Monday Habs Headlines: Claude Julien says the Canadiens need more urgency in their defence

Montreal News and Notes

• Claude Julien states that the urgency his team has to score is not bad but the urgency to defend is not good enough. [Sportsnet]
• A look at Julien’s move to play Shea Weber with Ben Chiarot and pairing Victor Mete with Jeff Petry against the Rangers. [Montreal Gazette]
• Instead of provoking things like he’s known to do, Brendan Gallagher admitted to often finding himself in the role of spectator during Saturday’s match-up. [RDS]
• Andrew Zadarnowski joins The Weekend Game Plan to discuss the Habs’ current losing streak and more. [TSN 690]
• If you missed Josh, an 18-year-old hockey enthusiast diagnosed with Burkitt’s Lymphoma, announce Saturday’s line up, it’s worth watching. And if you did see it...it’s worth seeing again!

Around the League and Elsewhere

• For 45 years, Bruce Bennett has captured hockey’s greatest players, teams and memories, and shaped the way we see the game. [Sportsnet]
• The Winnipeg Jets rally around their massage therapist, Al Pritchard, during his cancer battles. [NHL]
• Nashville Predators Viktor Arvidsson will be out for 4–6 weeks with a lower-body injury after being cross-checked by the St. Louis Blues’ Robert Bortuzzo on Saturday, [Sportsnet]
• Alexander Kerfoot of the Toronto Maple Leafs will have a hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety for his hit on Colorado Avalanche’s Erik Johnson. [Sportsnet]