Montreal Canadiens headlines
- Andrei Markov wants to stay with the Habs, but is keen on signing a two-year deal./
Andrei Markov always said he wanted to stay with the Canadien but wants a 2 year deal. #tvasports
— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) June 24, 2017
- According to NHL.com the Habs are among the teams to watch this week. [NHL]
- Some of the newly drafted players joined TSN690 to discuss their big day. [Ikonen–Walford–Fleury]
- Trevor Timmins met with the media to discuss his recent draft haul/
- Alexandre Alain was invited to the Canadiens’ development camp. [TVA]
- Cayden Primeau & Cale Fleury also met with the media to talk about being drafted by the Habs. [Primeau–Fleury]
- The Canadiens were interested in acquiring Brayden Schenn, but the cost was too high. [Dreger]/
Around the League and Elsewhere
- The Flyers ended up trading Schenn to the St.Louis Blues for Jori Lehtera and two picks. [BSH]
- Philadelphia also moved up in the draft, and selected Isaac Ratcliffe [BSH]
- The New York Islanders traded Travis Hamonic to the Flames for a couple picks. [LHH]
- For some reason the Penguins actually paid an asset, a good one at that, to acquire Ryan Reaves. [Pensburgh]
- Wings fans are not happy with their first-round pick. [WiiM]
- The Leafs had a questionable draft. [PPP]/
