2004–05 Montreal Canadiens season explained

League:NHL
Season:2004–05
Year:2004
Team:Montreal Canadiens
Record:Did not play
Minorleague:Hamilton Bulldogs
Long Beach Ice Dogs

The 2004–05 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 96th season, 88th in the National Hockey League (NHL). However, its games were cancelled as the 2004–05 NHL lockout could not be resolved in time. The other 29 teams did not play either due to the labour dispute.

Schedule

The Canadiens preseason and regular season schedules were announced on July 14, 2004.[1]

|-| 1 || September 23 || Tampa Bay Lightning|-| 2 || September 24 || Toronto Maple Leafs|-| 3 || September 26 || Ottawa Senators|-| 4 || September 28 || Boston Bruins|-| 5 || September 29 || @ Boston Bruins|-| 6 || October 2 || Buffalo Sabres|-| 7 || October 5 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs|-| 8 || October 6 || @ Buffalo Sabres|-| 9 || October 9 || @ Ottawa Senators|-|-| 1 || October 13 || @ Ottawa Senators|-| 2 || October 16 || Philadelphia Flyers|-| 3 || October 19 || Pittsburgh Penguins|-| 4 || October 21 || @ Washington Capitals|-| 5 || October 23 || Toronto Maple Leafs|-| 6 || October 26 || Carolina Hurricanes|-| 7 || October 28 || @ Philadelphia Flyers|-| 8 || October 30 || Atlanta Thrashers|-| 9 || November 3 || @ Florida Panthers|-| 10 || November 5 || @ Carolina Hurricanes|-| 11 || November 6 || @ St. Louis Blues|-| 12 || November 9 || Washington Capitals|-| 13 || November 12 || @ Ottawa Senators|-| 14 || November 13 || Ottawa Senators|-| 15 || November 16 || Boston Bruins|-| 16 || November 17 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins|-| 17 || November 20 || New York Rangers|-| 18 || November 24 || @ New York Islanders|-| 19 || November 26 || @ Buffalo Sabres|-| 20 || November 27 || Boston Bruins|-| 21 || November 30 || Minnesota Wild|-| 22 || December 3 || @ New Jersey Devils|-| 23 || December 4 || @ Boston Bruins|-| 24 || December 8 || @ Florida Panthers|-| 25 || December 9 || @ Tampa Bay Lightning|-| 26 || December 11 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs|-| 27 || December 14 || Tampa Bay Lightning|-| 28 || December 17 || @ New Jersey Devils|-| 29 || December 18 || New Jersey Devils|-| 30 || December 21 || Buffalo Sabres|-| 31 || December 22 || @ Buffalo Sabres|-| 32 || December 29 || @ Vancouver Canucks|-| 33 || December 31 || @ Calgary Flames|-| 34 || January 1 || @ Edmonton Oilers|-| 35 || January 4 || Pittsburgh Penguins|-| 36 || January 6 || @ Boston Bruins|-| 37 || January 8 || Florida Panthers|-| 38 || January 10 || @ New York Rangers|-| 39 || January 11 || Carolina Hurricanes|-| 40 || January 15 || Dallas Stars|-| 41 || January 17 || @ Nashville Predators|-| 42 || January 19 || @ Colorado Avalanche|-| 43 || January 22 || Toronto Maple Leafs|-| 44 || January 24 || Atlanta Thrashers|-| 45 || January 26 || @ Columbus Blue Jackets|-| 46 || January 28 || @ Washington Capitals|-| 47 || January 29 || New York Rangers|-| 48 || February 1 || Boston Bruins|-| 49 || February 3 || San Jose Sharks|-| 50 || February 5 || Los Angeles Kings|-| 51 || February 6 || New York Islanders|-| 52 || February 8 || Vancouver Canucks|-| 53 || February 10 || @ Boston Bruins|-| 54 || February 15 || Philadelphia Flyers|-| 55 || February 17 || Edmonton Oilers|-| 56 || February 19 || Ottawa Senators|-| 57 || February 20 || @ Philadelphia Flyers|-| 58 || February 22 || New York Islanders|-| 59 || February 24 || Florida Panthers|-| 60 || February 26 || Buffalo Sabres|-| 61 || February 27 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins|-| 62 || March 2 || @ Chicago Blackhawks|-| 63 || March 3 || @ Detroit Red Wings|-| 64 || March 5 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs|-| 65 || March 8 || Washington Capitals|-| 66 || March 11 || @ New York Islanders|-| 67 || March 12 || Buffalo Sabres|-| 68 || March 15 || @ Ottawa Senators|-| 69 || March 17 || @ Carolina Hurricanes|-| 70 || March 19 || Anaheim Mighty Ducks|-| 71 || March 21 || Phoenix Coyotes|-| 72 || March 23 || @ Atlanta Thrashers|-| 73 || March 24 || @ Tampa Bay Lightning|-| 74 || March 26 || Calgary Flames|-| 75 || March 28 || @ New York Rangers|-| 76 || March 29 || Tampa Bay Lightning|-| 77 || March 31 || Toronto Maple Leafs|-| 78 || April 2 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs|-| 79 || April 4 || New Jersey Devils|-| 80 || April 6 || @ Atlanta Thrashers|-| 81 || April 8 || @ Buffalo Sabres|-| 82 || April 9 || Ottawa Senators|-

