Editing Youppi! (section)

===METAL!===
In 2022, to promote the team's reverse retro jerseys, the team created METAL!, a heavy-metal-obsessed blue creature, who claims to have been Youppi's "twin brother", and have been the Canadiens mascot from 1979 to 1993, even though there is no evidence of the latter statement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Canadiens |first=Montreal |date=November 12, 2022 |title=METAL! debuts at Canadiens game |url=https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/metal-debuts-at-canadiens-game/c-337519458 |access-date=March 11, 2023 |website=NHL.com |archive-date=January 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131135059/https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/metal-debuts-at-canadiens-game/c-337519458 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the Habs' announcement, METAL! seemed to have fallen asleep in an ice machine in the [[Montreal Forum]] basement after a party celebrating the Stanley Cup win in 1993, and only emerged in the summer of 2022, when the thing was unearthed during renovations.

METAL! was retired ahead of the [[2024–25 NHL season]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/metal-retires-ahead-of-2024-25-season#:~:text=METAL!,2024%2D25%20season%20%7C%20Montr%C3%A9al%20Canadiens|title = METAL! retires ahead of 2024-25 season|publisher=Montreal Canadiens|via=NHL.com|date=October 9, 2024|access-date=December 12, 2024}}</ref>