{"id":777394,"date":"2026-07-03T09:56:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/777394\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T09:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:56:32","slug":"montreal-canadiens-sign-goalie-jakub-dobes-to-3-year-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/777394\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Canadiens sign goalie Jakub Dobe\u0161 to 3-year extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Montreal Canadiens have signed goaltender Jakub Dobe\u0161 to a three-year contract extension through the 2029-30 season, the club announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Deal is worth an average of $5.36 US million annually<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press  \u00b7 Posted: Jul 02, 2026 4:36 PM EDT | Last Updated: July 2<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Jakub Dobes\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783072592_642_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>The Montreal Canadiens selected Jakub Dobe\u0161 in the fifth round of the 2020 NHL Draft. (AP Photo\/Karl B DeBlaker)<\/p>\n<p>The Montreal Canadiens have signed goaltender Jakub Dobe\u0161 to a three-year contract extension through the 2029-30 season, the club announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The deal carries an average annual value of $5.36 US million.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old Czech went 29-10-4 with a 2.78 goals-against average and .901 save percentage in 43 games during his rookie NHL season in 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>Dobe\u0161 was named to the NHL&#8217;s All-Rookie Team after leading all rookie goaltenders in wins and helping Montreal reach the Eastern Conference final.<\/p>\n<p>He added a 2.66 GAA and .908 save percentage in 19 playoff games, recording nine wins.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal selected Dobe\u0161 in the fifth round, 136th overall, of the 2020 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Montreal The Montreal Canadiens have signed goaltender Jakub Dobe\u0161 to a three-year contract extension through the 2029-30 season,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-777394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}