Montreal Canadiens sign goaltender Dobes to three-year extension - BERITAJA

The Montreal Canadiens continued to unafraid their young halfway Thursday, signing goaltender Jakub Dobes to a three-year statement hold done the 2029-30 season.

The woody carries an mean yearly worth of US$5.36 million.

“I’m really happy, particularly for my family … I don’t consciousness for illustration the money is excessively important to me. I’m conscionable happy I could attraction connected lucky and person a clear mind and effort to triumph a title in Montreal,” Dobes said during a Zoom telephone Thursday.

After opening the play arsenic Sam Montembeault’s backup, Dobes, 25, emerged arsenic Montreal’s starting goaltender, posting a 29-10-4 grounds pinch a 2.78 goals-against mean and .901 prevention percent successful 43 games.

He led each NHL rookie goaltenders successful victories and was named to the league’s All-Rookie Team.

The six-foot-four, 215-pound Czech past started each 19 playoff games as Montreal advanced to the Eastern Conference final, posting a 2.66 goals-against average, a .908 prevention percent and 9 victories, tied for the third-most playoff wins by a rookie goaltender successful franchise history.

The hold comes 1 time aft the Canadiens signed rookie guardant Ivan Demidov to an eight-year, US$73.2-million statement extension. Dobes joins Demidov and a increasing database of young Canadiens nether semipermanent contracts, including skipper Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Juraj Slafkovsky, Lane Hutson and Noah Dobson.

Dobes said the Canadiens’ young halfway shares the aforesaid extremity and wants to support the group together.

“I’m conscionable excited that everyone is connected the aforesaid page … I consciousness for illustration we person a batch of imaginable … successful the adjacent mates of years to get thing breathtaking done,” he said. “I’m very proud of the guys, too. You know, everyone’s staying present and keeping the aforesaid squad together.”

Dobes was selected by Montreal in the 5th round, 136th overall, of the 2020 NHL Draft aft 1 play pinch the Omaha Lancers of the USHL. He spent 2 seasons astatine Ohio State earlier turning pro successful 2022-23.

He made his NHL debut precocious successful the 2024-25 play earlier taking complete Montreal’s crease midway done past season.

Through 59 regular-season games, Dobes owns a 36-14-7 grounds pinch a 2.77 goals-against mean and a .904 prevention percentage.