Tuesday Habs Headlines: Alex Galchenyuk may end up staying with the Canadiens
In your daily links: More Galchenyuk talk, Bergevin has work to do, Recchi goes to the Hall, and more
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Elliotte Friedman believes the Habs might be shifting course on Galchenyuk, now looking to re-sign their young forward. [FanRag Sports]
- Marc Bergevin is facing a lot of pressure to perform this summer. [Sportsnet]
- Apparently Zach Fucale is a big Harry Potter fan [Beast]
- Few teams drafted players from the QMJHL. What is going on with the once-strong Quebec league? [LNH.com]
- Former Hab Mark Recchi was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame [NHL]
- Rumour has it free agent Jordan Weal was in town yesterday. [DLC]
- 24 years ago the Habs drafted fan favourite Saku Koivu [Canadiens]/
- Max Pacioretty and Jonathan Drouin are training together this summer. [Stein]/
Around the leagues and elsewhere
- Teams are allowed to re-acquire players they lost to Vegas during the expansion draft./
Have confirmed this with Bill Daly just now: There is no blanket rule prohibiting a team from re-acquiring player lost in exp draft already
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) June 26, 2017
- The Dallas Stars acquired Marc Methot from the Knights for a second-round pick and a prospect. [DbD]
- Teemu Selanne also made it into the Hall of Fame, along with his friend Paul Kariya. [Ducks]/
Meet the HHOF Class of 2017. Dave Andreychuk, Danielle Goyette, Paul Kariya, Mark Recchi, Teemu Selanne, Clare Drake and Jeremy Jacobs. pic.twitter.com/fzwGJUZVZv
— Hockey Hall of Fame (@HockeyHallFame) June 26, 2017
- What we learned from the 2017 NHL Entry Draft: Grades for each team. [Puck Daddy]
- Joe Thornton is receive interest around the league, and so is his longtime teammate Patrick Marleau. [FtF]
- The Blackhawks are considering bringing back veteran Patrick Sharp. [SCH]/