2016–17 Montreal Canadiens season

2016–17 Montreal Canadiens
Atlantic Division Champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	4th Eastern
2016–17 record	47–26–9
Home record	24–12–5
Road record	23–14–4
Goals for	226
Goals against	200
Team information
General Manager	Marc Bergevin
Coach	Michel Therrien (Oct. 13 – Feb. 14) Claude Julien (Feb. 14 – present)
Captain	Max Pacioretty
Alternate captains	Brendan Gallagher Andrei Markov Tomas Plekanec Shea Weber
Arena	Bell Centre
Average attendance	21,288
Minor league affiliations	St. John's IceCaps (AHL) Brampton Beast (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Max Pacioretty (35)
Assists	Alexander Radulov (36)
Points	Max Pacioretty (67)
Penalties in minutes	Andrew Shaw (110)
Plus/minus	Paul Byron (+21)
Wins	Carey Price (37)
Goals against average	Carey Price (2.23)
<2015–16	2017–18>

The 2016–17 Montreal Canadiens season was the 108th season for the franchise that was founded on December 4, 1909, and their 100th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 y – Montreal Canadiens 82 47 26 9 44 226 200 +26 103 2 x – Ottawa Senators 82 44 28 10 38 212 214 −2 98 3 x – Boston Bruins 82 44 31 7 42 234 212 +22 95 4 x – Toronto Maple Leafs 82 40 27 15 39 251 242 +9 95 5 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 42 30 10 38 234 227 +7 94 6 Florida Panthers 82 35 36 11 30 210 237 −27 81 7 Detroit Red Wings 82 33 36 13 24 207 244 −37 79 8 Buffalo Sabres 82 33 37 12 31 201 237 −36 78

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–1–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 1–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 26	New Jersey	3–2	Montreal		Lindgren	21,288	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 27	Washington	2–5	Montreal		Montoya	21,288	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 29	Ottawa	4–3	Montreal	OT	Condon	21,288	1–1–1	Recap
4	October 1	Montreal	3–2	Ottawa	OT	Montoya	17,147	2–1–1	Recap
5	October 2	Montreal	2–3	Toronto	OT	Condon	18,912	2–1–2	Recap
6	October 4	Boston	3–4	Montreal		—	—	3–1–2	Recap
7	October 6	Toronto	1–6	Montreal		Price	21,288	4–1–2	Recap

