Wednesday Habs Headlines: Canadiens headed for logjam at centre

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• Max Domi is one of this year’s most surprising players so far. [ESPN]
• Shea Weber’s return is making an immediate impact on the Habs. [TSN (Video)]
• Bob Cole’s final Hockey Night in Canada game will feature the Habs and the Toronto Maple Leafs. [Sportsnet]
• This year’s World Juniors will be Ryan Poehling’s second go-around at the top U20 national competition in the world. [La Presse]
• Poehling is a part of a pleasant problem for the Canadiens: a logjam at centre. [La Presse]
• Lukas Vejdemo is embracing the attention he’s receiving from the Laval Rocket coaching staff. [The Athletic]
• Les Canadiennes are in China for a three-game series against the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays. [RDS]
• Looking back at Mats Naslund’s 1985-86, a season for the ages. [The Hockey Writers]
• For fantasy hockey players out there, Tomas Tatar and Jeff Petry make the list of this week’s best waiver wire adds. [ESPN]
• The Laval Rocket are helping out at the Volunteer Centre and Harvest Laval this holiday season./

Les joueurs mettent la main à la pâte pour aider à la confection de paniers de Noël au Centre @benevolatlaval et Moisson Laval. 🎄

The players are getting involved by making Christmas baskets at the Volunteer Center and Harvest Laval.🎅🏼 pic.twitter.com/S4dmnze7GS

— Rocket de Laval (@RocketLaval) December 11, 2018

Around the league and elsewhere

• Alex Ovechkin is The Athletic NHL’s man of the year for 2018. [The Athletic]
• The ‘old man’ is still learning new tricks as he continues to light the lamp. [ESPN]
• A coaching change hasn’t produced results, so where do the St. Louis Blues go from here? [ProHockeyTalk]
• Ray Ferraro says that expectations on William Nylander were way overblown. [TSN (Audio)]
• The NHL will experiment with pucks with colour-shifting backs to limit the use of non-frozen pucks in game. [TSN]/