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Podcast: Locked On Canadiens - Daily Podcast on the Montreal Canadiens
Episode: Montreal Canadiens' critical week, Habs need to be better, NHL trade deadline winners and losers
Description: Montreal Canadiens gear up for a pivotal four-game week facing Atlantic Division foes Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators, plus Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks. With playoff implications on the line, Laura Saba and Ian Boisvert dissect why strong defensive pairings, improved penalty kill, and goaltending choices—changing the Matheson-Ghule and Hudson-Dobson combos—could be the difference between victory and collapse. Can Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, and Juraj Slafkovsky ignite another late-season surge to clinch 100 points?
Trade deadline shockwaves continue to reverberate as the hosts debate winners and losers—did the Canadiens play it perfectly by standi...