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Tuesday Habs Headlines: Celebrating Tomas Plekanec's 1,000 games

Writers around the league take a look at Plekanec's career, Romanov earns KHL Rookie of the Week honours, injuries around the league and more in today's links

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Montreal Canadiens News and Notes

  • Yesterday Tomas Plekanec played his 1,000 game, and many have taken a look back at his lengthy career and what lies ahead. [Sportsnet | La Presse | The Athletic | Canadiens]
  • Alexander Romanov was named the Rookie of the Week! [Twitter]
  • Did you miss the Les Canadiennes games this weekend? You can catch it (and all the other CWHL games) here! [CWHL]

Around the League and Elsewhere

It's only been two weeks in the regular season, but they've already been tons of goals,

  • Tim Hortons bought Kenya's only hockey team to Canada to play again...with some new teammates. [Twitter]
  • Our own Julian McKenzie and The Scrum co-host Tristan talk to David Shoalts about his new book. [SoundCloud]
  • Justin Schultz is expected to miss four months after undergoing surgery for the lower leg fracture suffered after the collision with Plekanec on Saturday. [TSN]
  • Paul Stastny is expected to miss as much as two months with a lower body injury. [Sportsnet]
  • NHL players say that Canada's legalization of marijuana won't affect them. [Sportsnet]
  • Brandon Saad could find himself on the outside looking in during the Hawks’ next game. [Second City Hockey]