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log
October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 13 Montreal 4–1 Buffalo Montoya 19,070 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 15 Montreal 3–4 Ottawa SO Montoya 18,195 1–0–1 3 Recap 3 October 18 Pittsburgh 0–4 Montreal Montoya 21,288 2–0–1 5 Recap 4 October 20 Arizona 2–5 Montreal Price 21,288 3–0–1 7 Recap 5 October 22 Montreal 4–2 Boston Price 17,565 4–0–1 9 Recap 6 October 24 Philadelphia 1–3 Montreal Price 21,288 5–0–1 11 Recap 7 October 26 Montreal 3–2 NY Islanders Montoya 12,194 6–0–1 13 Recap 8 October 27 Tampa Bay 1–3 Montreal Price 21,288 7–0–1 15 Recap 9 October 29 Toronto 1–2 Montreal Price 21,288 8–0–1 17 Recap
November: 8–5–1 (Home: 7–1–1 ; Road: 1–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 2 Vancouver 0–3 Montreal Price 21,288 9–0–1 19 Recap 11 November 4 Montreal 0–10 Columbus Montoya 14,436 9–1–1 19 Recap 12 November 5 Philadelphia 4–5 Montreal Price 21,288 10–1–1 21 Recap 13 November 8 Boston 2–3 Montreal Price 21,288 11–1–1 23 Recap 14 November 10 Los Angeles 1–4 Montreal Price 21,288 12–1–1 25 Recap 15 November 12 Detroit 0–5 Montreal Price 21,288 13–1–1 27 Recap 16 November 13 Montreal 2–3 Chicago Montoya 21,762 13–2–1 27 Recap 17 November 15 Florida 4–3 Montreal OT Price 21,288 13–2–2 28 Recap 18 November 18 Montreal 2–3 Carolina Montoya 12,101 13–3–2 28 Recap 19 November 19 Toronto 1–2 Montreal Price 21,288 14–3–2 30 Recap 20 November 22 Ottawa 4–3 Montreal Price 21,288 14–4–2 30 Recap 21 November 24 Carolina 1–2 Montreal Price 21,288 15–4–2 32 Recap 22 November 26 Montreal 2–1 Detroit OT Price 20,027 16–4–2 34 Recap 23 November 29 Montreal 1–2 Anaheim Price 14,830 16–5–2 34 Recap
December: 6–4–4 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–2–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 2 Montreal 1–2 San Jose Price 17,562 16–6–2 34 Recap 25 December 4 Montreal 5–4 Los Angeles SO Price 18,230 17–6–2 36 Recap 26 December 6 Montreal 2–3 St. Louis OT Montoya 17,646 17–6–3 37 Recap 27 December 8 New Jersey 2–5 Montreal Price 21,288 18–6–3 39 Recap 28 December 10 Colorado 1–10 Montreal Price 21,288 19–6–3 41 Recap 29 December 12 Boston 2–1 Montreal OT Price 21,288 19–6–4 42 Recap 30 December 16 San Jose 4–2 Montreal Price 21,288 19–7–4 42 Recap 31 December 17 Montreal 2–1 Washington Price 18,506 20–7–4 44 Recap 32 December 20 Anaheim 1–5 Montreal Price 21,288 21–7–4 46 Recap 33 December 22 Minnesota 4–2 Montreal Price 21,288 21–8–4 46 Recap 34 December 23 Montreal 1–2 Columbus Montoya 18,147 21–9–4 46 Recap 35 December 28 Montreal 3–4 Tampa Bay OT Price 19,092 21–9–5 47 Recap 36 December 29 Montreal 3–2 Florida OT Montoya 17,489 22–9–5 49 Recap 37 December 31 Montreal 3–4 Pittsburgh OT Price 19,633 22–9–6 50 Recap
