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Wednesday Habs Headlines: Montreal Canadiens regional broadcasts moving to TSN

Montreal Canadiens news and notes:

  • English-language Montreal Canadiens regional broadcasts will be moving to TSN next year. [Montreal Gazette]
  • Artturi Lehkonen’s father Ismo, who is working as a broadcaster for Finnish television during the Stanley Cup Final, is satisfied with his son’s first season with the Habs, albeit not surprised at the success he found[LNH.com]
  • Jeremiah Addison played a huge role in Windsor’s march to the Memorial Cup. [Brampton Guardian]
  • Martin Reway is back in training. [Twitter]/

  • The jerseys of this year’s IIHF Hall of Fame inductees, including former Canadiens captain Saku Koivu, are up for auction. [IIHF]
  • Angela Price continues to document Liv Price’s journey through life. [Instagram]/

Around the league and elsewhere:

  • The NHL is actively decreasing scoring, and it’s counterproductive. [TSN 690]
  • Pavel Datsyuk thinks that it’s good that Detroit isn’t just trying to make the playoffs. [Igor Eronko]/

  • Nashville is a hockeytown unlike any other. [SB Nation]
  • Derick Brassard will be out 4-5 months after undergoing surgery on a torn labrum. [TSN]
  • The New York Islanders have added Scott Gomez to Doug Weight’s coaching staff. [Frank Seravalli]
  • Scott Stevens appears to have resigned as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Wild. [Michael Russo]
  • Roman Josi might be getting the attention of the scribes, but P.K. Subban is the engine that drives the Nashville Predators. [Tyler Dellow]
  • The Minnesota Wild and Toronto Maple Leafs have been awarded the 2016-17 Dick Dillman Awards by the Professional Hockey Writers Association for outstanding public relations work. [PHWA]
  • Looking at Kirill Kaprizov’s value to the Minnesota Wild. [Hockey Wilderness]
  • Did goaltending cost the Los Angeles Kings a playoff spot this past season? [Jewels from the Crown]
  • Could the Chicago Blackhawks swing a deal with the Vegas Golden Knights to keep Trevor van Riemsdyk? [Second City Hockey]
  • Nashville has the catfish, Detroit has the octopus, what should the other teams throw? [SB Nation]
  • The P.K. Subban-John Scott feud died before it started. [P.K. Subban]/

  • ECHL teams donated over 3.8 million dollars to charitable causes last season! [ECHL]/

  • Chris Simon, suffering from a variety of hockey-related ailments, has filed for bankruptcy. [Ottawa Citizen]/

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