The Canadiens agreed to a two-year, two-way contract extension with Lucas Condotta on Wednesday, according to a team release. This is his third contract signed with the Canadiens organization. His deal will earn him $350K in the minors each season with a $400K guarantee, accompanied by the league-minimum $775K NHL salary, per PuckPedia.
Condotta, now 27, began his professional career when the Habs signed him to an entry-level contract out of UMass-Lowell in 2022. The center made his NHL debut the following season, scoring his first of two career goals in a loss to the Bruins at the tail end of the 2022-23 campaign. He’s appeared sparingly for Montreal since then, totaling 11 career games, including a career-high seven appearances in 2024-25.
The 6’1″, 218-lb pivot has thus spent most of his professional career with the AHL’s Laval Rocket, where he now holds the captaincy. A checking forward with decent secondary offense, he has 27-47–74 in 194 career minor-league games with 164 PIMs and a plus-four rating. His goal-scoring has steadily declined over the past few years, dropping from 16 in 72 AHL games in 2022-23 all the way down to just three tallies in 50 games this year.
He’ll stick around in the organization for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 campaigns as a leadership fixture on the farm as the Canadiens continue to develop and graduate their prospects from Laval. Previously a pending unrestricted free agent, he’ll now need to wait two more years to test the open market.