{"id":815550,"date":"2026-07-21T03:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T03:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/815550\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T03:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T03:44:12","slug":"montreal-canadiens-turn-down-recent-offer-from-company-that-worked-with-the-avalanche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/815550\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Canadiens turn down recent offer from company that worked with the Avalanche"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Photo credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The Montreal Canadiens recently turned down an unusual offer. Artificial intelligence is making its way into every industry, and hockey is no exception.<\/p>\n

A Montreal-based company wanted to work with the Canadiens, but the two sides haven’t reached an agreement.<\/p>\n

Nicolas Cloutier of TVA Sports shed light on the situation involving Wyatt AI, a local company specializing in artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

The company worked with the Colorado Avalanche last season, and founder Josh Wyatt later reached out to the Canadiens about offering Montreal similar services.<\/p>\n

In the clip, Wyatt explains why the Canadiens weren’t interested in bringing in another outside resource.<\/p>\n

The Canadiens want to keep everything in-house, according to Josh Wyatt<\/p>\n

Should this be viewed as a rejection of artificial intelligence? Not at all.<\/p>\n

The Canadiens already appear to have their own resources and partnerships in place.<\/p>\n

Wyatt explained the situation plainly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we’ve noticed is that the Canadiens are a very technical organization.\u201d<\/p>\n

He then pointed to one specific reason behind Montreal’s decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe club works with Sportlogiq, and it wants to keep everything in-house,\u201d- Wyatt explained.<\/p>\n

The Canadiens’ approach is understandable.<\/p>\n

Keeping these operations internal gives the organization more control over its data, its methods and how the information is interpreted.<\/p>\n

Artificial intelligence is becoming another tool in the same conversation as advanced analytics.<\/p>\n

Ignoring it entirely would leave teams behind, but relying on it blindly would create a different problem.<\/p>\n

Finding the right balance remains the smartest approach.<\/p>\n

These tools can support scouting, player evaluation and decision-making without replacing the people responsible for making the final call.<\/p>\n

For now, the Canadiens have decided not to pursue Wyatt AI’s offer. That doesn’t mean Montreal is turning away from artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

It simply means the organization prefers to rely on its existing resources and keep that work under its own roof.<\/p>\n

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