Last night, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins faced off. And for the second time in a row, Toronto avoided elimination by winning its game – without Auston Matthews – against the Bruins.
On this day of reckoning for the Canadiens, several players talk to media representatives. One of them? Chris Wideman, who didn’t play all season for the Habs.
A former NHLer has decided to call it a career. On Tuesday, Montreal Canadiens defenseman Chris Wideman has announced he is retiring from professional hockey.
The veteran defenseman is hanging up his skates.
The Montreal Canadiens played a lot of rookies on the blue line last season. Some of that was fully deserved, and a little bit of it was due to circumstance.
Now that the Montreal Canadiens have announced defenceman Chris Wideman will be out of action indefinitely with a back injury, the defensive group likely to make the team has become a lot clearer.
The Montreal Canadiens announced on the first day of training camp that defenseman Chris Wideman is out indefinitely due to a back injury.
The Philadelphia Flyers showed just why the Montreal Canadiens won’t be big spenders on the free-agent market this summer.
The Canadiens are getting a bit of offence of their own. The most unexpected source of offence nets the Canadiens’ third goal.
The Montreal Canadiens have announced injury updates for four of their players.
This season was supposed to be another transition one for Montreal after finishing last in 2021-22. While the team has a few more points than some may have expected, they remain a team that’s squarely in the middle of a rebuild so that has gone as planned.
However, this is not a retirement announcement as many people first thought when his media availability was reported.
Chris Wideman was re-signed by the Montreal Canadiens for a two-year stint that will cost the Habs $750k in the first year and $775K in the second. A pittance for a blueliner that can move the puck and put some points on the board.
With the Eastern Conference Final in full swing and the NHL prospect combine winding down, it’s been a busy week in the NHL. It’s also a busy week for the Montreal Canadiens, who have the first-overall pick in this year’s draft and have lots of roster decisions to make before September.
Defenseman Chris Wideman could've hit unrestricted free agency next month but instead has committed his future to the Montreal Canadiens.
Chris Wideman will be sticking around in Montreal for two more years. The Canadiens announced on Monday that the 32-year-old Wideman has inked a two-year contract extension.
Wideman is not a repeat offender, which likely helped his cause in this matter. He loses $3,750, and that forfeited money goes to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.
The Montreal Canadiens didn’t bring defenseman Chris Wideman back from the Kontinental Hockey League just to bury him in the American Hockey League. That much is obvious based solely on the fact his one-year, $750,000 deal is a one-way contract.
The Montreal Canadiens will enter the 2021-22 season with some unanswered questions about the roster. With the influx of new faces, the coaching staff will have their hands full assessing and assembling the most effective lineup, including the defense pairings, with two new NHL-ready members joining the ranks.
Hartley’s name has been brought up in talks of NHL vacancies, but it’s not clear if he is ready to return to the NHL just yet.
The former Ottawa Senators regular has been recalled by the Anaheim Ducks for the first time after signing a one-year, two-way deal with them in the summer.
Defenseman Chris Wideman is on the move for the third time this season.
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