2004–05 Montreal Canadiens season
2004–05 Montreal Canadiens | |
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Division | Northeast |
Conference | Eastern |
2004–05 record | Did not play |
Team information | |
General manager | Bob Gainey |
Coach | Claude Julien |
Captain | Saku Koivu |
Arena | Bell Centre |
Minor league affiliate(s) | 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
[edit]The Canadiens preseason and regular season schedules were announced on July 14, 2004.[1]
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Regular season
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Transactions
[edit]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 2004–05 season was officially cancelled.[2]
Trades
[edit]Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 26, 2004 | To Montreal Canadiens Radek Bonk Cristobal Huet |
To Los Angeles Kings Mathieu Garon 3rd-round pick in 2004 |
[3] |
June 27, 2004 | To Montreal Canadiens Future considerations |
To Los Angeles Kings Stephane Quintal |
[4] |
Players acquired
[edit]Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 16, 2004 | Raitis Ivanans | Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) | 2-year | Free agency | [5] |
July 23, 2004 | Gavin Morgan | Dallas Stars | 1-year | Free agency | [6] |
August 19, 2004 | Jean-Philippe Cote | Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) | 2-year | Free agency | [7] |
August 24, 2004 | Benoit Dusablon | New York Rangers | 1-year | Free agency | [8] |
Players lost
[edit]Date | Player | New team | Via[a] | Ref |
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June 9, 2004 | Benoit Gratton | HC Lugano (NLA) | Free agency (VI) | [10] |
July 1, 2004 | Yanic Perreault[b] | Contract expiration (III) | [9] | |
July 3, 2004 | Darren Langdon | New Jersey Devils | Free agency (III) | [12] |
August 11, 2004 | Gordie Dwyer | Carolina Hurricanes | Free agency (UFA) | [13] |
September 9, 2004 | Patrick Traverse | Dallas Stars | Free agency (UFA) | [14] |
September 14, 2004 | Francois Beauchemin | Columbus Blue Jackets | Waivers | [15] |
September 16, 2004 | Jean-Francois Damphousse | Quebec RadioX (LNAH) | Free agency (UFA) | [16] |
October 1, 2004 | Jim Dowd | Hamburg Freezers (DEL) | Free agency (III) | [17] |
October 6, 2004 | Jerome Marois | Trois-Rivieres Caron & Guay (LNAH) | Free agency (UFA) | [18] |
November 13, 2004 | Rene Vydareny | HC Slovan Bratislava (SVK) | Free agency (II)[c] | [20] |
January 13, 2005 | Benoit Dusablon | Retirement | [21] | |
January 25, 2005 | Eric Fichaud | Quebec RadioX (LNAH) | Free agency (UFA) | [22] |
Signings
[edit]Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 14, 2004 | Steve Begin | 2-year[d] | Re-signing | [23] |
Marcel Hossa | 1-year | Re-signing | [23] | |
Mike Ribeiro | 1-year | Re-signing | [23] | |
Niklas Sundstrom | 2-year | Re-signing | [23][24] | |
July 19, 2004 | Marc-Andre Thinel | 1-year | Re-signing | [25] |
July 23, 2004 | Ron Hainsey | 2-year | Re-signing | [6] |
July 30, 2004 | Radek Bonk | 3-year | Re-signing | [26] |
August 3, 2004 | Cristobal Huet | 2-year | Re-signing | [27] |
August 4, 2004 | Richard Zednik | 3-year | Re-signing | [28] |
August 10, 2004 | Andrei Kostitsyn | 3-year | Entry-level | [29] |
September 9, 2004 | Cory Urquhart | 3-year | Entry-level | [30] |
September 13, 2004 | Sheldon Souray | 3-year | Re-signing | [31] |
September 15, 2004 | Corey Locke | 3-year | Entry-level | [32] |
Draft picks
[edit]The 2004 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 26 at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.[33] 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:
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | College/junior/club team |
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1 | 18 | Kyle Chipchura | ![]() |
Centre | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
3 | 84 | Alexei Emelin | ![]() |
Defence | CSK VVS Samara (Russia) |
4 | 100 | J. T. Wyman | ![]() |
Right Wing | Dartmouth College (NCAA) |
5 | 150 | Mikhail Grabovski | ![]() |
Centre | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russia) |
6 | 181 | Loic Lacasse | ![]() |
Goaltender | Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL) |
7 | 212 | Jon Gleed | ![]() |
Defence | Cornell University (NCAA) |
8 | 246 | Gregory Stewart | ![]() |
Right Wing | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
9 | 262 | Mark Streit | ![]() |
Defence | HC Zürich (Switzerland) |
9 | 278 | Alexandre Dulac-Lemelin | ![]() |
Defence | Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL) |
