Wednesday Habs Headlines: Bob Gainey is helping with Montreal’s GM search

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• Bob Gainey will be helping Jeff Gorton in the search for the Canadiens’ next general manager. [Montreal Gazette]
• A look at Gainey’s legacy so far. [Peterborough Petes]
• Should Ben Chiarot be a target for the Toronto Maple Leafs at the trade deadline? [The Hockey Writers]
• Less than two months from the start of the Winter Olympics, it’s becoming more unlikely that Carey Price will be named to Team Canada’s roster. [Sportsnet]
• Peter Abbandonato of the Lions de Trois-Rivières has been named the ECHL player of the week. [ECHL]

Around the league and elsewhere

• China will be staying in the Olympic men’s hockey tournament after all. [TSN]
• Some NHL players are considering not going to China for the Games. [TSN]
• The owner of the Vancouver Canucks hasn’t spoken to Marc Bergevin about the vacant general manager position. [TSN]
• Jason Spezza has been suspended six games, pending his appeal, for kneeing Neal Pionk. [NHL]
• Trevor Zegras and Sonny Milano pulled off hockey’s equivalent of the alley-oop dunk last night. [Sportsnet]