Montreal Canadiens Links
- David Desharnais plays golf and talks about the locker room without White, Gionta, and Gorges. He tells Dave Stubbs that in golf he’s “normally shooting 85 to 90”. Someone who knows golf tell me if that’s better or worse than what he shoots on the ice.
- Who will be the top line left-winger of the Canadiens? Spoilers – it’s a poll, and the 93% said Max Pacioretty.
- From EOTP: Habs will get two of its away games on NBC in the States, for a total of 33 national broadcasts next season.
- Also, Eller’s arbitration will happen this Friday.
Around the NHL
- Leafs hire Kyle Dubas as assistant general manager.What is he like? Well, “he’s very progressive, has a lot of really good ideas that challenge conventional thinking. As a coach, to get an edge, I learned a great deal from him,” says the coach of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. This may very well be Brendan Shanahan‘s first step dragging the Leafs front office into the new advanced stats era. Be interesting to see what this change of direction bodes for Randy Carlyle next season.
- Tim Peel lasts a single day on Twitter. And how does he Tim Feel about that? (sorry)
- Thomas Vanek is assisting U.S. Federal authorities in a gambling investigation, but stresses that he himself is not the subject of any investigation or prosecution.
- Quebec City’s new Colisee has its first confirmed event: “un tournoi de hockey pee-wee.” If you can’t figure it out, that means pee-wee hockey tournament.