Notes
[edit]References
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- ^ "Quintal traded to Los Angeles". Canadiens de Montreal. June 27, 2004. Archived from the original on July 30, 2004. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
- ^ "Canadiens sign AHL skater Ivanans". TSN.ca. July 16, 2004. Archived from the original on November 17, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ a b "Habs sign Gavin Morgan, ink Hainsey through 2006". Canadiens de Montreal. July 23, 2004. Archived from the original on August 7, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ "Canadiens sign Jean-Philippe Cote". Canadiens de Montreal. August 19, 2004. Archived from the original on August 20, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ "Canadiens sign Benoit Dusablon". Canadiens de Montreal. August 24, 2004. Archived from the original on August 25, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ a b "2004 free agents". ESPN.com. July 1, 2004. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
- ^ Benoit Gratton at Hockey-Reference.com, retrieved April 20, 2022
- ^ Yanic Perreault career statistics at EliteProspects.com, retrieved April 20, 2022
- ^ "Devils sign veteran free-agent winger Langdon". ESPN.com. July 3, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ Preston, Ken (August 10, 2004). "HURRICANES AGREE TO TERMS WITH FORBES, DWYER". Carolina Hurricanes. Archived from the original on February 16, 2005. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
- ^ "Stars Sign D-Man Patrick Traverse". Dallas Stars. September 9, 2004. Archived from the original on October 24, 2004. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
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- ^ "Jean-François Damphousse avec le RADIO X dimanche vs le Fjord du Saguenay". Le Radio X de Québec (in French). September 16, 2004. Archived from the original on October 11, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ Jim Dowd at Hockey-Reference.com, retrieved April 20, 2022
- ^ "TRANSACTIONS SAISON 2004-2005". RDS - LNAH (in French). Archived from the original on February 7, 2005. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
04-10-06 Trois-Rivières signe Jérôme Marois
- ^ "2008 NHL Free Agent List". NHL.com. July 1, 2008. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
- ^ "RENE VYDARENY". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on January 7, 2005. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
13-Nov-04: NHL lockout: Signed with the Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia).
- ^ "Benoit Dusablon retires". OurSports Central. January 13, 2005. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ "Éric Fichaud avec le Radio X". RDS.ca (in French). January 25, 2005. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Habs sign quartet of forwards". Canadiens de Montreal. July 13, 2004. Archived from the original on July 30, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ "Habs re-sign Ribeiro, three others". TSN.ca. July 14, 2004. Archived from the original on October 18, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ "TRANSACTIONS". The New York Times. July 20, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ "Bonk signs three-year deal with Habs". Canadiens de Montreal. July 30, 2004. Archived from the original on August 7, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ "Huet signs two-year deal". Canadiens de Montreal. August 3, 2004. Archived from the original on August 4, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ "Zednik inks three-year contract". Canadiens de Montreal. August 4, 2004. Archived from the original on August 5, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ "Kostitsyn scores three-year deal with Habs". Canadiens de Montreal. August 10, 2004. Archived from the original on August 30, 2005. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ "Canadiens sign Urquhart". TSN.ca. September 9, 2004. Archived from the original on April 13, 2005. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ "Souray inks three-year deal". Canadiens de Montreal. September 13, 2004. Archived from the original on September 15, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ "Canadiens ink Locke to three-year deal". Canadiens de Montreal. September 15, 2004. Archived from the original on September 17, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- ^ "2004 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved August 7, 2016.