Wednesday Habs Headlines: Kent the Magician

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• Kent Hughes, the magician. [La Presse | Google Translate]
• An ode to Artturi Lehkonen. [A Winning Habit]
• Why the Montreal Canadiens should bring P.K. Subban back. [Daily Hive]
• Hughes’s relationship with currently unsigned prospect Jordan Harris goes back many years. [RDS]
• What’s next for Cedric Paquette? [La Presse]

Around the league and elsewhere

• Lehkonen is pleased at the prospect of another lengthy playoff run. [RDS]
• Five teams that didn’t do enough at the deadline, featuring the Toronto Maple Leafs. [The Hockey News]
• NHL trade deadline winners and losers. [Sportsnet]
• Five notable players who didn’t change teams at the Trade Deadline. [The Hockey News]
• The Calgary Flames have launched a $125 million lawsuit against their insurers over ‘massive’ COVID losses. [CBC]
• Shane Wright is the headliner for the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game as the event returns after a pandemic hiatus. [TSN]
• A putative trade to the Anaheim Ducks for Evgenii Dadonov is in limbo as all parties involved try to resolve a dispute about a no-trade clause in Dadonov’s contract. [TSN]
• The Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association and Premier Hockey Federation are set to meet at the request of NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on Wednesday. [CBC]