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Montreal Canadiens links:
- The Habs are getting to the point of the season where something has to give. Here are five ways they can use to help adjust the team. [Metro]
- Michel Therrien has tried almost every line combination, but why not give Max Pacioretty and Alex Galchenyuk some time together. It's not like things can get any worse. [690]
- It's pretty strange that the Canadiens are doing so poorly and nothing is being done about it. [Montreal Gazette]
- The Canadiens lines were left unchanged at practice yesterday. P.K. Subban was given the day off, and Alexei Emelin had travel issues, but made it to Philadelphia Monday night. [EOTP]
- The NHL doesn't seem to keen on marketing Subban, but they should probably do a better job there. [690]
- The defencemen in Montreal are not the only ones making mistakes lately. [SPORTLOGiQ]
- Some Canadiens players had the pleasure of playing some sledge hockey with the Team Quebec sledge hockey team over the All-Star break. [JDM]
- John Scott's agent, Ben Hankinson, told media that Scott has been approached for a potential movie based on his career and life. [TSN]
- Speaking of a John Scott movie, someone made a teaser trailer for it, as a joke, and it's great. [YT]
- This All-Star weekend was all about John Scott, and he gave fans a reason to root for the NHL that we all love. [SBN]
- Most of the entire hockey world was supporting and cheering on John Scott last night, his current team, St. John's even got a new Twitter name. [STJ]
- The Hockey Hall of Fame will be displaying artifacts from John Scott's All-Star Game soon:
- And to top the entire weekend, John Scott was named the NHL's 1st Star of the Week. [Canadiens]
- Canadiens prospect Matt Bradley stood out this week, with six points in four games this past week for the Medicine Hat Tigers. [EOTP]
- Les Canadiennes are now sitting alone at the top of the CWHL standings after a successful weekend. [EOTP]
Happy to confirm John Scott's helmet & other artifacts from the @NHL All-Star Game will be on display soon at the Hockey Hall of Fame.
— Hockey Hall of Fame (@HockeyHallFame) February 1, 2016
Around the NHL and elsewhere:
- Alex Ovechkin's car donation from the All-Star game last year transformed special hockey. [RMNB]
- Connor McDavid was recalled from the AHL, and will be back in the lineup tonight against the Columbus Blue Jackets. [PHT]
- Former NHL'er, Donald Brashear, is making a Dragon's Den appearance tomorrow at 8PM EST, with his idea to make hockey more affordable for kids. [CBC]
- Most NHL players enjoyed their All-Star break, especially Scott Darling. He surprised his girlfriend, and proposed to her. She said yes. [CHI]
- Someone who didn't enjoy his All-Star break, Michael Grabner got six, yes six, root canals done. [SN]
- Auston Matthews didn't go to Switzerland to be different, he just did what he thought was best for his development. [RTS]
- A 13 year old kid went 4-for-5 in the AHL accuracy shooting competition on Sunday night. [GBHF]
- Patrik Laine made the Finnish national team, and will be competing for Finland in the next couple months. [Suomi]
- John Tortorella will be back behind the Blue Jackets bench tonight when they face the Oilers. He missed some time due to broken ribs. [PHT]
- Coyotes goaltender, Louis Domingue, wins rookie of the month for January after posting some great looking numbers. [PHT]
- The RedWings will be without defenceman Niklas Kronwall for a minimum of 10 games. [DRW]
- The month of January will determine if the Canucks will be buyers or sellers at the trade deadline in February. [NP]
- ICYMI: Gary Bettman signed a contract extension with the NHL, running through the 2022 season. [EOH]
- The AHL's move to California is proving out to be great for the Western NHL teams. [Puck Daddy]
- How the Philadelphia Flyers are performing in all three zones under new coach Dave Hakstol. [BSH]