January: 8–5–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 5–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 3 Montreal 2–1 Nashville OT Price 17,113 23–9–6 52 Recap 39 January 4 Montreal 4–3 Dallas OT Montoya 18,106 24–9–6 54 Recap 40 January 7 Montreal 5–3 Toronto Price 19,796 25–9–6 56 Recap 41 January 9 Washington 4–1 Montreal Price 21,288 25–10–6 56 Recap 42 January 11 Montreal 7–4 Winnipeg Montoya 15,294 26–10–6 58 Recap 43 January 12 Montreal 1–7 Minnesota Price 19,104 26–11–6 58 Recap 44 January 14 NY Rangers 4–5 Montreal Price 21,288 27–11–6 60 Recap 45 January 16 Montreal 0–1 Detroit Price 20,027 27–12–6 60 Recap 46 January 18 Pittsburgh 4–1 Montreal Price 21,288 27–13–6 60 Recap 47 January 20 Montreal 3–1 New Jersey Montoya 15,345 28–13–6 62 Recap 48 January 21 Buffalo 3–2 Montreal OT Price 21,288 28–13–7 63 Recap 49 January 24 Calgary 1–5 Montreal Price 21,288 29–13–7 65 Recap 50 January 26 Montreal 1–3 NY Islanders Price 12,019 29–14–7 65 Recap January 27–29 All-Star Break in Los Angeles 51 January 31 Buffalo 2–5 Montreal Price 21,288 30–14–7 67 Recap
February: 5–7–1 (Home: 1–4–1 ; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 2 Montreal 1–3 Philadelphia Price 19,768 30–15–7 67 Recap 53 February 4 Washington 3–2 Montreal Price 21,288 30–16–7 67 Recap 54 February 5 Edmonton 1–0 Montreal SO Montoya 21,288 30–16–8 68 Recap 55 February 7 Montreal 0–4 Colorado Price 12,667 30–17–8 68 Recap 56 February 9 Montreal 5–4 Arizona OT Price 14,098 31–17–8 70 Recap 57 February 11 St. Louis 4–2 Montreal Montoya 21,288 31–18–8 70 Recap 58 February 12 Montreal 0–4 Boston Price 17,565 31–19–8 70 Recap 59 February 18 Winnipeg 3–1 Montreal Price 21,288 31–20–8 70 Recap 60 February 21 Montreal 3–2 NY Rangers SO Price 18,006 32–20–8 72 Recap 61 February 23 NY Islanders 3–0 Montreal Price 21,288 32–21–8 72 Recap 62 February 25 Montreal 3–2 Toronto OT Price 19,843 33–21–8 74 Recap 63 February 27 Montreal 4–3 New Jersey OT Montoya 13,270 34–21–8 76 Recap 64 February 28 Columbus 0–1 Montreal OT Price 21,288 35–21–8 78 Recap
March: 9–3–1 (Home: 5–2–1 ; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 2 Nashville 1–2 Montreal Price 21,288 36–21–8 80 Recap 66 March 4 Montreal 4–1 NY Rangers Price 18,006 37–21–8 82 Recap 67 March 7 Montreal 2–1 Vancouver OT Price 18,865 38–21–8 84 Recap 68 March 9 Montreal 0–5 Calgary Montoya 19,289 38–22–8 84 Recap 69 March 12 Montreal 4–1 Edmonton Price 18,347 39–22–8 86 Recap 70 March 14 Chicago 4–2 Montreal Price 21,288 39–23–8 86 Recap 71 March 18 Montreal 4−3 Ottawa SO Price 19,653 40−23−8 88 Recap 72 March 19 Ottawa 1–4 Montreal Price 21,288 41−23−8 90 Recap 73 March 21 Detroit 2–1 Montreal OT Montoya 21,288 41–23–9 91 Recap 74 March 23 Carolina 4–1 Montreal Price 21,288 41–24–9 91 Recap 75 March 25 Ottawa 1–3 Montreal Price 21,288 42–24–9 93 Recap 76 March 28 Dallas 1–4 Montreal Price 21,288 43–24–9 95 Recap 77 March 30 Florida 2–6 Montreal Price 21,288 44–24–9 97 Recap
