Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Eric Engels grades the Habs at the quarter mark of the season … and it ain’t pretty. [Sportsnet]
- Antti Niemi defied the critics with his performance against the Nashville Predators. [Sportsnet]
- The Canadiens could be preparing for a rebuild. [Hockey I/O (Video)]
- Is Victor Mete going to be returned to the London Knights? [London Free Press]
- Marc Bergevin had all the tools. This season is the result of the GM’s own failings. [RDS]
- Justin Bourne thinks mental fragility is causing the Canadiens to give up multiple goals within a 60-second span. [The Athletic]
- Even Hydro-Quebec is taking shots at the anemic Canadiens. [Montreal Gazette]
- Thomas Ebbing is enjoying life after graduation and making the most of the start of his professional career. [Montreal Canadiens]
- Lukas Vejdemo is continuing to enjoy a superb season. [Patrik Bexell]/
Whats in a nights work? Ask Lukas Vejdemo, he played 19:04 (second most on the team) for Djurgården today. Trusted with tough assignments by his coach, with no goals allowed. #Habs
— Patrik Bexell (@Zeb_Habs) November 23, 2017
Around the league and elsewhere:
- P.K. Subban doesn’t want to be defined by his race. [The Athletic]
- In his weekly 31 Thoughts, Elliotte Friedman says the NHL is looking at getting into the eSports market. [Sportsnet]
- Duncan Keith wants to play until he’s 45. [TSN]
- Is Tuukka Rask over the hill? [TSN]
- Connor McDavid has been playing through an illness that’s caused him to lose 5-10 lbs. [TSN]
- Dennis Wideman is joining the OHL’s Kitchener Rangers as an assistant coach. [TSN]
- The NHL is trying to clean up its on-ice language. [Toronto Star]
- A man has been convicted of stabbing another man to death over a comment regarding the criminal’s New Jersey Devils hat. [Yahoo!]/
