Canadiens will have a captain for the 2022-23 season
The Montreal Canadiens were left without a captain following the news that Shea Weber would miss the entire 2021-22 season, and possibly even being forced to retire early due to a few injuries he is dealing with.
Now it appears that the captaincy role won't be left vacant for a second straight year. While on TSN 690 radio, Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes said that there will be a captain named and on the ice for the 2022-23 season.
"Yes, I don't think we would be looking to go through next season without a captain of this team. How we go about determining that and it's hard to do right now, you know, we have a trade deadline approaching and we don't know what the team is going to look like, who's going to be a part or not a part of it at that point in time. But without question, there needs to be a leader," Hughes said.
The most likely option to wear the 'C' next season is Brendan Gallagher. The 29-year-old is the second-longest tenured Canadiens player only behind Carey Price. Gallagher has shown leadership on and off the ice and in 2015 was named an alternate captain.
Other options could include Nick Suzuki, Jeff Petry, or Tyler Toffoli.
Source: TSN 690 (Hughes' answer begins at 19:15 mark)
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Kyle Connor | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Owen Power | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Michael Bunting | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Drew Helleson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jirí Kulich | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Isac Lundestrom | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nino Niederreiter | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Gabriel Vilardi | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Leo Carlsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ross Johnston | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Evgeni Malkin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Morrissey | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cole Perfetti | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Bryan Rust | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Scheifele | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Trevor Zegras | - | 1 | 1 | |
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| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||