Friday Habs Headlines: There’s no showcase like winning

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Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• If the Canadiens want to make some noise at the trade deadline, they need stretches like this. [Hockey Inside/Out]
• What a hypothetical trade with the Edmonton Oilers for Joel Edmundson could look like. [The Hockey Writers]
• A Jonathan Drouin trade remains unlikely despite the forward’s recent uptick in form. [Last Word on Sports]
• Canadiens trade deadline: What we’re hearing on Evgenii Dadonov, Jonathan Drouin, and more. [The Athletic]

Around the league and elsewhere

• The Ukraine Selects are already winners at the Quebec International Peewee hockey tournament. [Global News]
• Hockey hair is a big deal. But what if you play hockey and your hair is different from nearly everyone else’s in the league? [The Players’ Tribune]
• His head coach already thinks that 16-year-old Maxim Massé of the Chicoutimi Saguenéens will be a “no-brainer” first rounder in a future NHL draft. [La Presse]
• Since 2007, only ten players dealt at the trade deadline have won the Stanley Cup that year with their new team. So how important is the deadline for buyers? [RDS]
• The Swiss National League is investigating former NHL coach Marc Crawford for directing a homophobic slur at an official. [Daily Faceoff]
• Trailblazing former NHL assistant coach Paul Jerrard has passed away at age 57. [Daily Faceoff]
• The latest on Jakob Chychrun and the NHL trade market. [32 Thoughts]
• Is Patrick Kane still an elite offensive winger? [Sportsnet]
• The Edmonton Oilers are apparently “tying themselves in knots” by not placing Jesse Puljujarvi on waivers. [Sportsnet]
• The NHLPA announced that the Executive Board has unanimously appointed Marty Walsh as Executive Director. [TSN]
• The ten best defencemen in the NHL. [ESPN]
• Projecting the NCAA men’s hockey tournament field. [ESPN]
• Ten bought-out players whom you may have forgotten are still on the books. [The Hockey News]
• How to fix the NHL trade deadline: Seven ideas to bring back blockbuster deals. [The Athletic]
• Ryan O’Reilly, Tage Thompson, and what is turning out to be hockey’s ultimate win-win trade. [The Athletic]
• Pension Plan Puppets, like many other soon-to-be former SB Nation NHL team sites, has begun to take steps to creating a stable, sustainable future for themselves and their community. [Pension Plan Puppets]