Sunday Habs Headlines: The Canadiens can’t settle for mediocrity
Here are your daily links, including the promise of Mikhail Sergachev, Habs off-season pastimes, a schedule for the Cup Final, and more.
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Craig Button was on Melnick in the Afternoon to discuss Habs prospect Mikhail Sergachev, who is currently competing for the Windsor Spitfires in the CHL’s Memorial Cup. [TSN 690]
- Complacency won’t help the Habs improve for the future. [Montreal Gazette]
- Nothing like a bit of chirping to accompany a round of off-season golf.../
. @BGALLY17 should put up a live feed again so everyone can help him find his ball in the bush 😂😂
— Nathan Beaulieu (@natebeaulieu) May 21, 2017
- ICYMI: Here are some of the prospects Canadiens fans have to look forward to. [Habs EOTP]/
Around the league and elsewhere
- The league has released the schedule for the Stanley Cup Final series. [NHL]
- Matt Murray returns, and the Penguins take Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final. [NHL]
- As he approaches his 20th year as Nashville’s GM, take a look at how David Poile has put together the current Predators roster. [Sportsnet]
- Ryan Getzlaf has been fined $10,000 by the league for his use of a homophobic slur in Game 4. [Twitter]
- The final Avco Cup was awarded 38 years ago on Saturday./
On this day in 1979, the Jets defeated the Oilers to win the last Avco Cup in the World Hockey Association pic.twitter.com/0ED1KjJmhN
— Mike Commito (@mikecommito) May 20, 2017
- The best medicine is probably a visit from your dog after surgery. Just ask Ryan Johansen. [NHL]
- Canada came back from a 2-0 deficit to beat Russia in the semifinals of the IIHF World Championship, making it to the gold medal game against Sweden. [Hockey Canada]
- The Oilers have reportedly signed Iiro Pakarinen to a contract extension./
#Oilers have extended pending RFA Iiro Pakarinen to a 1 year/1-way contract for $725,000. Pakarinen was Arbitration eligible this summer.
— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) May 21, 2017