Thursday Habs Headlines: Three Montreal prospects confirmed for camps ahead of WJC

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:

• 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]