Friday Habs Headlines: Can Carey Price become elite again?

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• Analyzing Carey Price’s save percentage: can he become elite again? [Sportsnet]
• The Canadiens are no longer a leadership black hole. [Montreal Gazette]
• Andrew Shaw is missed by the Habs. [Radio-Canada]
• What is wrong with the power play? [RDS]
• “I didn’t see it coming,” says David Schlemko about his demotion to the Laval Rocket. [RDS]
• Cale Fleury is the epitome of calmness on the ice. [Montreal Canadiens]
• EOTP’s David St-Louis hosted a Reddit AMA recently. [Reddit]
• Joni Ikonen is slated to return to the lineup as early as next week, says KalPa Kuopio head coach Sami Kapanen. [Patrik Bexell]/

Just spoke with KalPa coach Sami Kapanen, Joni Ikonens recovery is going as planned and Ikonen should play soon, "probably next week in the line up". #EPR for @HabsEOTP #GoHabsGo #Habs #LiigaFi pic.twitter.com/7da7K7MXGg

— Patrik Bexell (@Zeb_Habs) January 10, 2019

• Support a good cause and maybe win some nice stuff at a Canadiens alumni game in Montreal this Saturday. [AL Sports]/

Around the league and elsewhere

• Seattle will host an All Star Game and an NHL Entry Draft fairly soon after its entrance into the league, says Gary Bettman. [TSN]
• After an unknown incident, the Columbus Blue Jackets did not have Sergei Bobrovsky in their lineup Thursday night, citing that the goaltender “failed to meet” expectations and values. [TSN]
• If it wasn’t clear before, the New York Rangers are now fully committed to their rebuild. [Blueshirt Banter]
• The Cannon and On the Forecheck sat down with each other to talk about the Seth Jones-Ryan Johansen trade, three years after it happened. [Part I|Part II]
• Filip Forsberg is the most irreplaceable skater on the Nashville Predators. [A to Z Sports Nashville]
• Hockey players, their well-exercised glutes, and the struggle to find jeans that fit. [ESPN]
• Frustration is boiling over for Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche as they continue to slide. [Mile High Hockey|TSN]
• Brandon Pirri is continuing to prove that he can produce offensively. [TSN]
• Maxime Comtois publically responds to the cyber-bullying he received following Canada’s defeat at the World Junior Hockey Championships for the first time. [TSN]/