Thursday Habs Headlines: Notable trades made during previous NHL Drafts

Montreal Canadiens News and Notes

• Five significant trades made during the NHL Draft that involved established Habs players. [Journal de Montreal]
• Twitter chimes in on Gary Bettman’s interesting reaction to the Canadiens winning the NHL Draft lottery. [Yahoo Sports]
• Planning on checking out the Laval Rocket play a little playoff hockey at home? You could be part of their new playoff tradition. [NHL]
• Kent Hughes publicly stated that his son Jack Hughes will not be drafted first overall... and Jack fought back. [Journal de Montreal]
• The Canadiens have the option to not go with Shane Wright as their first draft pick, but not picking the centre would be the wrong decision. [The Hockey Writers]
• But there are other potential targets to consider. [Sportsnet]
• Joel Armia starts the offseason with his newest family member.

Around the League and Elsewhere

• Edmonton Oilers Darnell Nurse has been suspended one game after head-butting L.A. Kings Phillip Danault during Game 5. [NHL]
• Playoff records that could be broken and history that could be made soon. [Yahoo Sports]
• A part-slap-in-the-face-part-pat-on-the-back speech by Jason Spezza during the second intermission of Game 5 is what caused the Toronto Maple Leafs to come away with the win. [Sportsnet]
• You can thank the New York Islanders for hockey’s wackiest playoff tradition — the playoff beard. [ESPN]