April: 3–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 1 Montreal 2–1 Tampa Bay OT Price 19,092 45–24–9 99 Recap 79 April 3 Montreal 4–1 Florida Lindgren 15,222 46–24–9 101 Recap 80 April 5 Montreal 1–2 Buffalo Price 18,815 46–25–9 101 Recap 81 April 7 Tampa Bay 4–2 Montreal Price 21,288 46–26–9 101 Recap 82 April 8 Montreal 3–2 Detroit OT Lindgren 20,027 47–26–9 103 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Max Pacioretty	81	35	32	67	15	38
Alexander Radulov	76	18	36	54	10	62
Alex Galchenyuk	61	17	27	44	-5	24
Paul Byron	81	22	21	43	21	29
Shea Weber	78	17	25	42	20	38
Phillip Danault	82	13	27	40	5	35
Andrei Markov	62	6	30	36	18	16
Andrew Shaw	68	12	17	29	4	110
Brendan Gallagher	64	10	19	29	7	39
Artturi Lehkonen	73	18	10	28	-1	8
Tomas Plekanec	78	10	18	28	10	24
Jeff Petry	80	8	20	28	3	22
Nathan Beaulieu	74	4	24	28	8	44
Torrey Mitchell	78	8	9	17	5	38
Brian Flynn	51	6	4	10	2	4
David Desharnais‡	31	4	6	10	5	6
Alexei Emelin	76	2	8	10	1	71
Daniel Carr	33	2	7	9	4	6
Sven Andrighetto‡	27	2	6	8	1	4
Greg Pateryn‡	24	1	5	6	1	4
Michael McCarron	31	1	4	5	-4	41
Nikita Nesterov†	13	1	4	5	3	4
Zach Redmond	16	0	5	5	6	2
Chris Terry	14	2	2	4	-1	4
Mark Barberio‡	26	0	4	4	1	10
Jordie Benn†	13	2	0	2	-1	4
Brandon Davidson†	10	0	2	2	-3	4
Charles Hudon	3	0	2	2	1	2
Dwight King†	17	1	0	1	-2	2
Nikita Scherbak	3	1	0	1	1	0
Steve Ott†	11	0	1	1	-2	17
Jacob de la Rose	9	0	0	0	-3	4
Bobby Farnham	3	0	0	0	0	17
Joel Hanley	7	0	0	0	-3	4
Ryan Johnston	7	0	0	0	-3	4
Brett Lernout	2	0	0	0	-1	0
Andreas Martinsen†	9	0	0	0	-4	0
Mikhail Sergachev	4	0	0	0	1	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Alexander Radulov	6	2	5	7	0	6
Artturi Lehkonen	6	2	2	4	-1	2
Brendan Gallagher	6	1	2	3	-3	8
Tomas Plekanec	6	1	2	3	-4	0
Shea Weber	6	1	2	3	1	5
Alex Galchenyuk	6	0	3	3	0	4
Phillip Danault	6	0	2	2	1	2
Paul Byron	6	1	0	1	-3	0
Alexei Emelin	2	1	0	1	1	2
Torrey Mitchell	3	1	0	1	1	0
Jeff Petry	6	1	0	1	-3	2
Nathan Beaulieu	5	0	1	1	-3	0
Andrei Markov	6	0	1	1	-1	10
Max Pacioretty	6	0	1	1	-2	7
Jordie Benn	6	0	0	0	-3	6
Brandon Davidson	3	0	0	0	-1	0
Brian Flynn	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dwight King	6	0	0	0	-1	0
Andreas Martinsen	2	0	0	0	-1	0
Michael McCarron	1	0	0	0	-1	0
Nikita Nesterov	2	0	0	0	-1	0
Steve Ott	6	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Shaw	5	0	0	0	-2	7

