Montreal Canadiens Links:
- Three games into the season, the Canadiens forward lines are balanced and producing. [Metro]
- Here’s a great piece on Mike Condon’s journey from unwanted goalie to backup of the Montreal Canadiens. [CTV News]
- The top 50 most important NHL players: #7, P.K. Subban. [Sportsnet]
- Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin was scouting players for Team Canada on Monday at the Lightning vs. Bruins game:
- ICYMI: In prospect news, Martin Reway is now leading the Czech Extraliga in scoring. [EOTP]
- Nikita Scherbak is the Russian Ronald McDonald, according to Christian Thomas.
- Scherbak responded, calling Christian, “Mario Thomas”.
- HabsTV found out what Brendan Gallagher would “swipe right” on. [Canadiens.com]
- Comedian Sugar Sammy assigns David Desharnais his mission for the 2015/16 season. [Canadiens.com]
Scouting start today for Team Canada assistant GM Marc Bergevin. He’ll be in Boston for the Lightning vs Bruins game.
— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) October 12, 2015
Get the pleasure to sit beside Russian Ronald McDonald ✈️@nikscherbak pic.twitter.com/2LGVNcAewI
— Christian Thomas (@cpt27) October 12, 2015
@cpt27 pic.twitter.com/Lon9qMIMN3
— nikita scherbak (@nikscherbak) October 12, 2015
Around the NHL and elsewhere:
- The Edmonton Oilers were in Arlington to watch the Blue Jays on Sunday, this was their reaction when Troy Tulowitzki hit a 3-run home-run in the 6th inning. [Oilers on Twitter]
- George Stroumboulopoulous sat down with Sidney Crosby, Erik Karlsson and Steven Stamkos and talked about the new way of the league and other things. [Sportsnet]
- There was a double-brawl in the KHL, and you should probably not mess with KHL goalies. [Puck Daddy]
- Steven Stamkos recorded his 500th NHL point in his 495th game on Monday against the Bruins:
The hockey stats community shares their findings from the Rochester hockey analytics conference. [Today’s Slapshot]
In Czech league action, goaltender Kometa Brno made an unbelievable save. [The Hockey News]
