Maxim Tsyplakov: the Habs were not among the three finalist teams

In recent days, Maxim Tsyplakov’s name has been the talk of Montreal. The Russian forward, coming off a big season in the KHL, wanted to make the jump to North America for 2024-25.
And with Elliotte Friedman AND echoes in Russia linking him to the Habs, the whole thing was being watched in Quebec.
As it turned out, he’ll be playing under Patrick Roy next year, ashe reached an agreement with the Islanders. So the Canadiens missed out.
And obviously, he may not have been in the pictur