The 2008-09 forwards for the Canadiens included Saku Koivu, Andrei Kostitsyn, Alex Kovalev, Robert Lang and Guillaume Latendresse.

	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
1	Steve Begin S. Begin	LW	6'0"	192	6/14/1978	30	Trois-Rivieres, Canada
2	Kyle Chipchura K. Chipchura	C	6'2"	203	2/19/1986	22	Westlock, Canada
3	Matt D'Agostini M. D'Agostini	RW	6'0"	198	10/23/1986	22	Sault Ste. Marie, Canada
4	Mathieu Dandenault M. Dandenault	RW	6'0"	208	2/3/1976	32	Sherbrooke, Canada
5	Chris Higgins C. Higgins	LW	6'0"	205	6/2/1983	25	Smithtown, NY
6	Saku Koivu S. Koivu	C	5'10"	181	11/23/1974	34	Turku, Finland
7	Andrei Kostitsyn A. Kostitsyn	LW	6'0"	214	2/3/1985	23	Novopolotsk, Belarus
8	Sergei Kostitsyn S. Kostitsyn	LW	6'0"	196	3/20/1987	21	Novopolotsk, Belarus
9	Tom Kostopoulos T. Kostopoulos	RW	6'0"	197	1/24/1979	30	Mississauga, Canada
10	Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	RW	6'2"	222	2/24/1973	35	Togliatti, Russia
11	Robert Lang R. Lang	C	6'3"	217	12/19/1970	38	Teplice, Czech Republic
12	Maxim Lapierre M. Lapierre	C	6'2"	215	3/29/1985	23	Saint-Leonard, Canada
13	Georges Laraque G. Laraque	RW	6'4"	245	12/7/1976	32	Montreal, Canada
14	Guillaume Latendresse G. Latendresse	RW	6'2"	230	5/24/1987	21	Ste-Catherine, Canada
15	Ben Maxwell B. Maxwell	C	6'1"	195	3/30/1988	20	North Vancouver, Canada
16	Glen Metropolit G. Metropolit	C	5'10"	196	6/25/1974	34	Toronto, Canada
17	Max Pacioretty M. Pacioretty	LW	6'2"	206	11/20/1988	20	New Canaan, CT
18	Tomas Plekanec T. Plekanec	C	5'11"	193	10/31/1982	26	Kladno, Czech Republic
19	Gregory Stewart G. Stewart	LW	6'2"	202	5/21/1986	22	Kitchener, Canada
20	Alex Tanguay A. Tanguay	LW	6'1"	194	11/21/1979	29	Ste-Justine, Canada