Transactions

The Canadiens were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the season was officially cancelled.[2]

Trades

DateDetailsRef
June 26, 2004To Montreal Canadiens
Radek Bonk
Cristobal Huet		To Los Angeles Kings
Mathieu Garon
3rd-round pick in 2004		[3]
June 27, 2004To Montreal Canadiens
Future considerations		To Los Angeles Kings
Stephane Quintal		[4]

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) 2-year Free agency [5]
1-year Free agency [6]
Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) 2-year Free agency [7]
1-year Free agency [8]

Players lost

Date Player New team Via Ref
HC Lugano (NLA) Free agency (VI) [9]
Contract expiration (III) [10]
Free agency (III) [11]
Free agency (UFA) [12]
Free agency (UFA) [13]
Waivers [14]
Quebec RadioX (LNAH) Free agency (UFA) [15]
Hamburg Freezers (DEL) Free agency (III) [16]
Jerome Marois Trois-Rivieres Caron & Guay (LNAH) Free agency (UFA) [17]
HC Slovan Bratislava (SVK) Free agency (II) [18]
Retirement [19]
Quebec RadioX (LNAH) Free agency (UFA) [20]

Signings

Date Player Term Contract type Ref
2-year Re-signing [21]
1-year Re-signing
1-year Re-signing
2-year Re-signing [22]
1-year Re-signing [23]
2-year Re-signing
3-year Re-signing [24]
2-year Re-signing [25]
3-year Re-signing [26]
3-year Entry-level [27]
Cory Urquhart 3-year Entry-level [28]
3-year Re-signing [29]
3-year Entry-level [30]

Draft picks

The 2004 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 26 at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.[31] It was the last NHL event to take place before the beginning of the lockout which cancelled all the games scheduled for the 2004–05 NHL season.

Montreal selected nine players at the 2004 Draft:

