Wednesday Habs Headlines: Alex Galchenyuk is just focused on hockey

Montreal Canadiens Links:

• 30 thoughts with Elliotte Friedman (#28), he talks about Alex Galcheynuk and how Alex feels about being the Habs "X-Factor". [Sportsnet]
• The Canadiens finish off the road trip perfect and are heading back home with a 4-0-0 record. [EOTP]
• Alexei Emelin was a hitting machine on Tuesday night, he recorded 7 hits against the Penguins. [EOTP]
• How much is Tomas Plekanec worth to the Montreal Canadiens? [ESPN]
• All four Canadiens forwards lines are succeeding in transition early to start the season. [Sportlogiq]
• The Canadiens are off to a hot start, so it's tough to nitpick at their game so far. TSN690 breakfast crew discusses. [TSN690]
• The NHL announced that on October 20th, a select number of ticket packages for the Winter Classic will be released. [CBS Boston]
• Carey Price has been quite the precise passer through the first 3 games of the season:

Carey Price has made 39 pass attempts through two games, 34 were successful.

— Sportlogiq (@Sportlogiq) October 13, 2015

• Take a look at Henri Richards 1st contract from 1955-57:

Henri Richard's 1st #Habs contract, 1955-57, courtesy @classic_auction, on GM Frank Selke's 2-year-old date pad pic.twitter.com/wa4C3WhCYz

— Dave Stubbs (@Dave_Stubbs) October 13, 2015

• Former NHL'er Bobby Dollas said that everything is perfect so far with the Habs, but he'd like to see Greg Pateryn and Jarred Tinordi in the lineup. [TSN690]
• There's a new smoked meat poutine at McDonald's in Montreal, and it's Jeff Petry approved. [EOTP]
• Former Montreal Canadien, Daniel Briere, apparently declined the option to join Stephan Quintal and the department of player safety:

Selon certaines émanant de la NHL, D.Briere aurait décliné l'invitation de devenir adj. S.Quintal au département de la sécurité des joueurs.

— Alain Sanscartier (@A_Sanscartier) October 13, 2015

Around the NHL and elsewhere:

• Alexander Ovechkin took to the ice on Monday, but not for practice or a game, he skated with children who have developmental disabilities. [WUSA-9]
• Make-A-Wish foundation fulfilled another child's dream Monday night in the Ducks home-opener, he got to skate on the ice after Ryan Getzlaf during player introductions. [Puck Daddy]
• It's still early in the season, but according to Darren Dreger, some coaches may be on the hot seat already. [TSN690]
• Steve Dangle sat down with Natalie Spooner and did a q&a about the CWHL season and women's hockey in general. [Sportsnet]
• The inspiring 20-year-old Jack Jablonski is still continuing to pursue his dreams and has joined the Los Angeles Kings as a communications intern. [The Hockey News]
• NHL players sit down and read another round of "Not So Mean Tweets":

Another day, another edition of players reading your tweets. (Inspired by @JimmyKimmelLive) https://t.co/ZMj5spPFqx

— NHL (@NHL) October 13, 2015

• Animal activists protested Clayton Stoner over his grizzly bear hunt, outside of the Honda Center on Monday night. [Pro Hockey Talk]
• The NHL should look at bringing back the old school NHL waiver draft. [Grantland]
• An Islanders fan lifted his child like the Stanley Cup after the Islanders scored a goal on Monday night, it was great. [NHL]
• St. Louis Blues rookie Robbi Fabbri has been sidelined indefinitely with a concussion. [The Hockey News]
• Eric Boulton signed a one-year contract with the New York Islanders, and is now playing in his 20th pro season. [Puck Daddy]
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