With what we've seen this season and his performances at the World Championships, Samuel Montembeault is bound to be the Canadiens' number one goalie next season. The one who will command a salary of a little over a million dollars will become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the campaign. Marc-Antoine Godin published a very interesting article on the Quebecer's next deal, comparing the salary of other goalies in the league who have similar statistics. <div align='center' style='padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;'><img src='https://i.marqueur.com/habsetlnh/i/photo/267140.webp' width='100%' border='0' alt='image' loading='lazy' defer /></div> A contract of three seasons around 10 million would be perfectly logical and well deserved for the goalie. Remember that he is only 26 years old and that he still has many good years ahead of him. <blockquote class=twitter-tweet><p lang=en dir=ltr>Everyone seems to only be waiting for Cole Caufield's next contract, but in the meantime, we're forgetting that a new deal for Samuel Montembeault could very well end up on Kent Hughes' desk this summer.<a href=https://t.co/6EElvqF0jw>https://t.co/6EElvqF0jw</a>- Marc Antoine Godin (@MAGodin) <a href=https://twitter.com/MAGodin/status/1659174143298875392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>May 18, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js charset=utf-8> Credit: <a href='https://www.habsolumentfan.com/canadiens/voici-a-quoi-pourrait-ressembler-le-prochain-contrat-de-samuel-montembeault' class='link_marker' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>HF</a>