Wednesday Habs Headlines: The dream of Connor Bedard

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• Can Habs fans dream of Connor Bedard? [La Presse | Google Translate]
• Kent Hughes isn’t getting carried away on the subject. [RDS]
• The Habs’ week in numbers: regression. [RDS]
• P.K. Subban on Habs trade: ‘I didn’t want to play anywhere else’. [Montreal Gazette]
• The Canadiens players’ mothers are forging strong bonds on this road trip. [Montreal Gazette]

Around the league and elsewhere

• Does Connor Bedard’s amazing run have general managers re-evaluating what they want to do over the next couple of months? [TSN]
• Ukraine’s U25 team is grateful for the support of Canadians during the Hockey Can’t Stop Tour. [Sportsnet]
• You’d never know it by watching the Habs, but power play production is significantly up for the NHL as a whole this year. [The Hockey News]
• Why have there been so many multi-goal comebacks this year in the NHL? [The Athletic]
• Five teams that could define the NHL trade market in 2023. [Sportsnet]
• Potential trade target players for the 2023 Trade Deadline (or before). [Daily Faceoff | The Athletic]
• No team has allowed fewer goals at the World Juniors than Czechia. No team has had more offence from defencemen than Czechia. What makes their defence so good? [The Hockey News]
• Hockey Canada says “net proceeds [from 50/50 draws at the World Juniors] are going to support organizations that work towards greater safety and inclusiveness in and around hockey.” [Global News]
• Adam Gajan’s play for Slovakia has caught the attention of NHL scouts. [Daily Faceoff]
• Why Canada has trouble developing superstar goaltenders today. [Daily Faceoff]
• A little bit of creativity helped a New Brunswick boy nab “five sticks, eight pucks, a referee’s whistle, dozens of signatures, and countless memories that will last a lifetime” at the World Juniors. [CTV Atlantic]