Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- A three-team league reduced to two, an attempted forfeiture of the Stanley Cup finals, and an influenza pandemic. The chaos that was the 1919 NHL season. [The Guardian]
- The Canadiens are simulating the games that would have been played using EA Sports’ NHL 2020. After back-to-back wins against the eDucks and eKings, the eHabs made it a west coast sweep against the eSharks last night:/
The final score from tonight’s @EASPORTSNHL simulation:
eMTL 6, eSJS 4
…We much prefer the virtual Shark Tank. 😅 https://t.co/rcvV1ohZQL
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) March 20, 2020
Debating the EOTP archives
- Before the season began, David St-Louis wondered if Max Domi could find success on the wing. Now that it’s looking like there’s no place in the middle, does Domi the winger bring enough to the Habs to justify keeping him around?
- The Canadiens power play was historically bad in 2018-19. We broke down possible steps that it could be made better. Did Kirk Muller make the necessary adjustments?
- Jonathan Drouin stood at a crossroads after a subpar 2018-19 campaign. Did the local star find what was missing, or did injuries force another season into the “failure” column?/
Around the league and elsewhere
- If the NHL doesn’t resume this season, have we seen the last of these fifteen names? [The Athletic]
- The NHL will do all that it can to ensure that teams will play 82-game seasons this year. [TSN]
- Handing out MVP awards for the seven Canadian teams. [TSN]
- Who are the top playmakers in the offensive zone? [Sportsnet]
- NHL teams are preparing for anything while play is suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. [31 Thoughts]
- Every team except for the Buffalo Sabres and Boston Bruins have announced some form of financial support for their part-time staff. [ProHockeyTalk]/
