Tuesday Habs Headlines: Recent trades make space on the roster for players like Mike McCarron

Montreal Canadiens news:

• The Canadiens are slowly turning toward the future by shipping out some older players to make room for forwards like Michael McCarron. [Metro]
• Mike Condon was named the NHL’s 3rd Star after a great week from the Canadiens goaltender. [Canadiens]
• So the Canadiens traded for Stefan Matteau, a first-round pick of the Devils. What can he bring to the table? [EOTP]
• ICYMI: Here is the conference call with Stefan Matteau, and what he had to say about joining the Canadiens. [CH]
• Devante Smith-Pelly was traded to the New Jersey Devils yesterday, here is his very emotional press-conference after the trade happened. [TSN]
• Some of Smith-Pelly’s closest friends on the team took to Twitter after the game to say goodbye to their good bud. [Subban / Gallagher / Beaulieu]
• The Canadiens claimed enforcer Mike Brown off waivers from the Sharks, and Marc Bergevin said it was for “team toughness”. [HL]
• ICYMI: Marc Bergevin held a press-conference after the trade deadline, here are the highlights from it. [EOTP]
• In his press-conference, Marc Bergevin said that Alex Galchenyuk was performing better at wing than he was at centre. He was in fact, wrong:

Galchenyuk was producing 2.1 points/60, and a 54.3% Corsi at centre.

On the wing, he’s producing 1.5 points/60, and a 51.8% Corsi.

— Andrew Berkshire (@AndrewBerkshire) February 29, 2016

• RDS ranked the top 5 Canadien prospects who aren’t playing for the Canadiens at the moment. [RDS]
• Les Canadiennes will have three players from the team, led by Marie-Phillip Poulin, that will join Team Canada for the Women’s World Championships in Kamloops, BC late March. [SN]
• The IceCaps gave out an “Oscar” for Best Performance during the Oscars on Sunday night. [STJ]

Around the NHL and elsewhere:

• In what might have been the biggest deal of the day, Calgary got an absolute great return for d-man Kris Russell. [FlamesNation]
• The most entertaining part of the Trade Deadline Day was when Martin Biron pelted Jennifer Hedger with a 107KM t-shirt gun:

.@martybiron43 is an unintentional savage. Look out @jenniferhedger #TradeCentre pic.twitter.com/RevCEguvbY

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) February 29, 2016

• Eric Staal becomes the first player in the NHL to play at least one game with three different brothers. [TR]
• Kris Letang was the honorary Chair for the Skating for Little Hears event, an event benefitting children with heart issues. The event raised a lot of money for the foundation. [Penguins]
• Here is the every deal made on the NHL trade deadline day, in one graphic. [SBN]
• Down Goes Brown talks about the unusual deadline day that was, and the winners and losers. [SN]
• The Bruins did not end up trading away Loui Eriksson, and it was the right move for them. [EOH]
• Steve Yzerman made it clear that the “door is open” for Jonathan Drouin to return to the Lightning. [PHT]
• Sharks GM Doug Wilson insists that he did not overpay on Roman Polak and Nick Spaling. [WTC]
• Florida Panthers coach Gerrard Gallant will be joining the Team USA World Cup of Hockey staff. [NHL]
• What and how to expect arriving in the NHL as a goalie from Europe, part 3. This is a great read from goalies on the outside looking in. [SHN]
• Jyrki Jokipakka was traded from Dallas to Calgary, and was quite upset about it. [USanomat]
• In women’s hockey news, the Zurich Lions clinched the Championship title this weekend, for the second year in a row. [SHN]