Huet played for the Kings in 2002-2003, and 2003-2004. He was traded to the Montreal Canadiens in a three-team deal that sent Mathieu Garon to L.A. and Radek Bonk from Ottawa to Montreal. He was considered a throw in for the deal. During the lockout, Huet played for the Mannheim Eagles in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. He took the team to the finals, but lost four straight games to Eisbären Berlin.

 

In the 2005-06 Season, Huet blossomed by racking up seven shutouts in 36 games. He eventually won the starting job in nets for the Canadiens at the expense of José Théodore, later traded to Colorado for goaltender David Aebischer.

 

He also won the Molson Cup in February of 2006. The Molson Cup is awarded monthly to the best Montreal Canadiens' player. He won the Best Defensive Player award from the NHL during the first week of March, ousting goaltenders such as the Ottawa Senators' Ray Emery and the New Jersey Devils' Martin Brodeur, with a 3-0-0 record and a 1.67 GAA. And for the second time of the year, he was named NHL Best Defensive Player on April 3rd, with a 3-0-0 record, a 0.65 GAA and 0.979 SV%, ousting goaltenders Martin Brodeur, Miikka Kiprusoff and Manny Legace. On April 23, in his first ever Stanley Cup playoffs start, Huet starred in a 6-1 win against the 2nd seed in Eastern Conference -- the Carolina Hurricanes. Huet stopped 42 of 43 shots in the contest to put the Canadiens up 1-0 in the seven game series. Two days later, Huet recorded his 1st lifetime overtime playoff win, when the Canadiens beat the Hurricanes 6-5 in 2nd overtime to take the lead 2-0 in the series. But in the next 4 games, Huet and the Canadiens lost games 2-1, 3-2, 2-1 and 2-1 and the series in goaltender duels with rookie Cam Ward, who took Martin Gerber's No 1 spot in the series, and who would later go on to win the Conn Smythe Trophy.

 

The Canadiens re-signed him on June 26 for two years at $5.75M total. Huet agreed to a two-year deal instead of three, wanting to prove himself over a longer period of time.

 

He will receive $3.00 M in 2006 and $2.75 M in 2007