Wednesday Habs Headlines: Grading the Canadiens’ centre corps

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• Travis Yost grades the centres on Canadian teams. [TSN]
• Canadiens Prospect Breakdown: Jesse Ylönen. [The Hockey Writers]
• Should Tyler Bozak and Sami Vatanen garner a PTO look? [The Hockey Writers]
• Maxime Comtois weighs in on the pressures of the Montreal market and what the future could hold for Jesperi Kotkaniemi. [TVA Sports]
• The Canadiens never realized what they had in Kotkaniemi—and tried to make him something that he was not. [YLE Svenska]

Around the league and elsewhere

• When the Railway Men disappeared: Remembering the 10th anniversary of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl disaster. [Sportsnet | The Athletic]
• The NHL’s best under-23 players: from Cale Makar to Devon Levi. [The Athletic]
• Unsigned RFAs galore and the ongoing Jack Eichel saga: storylines to watch as training camps open. [Sportsnet]
• “This is not a risk-free era”—how Canadian hockey is welcoming fans back into rinks. [The Athletic]
• Are the Boston Bruins looking into the possibility of acquiring P.K. Subban? [The Hockey News]
• Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon spoke about the motivation underlying the Kotkaniemi offer sheet. [Sportsnet]
• There are no shortage of players who blossomed after the age of 21. Don Waddell will be hoping that Kotkaniemi follows the footsteps of compatriot Teuvo Teravainen. [La Presse]
• Jake Virtanen signs with Spartak Moscow of the KHL. [Sportsnet]
• Anders Nilsson talks about the concussion symptoms that eventually led to his recent retirement. [Yahoo! Sports]
• The NWHL is rebranding to the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). [The Hockey News]