanley Cup finals… and who's to say the next dynasty in the making???
Wow if anyone here is an accountant is the following statement correct?
Base salary: $1.5 million/year
• Bonus: $7 million/year
• Total income: $8.5 million/year
For tax purposes, both salary and bonuses are treated as employment income — meaning they’re fully taxable in Quebec and subject to both federal and provincial income tax.
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🧾 2. Federal and Quebec Tax Rates (2025)
Federal (Canada-wide):
• 15% on first $55,867
• 20.5% on next $55,866
• 26% on next $61,472
• 29% on next $70,000
• 33% on income over $243,000
Quebec provincial:
• 15% on first $49,275
• 20% on next $49,275
• 24% on next $19,700
• 25.75% on income over $118,250
So, at the top bracket, the combined marginal rate (federal + Quebec) is roughly:
≈ 58.31% total (before deductions)
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💰 3. What That Means for the Athlete
Total income: $8,500,000
Approximate combined tax: ~58% (includes surtaxes and Quebec Parental Insurance Plan)
Net take-home: about $3.5–3.6 million
In other words:
They’d lose around $4.9–5 million in taxes each year.
Glad he signed. 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙
At this rate, free agents are gonna take pay cuts to play here
i'm 41 years old I started watching Habs hockey 25 years ago which is not that long but I've seen high and lows and right now it's nothing but highs and for the younger generation you know the ones that are like between 15 and 25, man I am jealous of you guys, but I'm gonna be living vicariously through you guys for the next 10 years and I truly believe that we're gonna win the cup or if not, we're gonna contend. Soooooo hyped!
Thinking McDavid is #1 in contract friendly but Lane could very well be #2 ☝️😉
Thank you for giving this to all of us Mr. Hutson!!!
Lane contract awesome news. Even better than leafs losing two in a row to the redwings. Tsn will say Montreal paid too much. Then say pay Matthews 20 mill a year
The cap figure is not the number to look at, its how its structured. Knew the contract would be signed in the first few months of the season. Now the RFAs to worry about is Bolduc (primarily if he keeps overperforming) and Dach.
How Lane Hutson is making more money then Luke Hughes or LaCombe is how the contract is structured. 55 million in bonus money is not taxable. The rest is, so Hutson will pay less taxes then either Hughes or LaCombe. One way for Canada to compete against the no tax states in America.
If you carefully look at how Kent Hughes is structuring deals with his players. He gives them loads of bonus money upfront and locks them up long term. Really smart strategy on his part.
The team culture is special. This team friendly contact is so awesome. The top players signed team friendly contracts and don't forget Jake Evans signing for welll below market to stay in Montréal. He saw what is happening and wanted to be part of it. Go habs go!
You want to be remembered for your salary or for having your name on the cup?
wheres Jessie Poitiers?:(
..calm down..Habs have a plan..Florida north..wanting to play there..good for all..
now we need crosby to take the C & take the pressure off susuki for this team to win the cup
If you see the entirety of the team hug, our golden retriever got in three hug circles before it was all over
Could this be? Coud this be…
minnesota crying right now at kaprizov's contract
I said it at first year of MSL in Habs and now it is confirmed.
This is not just rebuild, this is building next NHL dynasty at MTL.
MSL as alot to do with it…he know how to make the guys be 1 core and rally everyone behind 1 cause
K. Hughes was over salary cap like 2-3 weeks before nhl salary cap compliance …what a maestro of a gm
Steve Dangle was literally losing his shit over Hutson re-signing with us.
He thought for sure that he was going to be going to Toronto. LMAO!!