- Canadiens sign goalie Jakub Dobes to a three-year, $16.1 million extension
- The deal kicks in for 2027-28 and keeps their new No. 1 through 2029-30
- Read below for what Dobes did to earn it and how Montreal’s crease shakes out
Jakub Dobes isn’t going anywhere.
Montreal signed its young goalie to a three-year extension worth $16.1 million on Thursday, an average of $5.357 million per season. The deal keeps Dobes in a Habs sweater through 2029-30.
The raise doesn’t kick in right away. Dobes is already under contract for $975,000 in 2026-27, so the new money starts in 2027-28. He was headed for restricted free agency next summer, and this deal buys out two of his unrestricted years.
Dobes earned every dollar of it. He went 29-10-4 with a .901 save percentage in 43 games and finished fourth in Calder voting as a rookie.
He saved his best for the playoffs. A .908 save percentage across 19 postseason games carried Montreal all the way to the Eastern Conference Final, and his 37-save Game 7 against Buffalo is the kind of night that gets a goalie paid.
Take a look at Dobes slamming the door on the Sabres in Game 7:
A fifth-round pick in 2020, Dobes has climbed the depth chart in a hurry. He enters next season as the clear starter, with Sam Montembeault and prospect Jacob Fowler behind him.
Locking up Dobes caps a busy stretch for the Canadiens. They handed Ivan Demidov an eight-year extension a day earlier, and now the crease is settled too.
Getting it done now means Dobes never sniffs the open market.
