Tuesday Habs Headlines: Toffoli Time

Montreal Canadiens News and Notes

• Tyler Toffoli has joined the Canadiens in what is their best move so far this off-season. [Canadiens | TSN | NBC Sports | The Athletic (French) | Sportsnet]
• Pierre Turgeon talks Toffoli. [La Presse]
• The signing of Toffoli caps off a free agency which brought a surprising amount of strength and depth to Montreal’s lineup. [Sportsnet | The Athletic]
• Toffoli expressed his excitement to be joining the Habs with this amazing throwback picture. [Instagram]

• Josh Anderson will be wearing number 17 when he steps onto the Bell Centre ice this season. [Twitter]

• In a team made of the best players of the last decade, Carey Price would be the starting goalie. [Hockey News]

Around the League and Elsewhere

• The NWHL founder and commissioner Dani Rylan Kearney has stepped down in favour of Tyler Tumminia. [New York Times | TSN | Sportsnet]
• Getting the 2020-21 season underway is going to be no skate on the pond. [CBC]
• The Canadiens’ gain was the Canucks’ loss in an already difficult off season for Vancouver. [NBC Sports]
• Despite declining ratings, the NHL will likely get good deals for streaming and TV. [The Athletic]
• Taylor Hall is betting on himself, and on the Sabres. [TSN | NBC Sports | NHL]
• Silver linings are often hard to come by these days, but here are some hockey related things the fans of each Canadian team can be thankful for. [TSN]
• It feels like every team signed a new goalie during Free Agent Frenzy, but who were the winners and losers when the waters cleared? [TSN]