Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes were signed to contract extensions Tuesday morning, and their work was endorsed by their fans Tuesday night.

The Montreal Canadiens are handing out contract extensions left and right to kick off their 2025-2026 season. Days after signing their top young defender Lane H

The Canadiens have announced that GM Kent Hughes and team president Jeff Gorton have been extended for five years each.

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

The Montreal Canadiens are set to make a major front-office move, one that could cement the team's future for years to come.

The puck drops at Bell Centre in Montreal at 4 p.m. The game will be broadcast on KONG with pregame coverage starting at 3:30 p.m. KONG is available for streaming through DirecTV Stream and Fubo and via antenna, cable, and satellite. The game will also be broadcast on the Kraken Hockey Network.

Before facing the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday, Canadiens players each selected their own walkout (skateout?) songs for the team’s traditional player presentation ceremony. The musical picks—mixed by guest DJ Miss Shelton from a special perch atop the Zamboni tunnel—spanned multiple genres and decades before ending with something more familiar.

The Montreal Canadiens come into a matchup with the Nashville Predators as winners of three consecutive games.

Canadiens' Ivan Demidov made the best pass of the NHL season so far originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. It really doesn't get better than what Ivan Demidov did for the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.