Montmagny, PQ native Alex Barre-Boulet signed a one-year, one-way contract with the Montreal Canadiens. With 68 NHL games under his belt, the 28-year-old left-shot center was hoping to be able to make ...

There was a lot of movement for the Montreal Canadiens this off-season. There was the big swing in bringing in Noah Dobson, ...

Yes, I know that Bergevin facilitated the trade for Nick Suzuki, but he couldn't pull the Habs out of a rough spot. Owen Beck is one of many centers that Hughes has drafted since taking over, and he ...

Oliver Kapanen By Ryan Snow Hey everyone! For this article I wanted to talk about Oliver Kapanen. He played 18 games for the Habs this season and for the most part he did what was asked of him. He did ...

While Beck has less experience playing professionally, his mature game has him on par, if not ahead of Kapanen. But the pair, so long as they are in Laval, will battle it out for the two top-six ...

Owen Beck and Oliver Kapanen showed tremendous growth, and put forth solid seasons, in Laval and Timrå. The pair could potentially get a sniff with the Canadiens in 2025-26, but they could also ...

He clearly enjoys playing with Oliver Kapanen, and I think if you added a heavier forechecking presence (Owen Beck, Florian Xhekaj, or Luke Tuch) it could be a seriously effective line.

However, now that both are playing for the Laval Rocket in the playoffs, it’s clear that Oliver Kapanen is being prioritized, since he’s being used at center while Owen Beck is not.

Indeed, since Kapanen was sent to Laval after the Canadiens were eliminated, he seems to have taken Beck’s place, who now plays on the wing of the fourth line (which isn’t really a fourth line, though ...

Roy, Beck, Oliver Kapanen, and Emil Heineman all come up regularly in Habs circles. In all of that noise, Farrell is often an afterthought. But he shouldn’t be.