Sunday Habs Headlines: Lane Hutson’s freshman season is turning heads

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Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• Lane Hutson’s unprecedented Freshman season in the NCAA is causing everyone to take notice

• What kind of offer for Josh Anderson would qualify as one Kent Hughes can’t refuse? [RDS]
• Along those same lines, who are the current untouchables on the Canadiens’ roster? [RDS]
• The Musqueam Indian Band held a celebration of life for former Hab and long-time Vancouver Canucks enforcer Gino Odjick. [The Gazette]

Around the league and elsewhere

• The Atlantic Division won the NHL All-Star tournament, as if that matters. [La Presse]
• Toronto will host next year’s All-Star festivities [TSN]
• An Ontario Superior Court justice has rejected the request of Dan Carcillo and other former CHL players to certify their lawsuit against the three Junior leagues and their teams as a class action. [TSN]
• Gary Bettman thinks tweaking the playoff format isn’t as easy as everyone thinks, but that is probably just because he makes literally everything harder than it has to be. [TSN]
• The Washington Capitals re-signed Sonny Milano for three years.

• The Florida Panthers have offered Sarah Nurse the opportunity to run their girls hockey program [NHL]