{"id":806630,"date":"2026-07-16T23:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T23:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/806630\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T23:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T23:07:12","slug":"canadiens-sign-centre-kirby-dach-to-one-year-3-6-million-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/806630\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens sign centre\u00a0Kirby\u00a0Dach\u00a0to one-year, $3.6 million contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Montreal Canadiens have re-signed forward\u00a0Kirby\u00a0Dach\u00a0to a one-year, US$3.6-million contract, the NHL club announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Dach\u00a0was a restricted free agent after last season.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., had eight goals and seven assists in 37 games with the Canadiens last season.<\/p>\n<p>Dach\u00a0added four goals and an assist in 19 playoff games as Montreal advanced to the Eastern Conference final.<\/p>\n<p>The six-foot-four, 221-pound centre was selected third overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2019 NHL draft.<\/p>\n<p>He was traded to Montreal at the 2022 NHL draft for the 13th overall pick and a third-round selection.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 17, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782077411_500_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Montreal Canadiens have re-signed forward\u00a0Kirby\u00a0Dach\u00a0to a one-year, US$3.6-million contract, the NHL club announced Thursday. Dach\u00a0was a restricted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-806630","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\/806630","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=806630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}