Canadiens 2008-2009

2008-09 The Habs season is just around the corner head coach Guy Carbonneau has put ing together his starting roster for the CANADIENS DE MONTREAL:
#
Player
Height
Weight
DOB
Age Birthplace

22 Steve Bégin
6' 0" 187 14 Jun 1978 30 Trois-Rivières, QC, CAN
28 Kyle Chipchura
6' 2" 204 19 Feb 1986 22 Westlock, AB, CAN
21 Christopher Higgins "A"
6' 0" 199 2 Jun 1983 25 Smithtown, NY, USA
11 Saku Koivu "C"
5' 10" 187 23 Nov 1974 33 Turku, FIN
46 Andrei Kostitsyn
6' 0" 201 3 Feb 1985 23 Novopolotsk, BLR
74 Sergei Kostitsyn
5' 11" 196 20 Mar 1987 21 Novopolotsk, BLR
6 Tom Kostopoulos
6' 0" 200 24 Jan 1979 29 Mississauga, ON, CAN
27 Alex Kovalev "A"
6' 1" 224 24 Feb 1973 35 Togliatti, RUS
40 Maxim Lapierre
6' 2" 200 29 Mar 1985 23 Saint-Léonard, QC, CAN
17 Georges Laraque
6' 3" 243 7 Dec 1976 31 Montreal, QC, CAN
84 Guillaume Latendresse
6' 2" 222 24 May 1987 21 Ste-Catherine, QC, CAN
14 Tomas Plekanec
5' 10" 194 31 Oct 1982 25 Kladno, CZE
18 Alex Tanguay
6' 1" 189 21 Nov 1979 28 Ste-Justine, QC, CAN

Defencemen
#
Player

51 Francis Bouillon
5' 8" 196 17 Oct 1975 32 New York, NY, USA
25 Mathieu Dandenault
6' 0" 204 3 Feb 1976 32 Sherbrooke, QC, CAN
26 Josh Gorges
6' 1" 195 14 Aug 1984 24 Kelowna, BC, CAN
44 Roman Hamrlik
6' 2" 215 12 Apr 1974 34 Zlin, CZE
8 Mike Komisarek
6' 4" 240 19 Jan 1982 26 West Islip, NY, USA
79 Andrei Markov
6' 0" 204 20 Dec 1978 29 Voskresensk, RUS
3 Ryan O'Byrne
6' 6" 228 19 Jul 1984 24 Victoria, BC, CAN

Goalies
35 Marc Denis
6' 1" 193 1 Aug 1977 31 Montreal, QC, CAN
41 Jaroslav Halak
5' 11" 182 13 May 1985 23 Bratislava, SVK
31 Carey Price
6' 3" 226 16 Aug 1987 21 Anahim Lake, BC, CAN
Jason Missiaen 6' 8" 193 25 Apr 1990 18Chatham, ON, CAN



These are some of players that the Canadiens have been trading and acquiring during the offseason.
DEPARTURES

Corey Locke (C)
Traded to Minnesota for D Shawn Belle
Mikhail Grabovski (C)
Traded to Toronto for D Greg Pateryn

Michael Ryder (RW)
3-year deal with Boston

Mark Streit (D)
5-year deal with NY Islanders

ARRIVALS

Alex Tanguay (LW) Acquired from Calgary for 2008 1st round pick
June 20, 2008


Georges Laraque (RW) 3-year contract
July 3, 2008


Marc Denis (G) 1-year contract
July 3, 2008



Alex Henry (D)
1-year contract
July 3, 2008

Greg Pateryn (D)





Acquired from Toronto for C Mikhail Grabovski


Ryan Flinn (RW) 1-year, two-way contract
July 7, 2008


Shawn Belle (D) Acquired from Minnesota for C Corey Locke


Mike Glumac (RW) 1-year, two-way contract
July 16, 2008


Yanick Lehoux (C) 1-year contract
July 25, 2008


Chad Anderson (D) 1-year, two-way contract
August 6, 2008


SIGNINGS

Yannick Weber (D) 3-year contract
August 15, 2008


Max Pacioretty (LW) 3-year contract
July 17, 2008


Ryan O'Byrne (D) 3-year contract
July 16, 2008


Josh Gorges (D) 3-year contract
July 9, 2008


Jaroslav Halak (G) 2-year contract
July 8, 2008


Cédrick Desjardins (G) 2-year contract
July 3, 2008


Andrei Kostitsyn (LW) 3-year contract
July 2, 2008

Maxim Lapierre (C) 2-year contractJ une 9, 2008