Mike Matheson has been playing in Montreal for two years now. In those two seasons, we’ve come to know a defenseman who, offensively, is truly among the league’s elite.
Mike Matheson scored 62 points for the Canadiens this season. It’s a season worthy of the Canadiens’ greatest defensemen of the past few decades, let’s face it.
Mike Matheson’s value is high. The reason is simple: he’s in his prime, he just finished 9th in scoring among defensemen this season… And he earns a salary of $4.875 million a year, making him a bargain for a number-one defenseman on a National League team.
Mike Matheson played his second season in a Canadian uniform. And it went very well. The Quebec defenseman enjoyed the best campaign of his career, scoring 11 goals and 62 points in 82 games.
The Montreal Canadiens have drafted an influx of talent hailing from the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) in recent years, scattered across all seven rounds.
Martin St-Louis is an excellent head coach. We all knew it… but we know it even more now that he decided to leave the team a week ago. He’s good at developing
(Editor’s Note. This is a special guest post by Montreal Canadiens analyst Andrew Berkshire) Some have suggested Montreal Canadiens defenceman Mike Matheson is actually the player P.K.
The 2023-24 season has been underwhelming for the New York Islanders, while the Montreal Canadiens have overachieved. Injuries and poor coaching have hurt the Islanders, placing them in a tough playoff race.
RDS displayed an interesting stat during the Montreal Canadiens’ (latest) embarrassing loss to the Ottawa Senators on Jan. 23. During a power play, RDS showed that Mike Matheson co-leads all defensemen across the league in goals scored on the man advantage with five.
As the holiday season approaches, PHR will be taking a look at what teams are thankful for in 2023-24. There also might be a few things your team would like down the road. We’ll examine what’s gone well in the early going and what could improve as the season rolls on for the Montreal Canadiens.
The Montreal Canadiens have announced that defenseman Mike Matheson is out day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
Here are the most intriguing under-the-radar players from each Atlantic Division team)who could exceed expectations if given leeway to do so.
The Montreal Canadiens announced defenceman Mike Matheson would be part of the leadership team in 2023-24. The Point-Claire native couldn’t hide his excitement at the idea of acting as an alternate captain.
Defenseman Mike Matheson will wear a letter on his jersey for the first time in his professional hockey career.
The Montreal Canadiens were embarrassed by the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night, a clear juxtaposition between one team preparing for the playoffs and another limping to the regular-season finish line.
After being acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins last summer in the Jeff Petry trade, Mike Matheson’s tenure with the Montreal Canadiens didn’t start the way he wanted it to, but since returning from a string of injuries in January, the defenceman has been full value for his hometown team.
One thing’s just about for sure. If he’s put on the market, Montreal Canadiens defenseman Mike Matheson would likely jump to the top of the line of assets that could fetch the Habs a first-round pick.
In this edition of the Montreal Canadiens News & Rumors, the injury bug has bitten the Habs hard, causing general manager (GM) Kent Hughes to make plans on the fly and maybe even entertain possibilities that he had not before.
Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes waited until he felt he could get the right kind of return for Jeff Petry, and that patience is paying dividends today.
Mike Matheson scored with 20.2 seconds left in overtime to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-3 win against the visiting New York Islanders on Saturday afternoon.
The NHL fined Montreal Canadiens defenseman Mike Matheson $5,000 on Friday for interference against Florida Panthers forward Eric Staal. The fine is the maximum allowable under the league's collective bargaining agreement.
The veteran defenseman will add some stability to the back end when he returns and give the team another supporting option for its young group.
Montreal Canadiens defenseman Mike Matheson is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury, the team said Monday. He did not accompany the Canadiens on the start of their seven-game road trip that starts Monday against the Arizona Coyotes, with the team saying he remained in Montreal for medical care.
The Montreal Canadiens have moved Mike Matheson to injured reserve, recalling Corey Schueneman in the process.
It's been a busy day on the blue line for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins have acquired defenseman Jeff Petry and forward Ryan Poehling from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Mike Matheson and a 2023 fourth-round pick.
On Saturday, the Canadiens traded Petry and forward Ryan Poehling to the Penguins in exchange for defenseman Mike Matheson and a 2023 fourth-round pick.
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