Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Carey Price’s latest injury is stirring panic among Habs’ fans. [Sportsnet]
- Alexander Romanov put in a man-of-the-match performance in Russia’s WJC opener against Denmark. [TSN|EOTP]/
Alexander Romanov is Russia’s player of the game with 1 goal and 2 assists. Dude also has a great smile, haha. #Habs pic.twitter.com/GI653mpoad
— Scott Petersen (@cvsportsguy) December 27, 2018
- Chronicling the crazy 2018 of Jeff Petry. [Radio-Canada]
- Cayden Primeau will have his chance to lock down the starting goaltender’s position for Team USA on Friday night versus Kazakhstan. [Journal de Montreal]/
Around the league and elsewhere
- This year’s All-Star Game captains are Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews, Nathan MacKinnon, and Alex Ovechkin. [TSN]
- The Pittsburgh Penguins have reached a five-year contract extension with forward Jake Guentzel. [TSN]
- Why are the Winnipeg Jets still Teppo Numminen’s team? [The Athletic]
- CSKA Moscow of the KHL certainly thinks that a 2020 NHL lockout might happen./
#KHL: CSKA Moscow have reported acquired the rights to Sebastian Aho (Carolina), David Pastrňák (Boston), and Joel Armia (Montreal) from Severstal Cherepovets for cash. Definitely a move looking ahead to a potential NHL lockout in 2020.
— Patrick C (@ChunkletsHockey) December 27, 2018
- The Athletic presents its annual awards for the sports media. [The Athletic]/
