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Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Alexander Romanov, Jacob Olofsson, and Mattias Norlinder have been invited to their countries’ respective World Junior selection camps. [Canadiens]
- Sweden’s team is all but finalized, with the Habs’ two representatives looking to be locks:
Both Swedish #Habs prospects makes the preliminary #WJC2020 squad. Matias Norlinder on defence, and a reinvigorated Jacob Olofsson as a forward that Coach Montén will rely up on. #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/MkzZGjwMyd
— Patrik Bexell (@Zeb_Habs) December 4, 2019
- Since signing with Montreal as a free agent, Karl Alzner’s career has hardly been what he expected. [The Athletic]
- Although he was unable to attend, Henri Richard was honoured along with other past Habs captains on Tuesday night. [NHL]
- Even retired, former Habs captain Saku Koivu proved he can still have an impact on the team. [The Athletic]
Around the league and elsewhere
- The NHL Coaches’ Association released a statement regarding the recent inquiries into the past conduct of coaches such as Bill Peters, Mike Babcock, and Marc Crawford. [Pierre LeBrun]
- Every season, there are surprise calls pulled from deep in the NHL rulebook, but there are just as many rules you can’t find in there, but might expect to. [The Athletic]
- Evander Kane was fined the league maximum for elbowing Radko Gudas, but many feel the penalty should have been harsher. [TSN]
- With all the coaching misconduct that has recently come to light, the NHL is planning to implement a Code of Conduct. [31 Thoughts]
- After an embarrassing loss to the Flyers in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Toronto goalie Frederik Andersen requested and was granted his second start in as many nights. [Sportsnet]
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