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Samuel Montembeault may be the only Québécois goaltender in the NHL in October
Charles-Alexis Brisebois
Samuel Montembeault may be the only Québécois goaltender in the NHL in October
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The position of Québécois goaltenders is increasingly in jeopardy in the NHL. Last year, six of our goaltenders played in the NHL – and not all on a regular basis. And the more you look at it, the more you realize that five of those guys aren't likely (or aren't going) to start the year in the NHL.And it's not as if many youngsters are pushing to take their first steps in the NHL this fall…Marc-André Fleury has retired. Olivier Rodrigue and Louis Domingue are off to the KHL. Already there, half of the guys who've played at least one game won't be in the Bettman circuit in 2025-2026. And as we read in a TVA Sports piece, there's a chance we'll see Yaniv Perets and Devon Levi start the season down under.

If all this takes place, it would leave Samuel Montembeault, who is guaranteed to start the NHL season if healthy, as the only goaltender from here to play in the NHL in October.Crazy stiff, the same.Montembeault is the #1 goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens and has taken his club to the playoffs in 2025. He also represented Canada at the Four Nations in February. His position is not in jeopardy in Montreal, but that he's the only one is horrible. We're a long way from the days when the world's best goalies were systematically guys from here. Times have changed and we've been aware of that for a long time, but Flower's departure means that, more than ever, we can see how catastrophic the situation is.

'en

– She's learning.

– Ah well.

– Weird.

– Iconic.

– Of note.

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