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Carey Price	62	62	3,708:08	37	20	5	138	2.23	1794	.923	3	0	1	4
Al Montoya	19	18	1124:53	8	6	4	50	2.67	569	.912	2	0	2	2
Charlie Lindgren	2	2	121:42	2	0	0	3	1.48	59	.949	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Carey Price	6	6	387:28	2	4	12	1.86	179	.933	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Canadiens. Stats reflect time with Canadiens only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canadiens only.

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued	Ref
Andrew Shaw	Boarding Washington prospect Connor Hobbs	3 games (all pre-season)	N/A	September 29, 2016

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded	Ref
Shea Weber	NHL Third Star of the Week	October 31, 2016
Shea Weber	NHL Second Star of the Month	November 1, 2016
Carey Price	NHL Third Star of the Week	March 6, 2017

Milestones

Regular Season

Player	Milestone	Reached	Ref
Mikhail Sergachev	1st Career NHL Game	October 13, 2016
Artturi Lehkonen	1st Career NHL Game	October 13, 2016
Artturi Lehkonen	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	October 15, 2016
Jeff Petry	100th Career NHL Point	October 18, 2016
Alex Galchenyuk	100th Career NHL Assist	November 15, 2016
Max Pacioretty	500th Career NHL Game	November 19, 2016
Alex Galchenyuk	300th Career NHL Game	December 4, 2016
Jeff Petry	400th Career NHL Game	December 29, 2016
Shea Weber	800th Career NHL Game	December 31, 2016
Nikita Scherbak	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	January 7, 2017
Phillip Danault	100th Career NHL Game	January 20, 2017
Alexander Radulov	200th Career NHL Game	January 21, 2017
Nathan Beaulieu	200th Career NHL Game	February 7, 2017
Max Pacioretty	200th Career NHL Goal	February 9, 2017
Tomas Plekanec	900th Career NHL Game	February 11, 2017
Brendan Gallagher	300th Career NHL Game	February 12, 2017
Max Pacioretty	400th Career NHL Point	February 28, 2017
Shea Weber	300th Career NHL Assist	February 28, 2017
Paul Byron	100th Career NHL Point	March 12, 2017
Alex Galchenyuk	200th Career NHL Point	March 14, 2017
Carey Price	500th Career NHL Game	March 14, 2017
Torrey Mitchell	600th Career NHL Game	March 19, 2017
Max Pacioretty	200th Career NHL Assist	April 1, 2017
Brandon Davidson	100th Career NHL Game	April 7, 2017

Playoffs

Player	Milestone	Reached	Ref
Artturi Lehkonen	1st Career Playoff Game	April 12, 2017
Phillip Danault	1st Career Playoff Game	April 12, 2017
Paul Byron	1st Career Playoff Game	April 12, 2017
Andreas Martinsen	1st Career Playoff Game	April 12, 2017
Paul Byron	1st Career Playoff Goal 1st Career Playoff Point	April 14, 2017
Phillip Danault	1st Career Playoff Assist 1st Career Playoff Point	April 14, 2017
Brandon Davidson	1st Career Playoff Game	April 16, 2017
Artturi Lehkonen	1st Career Playoff Goal 1st Career Playoff Point	April 16, 2017
Alexei Emelin	1st Career Playoff Goal	April 22, 2017
Michael McCarron	1st Career Playoff Game	April 22, 2017

Transactions

The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season:

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)	To Washington Capitals Lars Eller	To Montreal Canadiens 2nd-round pick in 2017 2nd-round pick in 2018
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)	To Chicago Blackhawks 2nd-round pick in 2016 MIN's 2nd-round pick in 2016	To Montreal Canadiens Andrew Shaw
June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25)	To Winnipeg Jets 7th-round pick in 2017	To Montreal Canadiens 7th-round pick in 2016
June 29, 2016 (2016-06-29)	To Nashville Predators P. K. Subban	To Montreal Canadiens Shea Weber
October 8, 2016 (2016-10-08)	To Florida Panthers Tim Bozon	To Montreal Canadiens Jonathan Racine
January 26, 2017 (2017-01-26)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Jonathan Racine 6th-round pick in 2017	To Montreal Canadiens Nikita Nesterov
February 21, 2017 (2017-02-21)	To Carolina Hurricanes Philip Samuelsson	To Montreal Canadiens Keegan Lowe
February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27)	To Dallas Stars Greg Pateryn 4th-round pick in 2017	To Montreal Canadiens Jordie Benn
February 28, 2017 (2017-02-28)	To Edmonton Oilers David Desharnais	To Montreal Canadiens Brandon Davidson
March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)	To Detroit Red Wings 6th-round pick in 2018	To Montreal Canadiens Steve Ott
March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)	To Los Angeles Kings Conditional 4th-round pick in 2018	To Montreal Canadiens Dwight King
March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)	To Colorado Avalanche Sven Andrighetto	To Montreal Canadiens Andreas Martinsen
June 15, 2017 (2017-06-15)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Mikhail Sergachev Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2018	To Montreal Canadiens Jonathan Drouin Conditional 6th-round pick in 2018
June 17, 2017 (2017-06-17)	To Buffalo Sabres Nathan Beaulieu	To Montreal Canadiens 3rd-round pick in 2017