RoundPickPlayerNationalityPositionCollege/junior/club team
118Kyle ChipchuraCentrePrince Albert Raiders (WHL)
384Alexei EmelinDefenceCSK VVS Samara (Russia)
4100Right WingDartmouth College (NCAA)
5150CentreNeftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russia)
6181Loic LacasseGoaltenderBaie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
7212Jon GleedDefenceCornell University (NCAA)
8246Gregory StewartRight WingPeterborough Petes (OHL)
9262Mark StreitDefenceHC Zürich (Switzerland)
9278Alexandre Dulac-LemelinDefenceBaie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Canadiens announce 2004-05 schedule . Canadiens de Montreal . April 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040730002858/http://www.canadiens.com:80/eng/news/redirect.cfm?sectionID=habsNewsDetails.cfm&newsItemID=3862 . July 30, 2004 . July 14, 2004.
  2. Web site: Hockey Transactions Search Results. Pro Sports Transactions. June 12, 2018.
  3. Web site: Habs deal pick, Garon, for Bonk, Huet . Canadiens de Montreal . April 20, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040804091512/http://www.canadiens.com/eng/news/redirect.cfm?sectionID=habsNewsDetails.cfm&newsItemID=3836 . August 4, 2004 . June 26, 2004.
  4. Web site: Quintal traded to Los Angeles . Canadiens de Montreal . April 20, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040730002201/http://www.canadiens.com/eng/news/redirect.cfm?sectionID=habsNewsDetails.cfm&newsItemID=3839 . July 30, 2004 . June 27, 2004.
  5. Web site: Canadiens sign AHL skater Ivanans . TSN.ca . April 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041117161557/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/news_story.asp?ID=91273&hubName=nhl-canadiens . November 17, 2004 . July 16, 2004.
  6. Web site: Habs sign Gavin Morgan, ink Hainsey through 2006 . Canadiens de Montreal . April 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040807005810/http://www.canadiens.com/eng/news/redirect.cfm?sectionID=habsNewsDetails.cfm&newsItemID=3879 . August 7, 2004 . July 23, 2004.
  7. Web site: Canadiens sign Jean-Philippe Cote . Canadiens de Montreal . April 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040820032121/http://www.canadiens.com:80/eng/news/redirect.cfm?sectionID=habsNewsDetails.cfm&newsItemID=3905 . August 20, 2004 . August 19, 2004.
  8. Web site: Canadiens sign Benoit Dusablon . Canadiens de Montreal . April 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040825120026/http://www.canadiens.com:80/eng/news/redirect.cfm?sectionID=habsNewsDetails.cfm&newsItemID=3909 . August 25, 2004 . August 24, 2004.
  9. , retrieved April 20, 2022
  10. Web site: 2004 free agents . . July 1, 2004 . November 8, 2015.
  11. Web site: Devils sign veteran free-agent winger Langdon . ESPN.com . April 21, 2022 . July 3, 2004.
  12. Web site: Preston . Ken . HURRICANES AGREE TO TERMS WITH FORBES, DWYER . Carolina Hurricanes . April 13, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050216104049/http://www.caneshockey.com/news/news.asp?articleid=1275 . February 16, 2005 . August 10, 2004.
  13. Web site: Stars Sign D-Man Patrick Traverse . Dallas Stars . April 17, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041024225608/http://www.dallasstars.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=2558 . October 24, 2004 . September 9, 2004.
  14. Web site: BLUE JACKETS CLAIM DEFENSEMAN FRANCOIS BEAUCHEMIN OFF WAIVERS . Columbus Blue Jackets . April 16, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041010205124/http://bluejackets.com/news/press/arts/2155.0.html . October 10, 2004 . September 14, 2004.
  15. Web site: Jean-François Damphousse avec le RADIO X dimanche vs le Fjord du Saguenay . Le Radio X de Québec . April 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041011232650/http://www.radioxdequebec.com/nouvelles_long.php?article=20040917101439 . October 11, 2004 . French . September 16, 2004.
  16. , retrieved April 20, 2022
  17. Web site: TRANSACTIONS SAISON 2004-2005 . RDS - LNAH . April 30, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050207032920/http://www.rds.ca/semipro/ligue/trans.html . February 7, 2005 . French . 04-10-06 Trois-Rivières signe Jérôme Marois.
  18. Web site: RENE VYDARENY . TSN.ca . April 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050107220735/http://www.tsn.ca:80/nhl/teams/player_bio.asp?player_id=2076&hubName=MTL . January 7, 2005 . 13-Nov-04: NHL lockout: Signed with the Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)..
  19. Web site: Benoit Dusablon retires . OurSports Central . April 21, 2022 . January 13, 2005.
  20. Web site: Éric Fichaud avec le Radio X . RDS.ca . April 21, 2022 . fr . January 25, 2005.
  21. Web site: Habs sign quartet of forwards . Canadiens de Montreal . April 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040730002334/http://www.canadiens.com:80/eng/news/redirect.cfm?sectionID=habsNewsDetails.cfm&newsItemID=3857 . July 30, 2004 . July 13, 2004.
  22. Web site: Habs re-sign Ribeiro, three others . TSN.ca . April 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041018205702/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/news_story.asp?ID=91046&hubName=nhl-canadiens . October 18, 2004 . July 14, 2004.
  23. Web site: TRANSACTIONS . The New York Times . April 21, 2022 . July 20, 2004.
  24. Web site: Bonk signs three-year deal with Habs . Canadiens de Montreal . April 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040807014919/http://www.canadiens.com/eng/news/redirect.cfm?sectionID=habsNewsDetails.cfm&newsItemID=3885 . August 7, 2004 . July 30, 2004.
  25. Web site: Huet signs two-year deal . Canadiens de Montreal . April 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040804092037/http://www.canadiens.com:80/eng/news/redirect.cfm?sectionID=habsNewsDetails.cfm&newsItemID=3887 . August 4, 2004 . August 3, 2004.
  26. Web site: Zednik inks three-year contract . Canadiens de Montreal . April 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040805103142/http://www.canadiens.com:80/eng/news/redirect.cfm?sectionID=habsNewsDetails.cfm&newsItemID=3891 . August 5, 2004 . August 4, 2004.
  27. Web site: Kostitsyn scores three-year deal with Habs . Canadiens de Montreal . April 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050830161825/http://www.canadiens.com:80/eng/news/redirect.cfm?sectionID=habsNewsDetails.cfm&newsItemID=3889 . August 30, 2005 . August 10, 2004.
  28. Web site: Canadiens sign Urquhart . TSN.ca . April 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050413174225/http://tsn.ca/nhl/teams/news_story.asp?ID=98102&hubName=nhl-canadiens . April 13, 2005 . September 9, 2004.
  29. Web site: Souray inks three-year deal . Canadiens de Montreal . April 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040915220801/http://www.canadiens.com:80/eng/news/redirect.cfm?sectionID=habsNewsDetails.cfm&newsItemID=3952 . September 15, 2004 . September 13, 2004.
  30. Web site: Canadiens ink Locke to three-year deal . Canadiens de Montreal . April 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040917003133/http://www.canadiens.com:80/eng/news/redirect.cfm?sectionID=habsNewsDetails.cfm&newsItemID=3968 . September 17, 2004 . September 15, 2004.
  31. News: 2004 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com . hockeyDB.com . August 7, 2016.

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