Thursday Habs Headlines: Joni Ikonen shows off his skills

Montreal Canadiens News and Notes

• Ales Hemsky is entering this season completely healed, and eager to show the hockey world that he can still play at a high level. [Canadiens]
• A familiar face in Jaroslav Spacek has been integral in Jakub Jerabek’s preparation to make the jump to the NHL. [RDS]
• Habs prospect Will Bitten lined up for Canada yesterday as they took on Finland in the World Junior Summer Showcase. [Twitter]
• Also playing was Joni Ikonen, who was involved in a couple of goals for Team Finland: [Twitter | 1 | 2]/

Really smart play by #Habs prospect Ikonen to set up his linemate for an easy goal. pic.twitter.com/Woc4lXQtUZ

— Marc Dumont (@MarcPDumont) August 2, 2017

• Andrew Berkshire was at the Montreal Children’s Hospital to make a donation on behalf of the Steve Dangle Podcast. [YouTube]/

Around the League and Elsewhere

• Matt Duchene spoke about a difficult season in Colorado, and the trade rumours that continue to surround him. [SN]
• Jack Eichel and the Buffalo Sabres may be on the verge of signing an eight-year contract extension. [SN]
• Tim Kawakami writes about his decision to move away from newspapers and become the editor-in-chief of The Athletic San Francisco. [The Athletic]
• Carl Hagelin had an interesting day with the Stanley Cup: /

It's called a kräftskiva - and we're pretty sure there's never been one quite like it before. pic.twitter.com/Di8jyuUu9K

— NHLPA (@NHLPA) August 2, 2017