Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- The Habs and Canes both were hoping to put l’affaire Aho in the rearview mirror. [Sportsnet]
- With Keith Kinkaid aboard, can the Habs finally afford to give Carey Price fewer than 60 starts this season? [TSN]
- The Canadiens are ahead of schedule and looking for a playoff berth this season. [Sportsnet]
- Is this a make-or-break year for Claude Julien? [RDS]
- The pessimist’s… and optimist’s guide to the 2019-20 Canadiens. [The Athletic]
- Marc Bergevin talks about the power play, his veterans, and his rookies. [TSN (Video)]
- With Ben Chiarot, Cale Fleury, and Nick Suzuki making their debuts, 908 players have now donned the bleu-blanc-et-rouge and hit the ice in a regular season game./
New season means firing @CanadiensMTL tracker back up. If Price plays full game, 3 are making #Habs debuts tonight: Chiarot, Fleury, Suzuki.
They are players 906-908 to play regular season game in #GoHabsGo history. 3 is least Hab debuts in opener since 2015 (Semin, Fleischmann)
— Dan Kramer (@DanKramerHabs) October 3, 2019
Around the league and elsewhere
- Five eagerly anticipated early-season grudge matches. [Sportsnet]
- Matt Duchene talks about the transition to Nashville and fatherhood. [ProHockeyTalk]
- Is Alex Pietrangelo underrated? [The Hockey News]
- How are the Philadelphia Flyers bench staff, consisting of a head coach and two former head coaches, handling having multiple cooks in the kitchen? [The Athletic]
- “I do everything,” the story of Kladno HC owner, general manager, scout, marketer, public relations officer, and player… Jaromir Jagr. [The Athletic]
- The behind-the-scenes look at how the St. Louis Blues’ banner was made. [The Athletic]
- Revisiting Jason Allison and the NHL’s first-ever shootout. [NHL.com (Video)]
- Congratulations are in order to Erik and Melinda Karlsson!/
