Thursday Habs Headlines: Jonathan Drouin eager to discover his early-season form

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• Jonathan Drouin would like to forget about the difficulties he had in the 2019-20 season. [RDS]
• But he would like to find the form he was showing before his year was derailed by injuries. [Canadiens.com]
• Should a Dustin Byfuglien be considered by the Canadiens in free agency? [Sportsnet]
• Drouin and a few other players in the organization were on the ice doing more actual hockey things yesterday:

• Paul Byron shows you what their first day back at the facilities in Brossard was like on Tuesday [Canadiens.com]

Around the league and elsewhere

• The pandemic could drop the NHL’s revenue to the level it was coming out of the most recent lockout; a decline of around 50%. [TSN]
• Bruce Cassidy says the Boston Bruins may rest players in the top seeds’ round robin portion of the play-in phase. [TSN]
• Interested in following an English Premier League team? Read a list of suggestions based on favourite NHL teams. [The Athletic]
• Daniel Alfredsson deserves a spot in the Hockey Hall of Fame. [Sportsnet]
• Several former Canadiens make the list of top free-agent signees of the past 15 years ... though not for their contracts with Montreal. [The Athletic]
• The staff at sister site Die By The Blade try to make sense of the massive turnover the Buffalo Sabres have experienced. [DBTB]
• Pierre LeBrun argues that firing two dozen people from several different departments just points to more of the lack of vision from Sabres ownership. [The Athletic]