Monday Habs Links: Tim Bozon released from hospital & press conference.

Montreal Canadiens News

• Perhaps the best news of the year occurred on Friday, as Tim Bozon was released from Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital. He also attended game 6 of Kootenay's playoff series versus Calgary, a game that Kootenay won ensuring they move on to the second round. You can watch his press conference a little further down this page.
• Josh Gorges is still sidelined by the hand injury he received on March 1st, however he's inching closer to a return. He hopes to be in the lineup by April 9th.
• After missing Saturday's game versus the Panthers for personal reasons, Tomas Plekanec has returned to the team.
• Max Pacioretty continues to score goals as if it's his job (wait...), and the addition of Thomas Vanek has helped him keep his torrid scoring pace up.
• Prospect Mac Bennett's NCAA career came to an abrupt and disappointing end, but Bennett's week wasn't all bad.
• Ray Ferraro spoke to Mitch Melnick about captain Brian Gionta & the Habs' off season.
• The podcast of yesterday's edition of Ice Level with Andrew Berkshire is available here.
• Although they haven't officially clinched, the Habs are pretty much guaranteed a playoff spot.
• Over 50,000 people attended a game between the Blue Jays and the Mets this weekend at the 'Big O'. They honoured the '94 Expos team that never had a chance to prove their worth in the playoffs, due to the player strike. MLB executives were impressed by the show of support by Expos fans.

Tim Bozon press conference:

News and notes from around the NHL

• The Toronto Maple Leafs now find themselves sitting at less than a 5% chance to make the playoffs. Our friends over at PPP have had enough.
• Rumour has it that Charles Wang is in talks to sell his majority stake in the New York Islanders .
• If you are interested in the NCAA hockey tournament, you can find a printable bracket here.
• Gustav Nyquist continues to rip up the NHL, here's one of his latest goals (spoiler: It's a beauty).
• Jonathan Toews was knocked out of the game yesterday by a big Brooks Orpik hit. Hopefully the star player recovers quickly.
• Sean McIndoe takes a look at how horrible all the Canadians teams in the NHL were this year, all but one of course.