Canadiens sign Demidov to eight-year extension - BERITAJA

BROSSARD – Ivan Demidov is staying successful Montreal for the agelong haul.

The Canadiens signed the skilled Russian guardant to an eight-year, US$73-million statement hold Wednesday, according to supplier Dan Milstein, locking up different cornerstone of their talented young core.

Demidov, 20, led each NHL rookies pinch 62 points (19 goals, 43 assists) past play and vanished 2nd successful Calder Trophy voting.

The hold keeps Demidov pinch the Canadiens done the 2034-35 season. He joins Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Juraj Slafkovsky and Lane Hutson, among others, arsenic cardinal members of Montreal’s young halfway signed done astatine slightest 2030.

Earlier Wednesday, the Toronto Maple Leafs traded pending restricted free supplier Nick Robertson to the Pittsburgh Penguins successful speech for a fourth-round draught prime successful 2028.

Robertson was nether statement connected a one-year, US$1.825 cardinal woody past season. He produced career-highs of 16 goals and 32 points successful 78 games.

The transaction reunites the 24-year-old American guardant pinch erstwhile Maple Leafs wide head Kyle Dubas, now the Penguins’ president of lucky operations.

Dubas drafted Robertson to Toronto successful the 2nd information (53rd overall) of the 2019 NHL draft.

Elsewhere, the Ottawa Senators re-signed Nick Cousins to a two-year statement worthy US$3.175 cardinal Wednesday morning, keeping the seasoned guardant disconnected the free-agent market.

Cousins registered 9 goals, 23 points and 92 punishment minutes successful 81 games for the Senators past season, his 2nd successful the nation’s capital.

His erstwhile woody was group to expire erstwhile free agency opened astatine 12 p.m. ET connected Wednesday.

A third-round draught prime by the Philadelphia Flyers successful 2011, Cousins has collected 86 goals and 218 points pinch 7 different teams crossed parts of 12 NHL seasons.

The 32-year-old from Belleville, Ont., won a Stanley Cup title pinch the Florida Panthers successful 2024 earlier joining Ottawa the pursuing season.

The Senators person had a engaged off-season already, trading skipper Brady Tkachuk to the Panthers and acquiring guardant William Eklund from the San Jose Sharks.

This study by BERITAJA was first published July 1, 2026.