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Welcome back to the Hockey Inside/Out newsletter, where the Canadiens are 4-2 with one game remaining in their homestand before heading west.

Oct. 14: The Canadiens paid tribute to Ken Dryden and won 5-4 in overtime over the Seattle Kraken in their home opener (Hidden Game, About Last Night)

Oct. 16: Cole Caufield came up clutch yet again in a 3-2 overtime win against the Nashville Predators (Hidden Game, About Last Night)

Oct. 18: The Canadiens had their winning streak snapped in a 4-3 loss against the New York Rangers (Hidden Game)

Oct. 20: Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens (7:30 p.m., Prime, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM)

Oct. 22: Montreal Canadiens at Calgary Flames (8:30 p.m., SN, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM)

Oct. 23: Montreal Canadiens at Edmonton Oilers (9 p.m., TSN, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM)

Oct. 25: Montreal Canadiens at Vancouver Canucks (7 p.m., CityTV, TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM)

Todd: Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes hold Canadiens to higher standard

"Character and brains were going to matter and the front office was going to take a radically different approach to the business of hockey. With the additions of GM Kent Hughes and head coach Martin St. Louis, the Canadiens were going to buck the maxim of feisty baseball manager Leo Durocher, who proclaimed that "nice guys finish last.'"

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"We never ask our players to be perfect. It’s a competitive league. As a young guy, yeah, you got to earn to stay in the lineup and I feel like are they on higher alert that way? Maybe."

— Martin St. Louis

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Cowan: Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher turns the ordinary into the extraordinary

"He’s done that his whole life, his whole career. That’s why he’s had a long career. You know what you’re getting out of him. You’re getting consistent, ordinary things and it’s usually with courage, hard work. They’re actions that don’t necessarily end up on the scoresheet, but we value a lot."

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