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Al Montoya	Florida Panthers	1 year, $950,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Alexander Radulov	CSKA Moscow	1 year, $5.75 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Zach Redmond	Colorado Avalanche	2 years, $1.225 million
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Philip Samuelsson	Springfield Falcons	1 year, $600,000 two-way contract
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Chris Terry	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year, $600,000 two-way contract
July 22, 2016 (2016-07-22)	Bobby Farnham	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $575,000 two-way contract
January 7, 2017 (2017-01-07)	Markus Eisenschmid	St. John's IceCaps	2 years, $1.285 million entry-level contract
April 27, 2017 (2017-04-27)	Antoine Waked	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	3 years, $2.18 million entry-level contract
May 1, 2017 (2017-05-01)	Jakub Jerabek	Vityaz Podolsk	1 year, $925,000 entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25)	Bud Holloway	CSKA Moscow	2 years
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Michael Bournival	Tampa Bay Lightning	1 year, $575,000 two-way contract
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Tom Gilbert	Los Angeles Kings	1 year, $1.4 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Gabriel Dumont	Tampa Bay Lightning	1 year, $575,000 two-way contract
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Darren Dietz	Washington Capitals	1 year, $575,000 two-way contract
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Victor Bartley	Minnesota Wild	1 year, $650,000 two-way contract
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Morgan Ellis	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $575,000 two-way contract
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Ben Scrivens	Dinamo Minsk	1 year
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Mac Bennett	Rochester Americans	1 year
July 22, 2016 (2016-07-22)	Stefan Fournier	Arizona Coyotes	1 year, $632,500 two-way contract
October 17, 2016 (2016-10-17)	Lucas Lessio	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	1 year
May 4, 2017 (2017-05-04)	Max Friberg	Frölunda HC	3 years

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref
Mike Condon	Pittsburgh Penguins	October 11, 2016
Mark Barberio	Colorado Avalanche	February 2, 2017

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 27, 2016 (2016-06-27)	Andrew Shaw	6 years, $23.4 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Mikhail Sergachev	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Daniel Carr	2 years, $1.45 million contract extension
July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)	Phillip Danault	2 years, $1.824 million contract extension
January 2, 2017 (2017-01-02)	Al Montoya	2 years, $1.065 million contract extension
March 3, 2017 (2017-03-03)	Chris Terry	1 year, $650,000 contract extension
March 9, 2017 (2017-03-09)	Simon Bourque	3 years, $2.16 million entry-level contract
March 24, 2017 (2017-03-24)	Jeremiah Addison	3 years, $2.16 million entry-level contract
March 27, 2017 (2017-03-27)	Victor Mete	3 years, $2.244 million entry-level contract
June 5, 2017 (2017-06-05)	Andreas Martinsen	1 year, $675,000 contract extension
June 15, 2017 (2017-06-15)	Charles Hudon	2 years, $1.3 million contract extension
June 15, 2017 (2017-06-15)	Jonathan Drouin	6 years, $33 million contract extension

Draft picks

See also: List of Montreal Canadiens draft picks

Below are the Montreal Canadiens' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	9	Mikhail Sergachev	Defence	Russia	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
3	70	William Bitten	Centre	Canada	Flint Firebirds (OHL)
4	100	Victor Mete	Defence	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
5	124	Casey Staum	Defence	United States	Hill-Murray Pioneers (MSHSL)
6	160	Michael Pezzetta	Centre	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
7	187	Arvid Henrikson	Defence	Sweden	AIK Jrs. (Sweden)

Notes

• The Canadiens' second-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Andrew Shaw to Montreal in exchange for Minnesota's second-round pick in 2016 (45th overall) and this pick.
• This was actually the Vancouver Canucks' fifth-round pick, which went to the Canadiens as the result of a trade on July 1, 2015 that sent Brandon Prust to Vancouver in exchange for Zack Kassian and this pick. The Montreal Canadiens' fifth-round pick had previously gone to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Brian Flynn to Montreal in exchange for this pick.
• This was Winnipeg Jets' seventh-round pick, as the Canadiens' seventh-round pick had gone to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Torrey Mitchell to Montreal in exchange for Jack Nevins and this pick. The Jet's pick went to the Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2017 to Winnipeg in exchange for this pick.

References