Thursday Habs Headlines: Carey Price “really needed” that standing ovation

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• After a rough season for both the team and himself, Carey Price said the standing ovation for his record-breaking game was “really needed”. [TSN]
• Even though the relationship between the Habs and their fans has been less than perfect, the Bell Centre faithful were supportive of Carey Price (and the team) on Tuesday. [The Athletic]
• With the Los Angeles Kings clinching a playoff spot, the Canadiens get their own pick back, giving them eight selections in the first four rounds. [CapFriendly]
• Nikita Scherbak reported concussion symptoms following the game against Winnipeg. He joins this season’s long list of injured Habs. [Canadiens]
• Montreal has suffered from significant man games lost this season:/

Nikita Scherbak est le sixième joueur du Canadien à subir une commotion cérébrale cette saison. Le 19 mars, alors que Carey Price s'apprêtait à revenir au jeu, j'avais publié ce tableau qui montrait à quel point le CH a été affligé par rapport aux autres équipes: pic.twitter.com/uEag1vz58n

— Marc Antoine Godin (@MAGodin) April 4, 2018

• On Tuesday night, Brendan Gallagher was honoured as the Molson Cup Player of the Year./

Félicitations @BGally.11, récipiendaire de la coupe Molson, remise au joueur de l’année pour la saison 2017-2018, après avoir marqué un sommet personnel de 30 buts... jusqu’à maintenant! 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Congratulations @BGally.11 on winning Molson Cup Player of the Year honors for 2017-18 after potting a career-high 30 goals...and counting!

A post shared by Canadiens de Montréal (@canadiensmtl) on Apr 4, 2018 at 12:46pm PDT

Around the league and elsewhere

• Even at 41, Boston’s Zdeno Chara works as hard as anyone else on the ice (and probably harder). [Sports Illustrated]
• Islanders Ryan Pulock and Jordan Eberle will be joining Team Canada for this year’s World Championships. [TSN]
• Who should win big at the 2017-18 NHL Awards? [The Athletic]
• Tom Kostopoulos, captain of the WBS Penguins, has announced that he will retire following this season. [AHL]
• John Tavares hopes free agency will “work out.” [Sportsnet]
• The names of Stanley Cup champions from 1954-65 will be removed from the trophy this year. [TSN]/

The Stanley Cup is saying goodbye to names like Richard, Hull and Howe.

It's time to make room.

More from @jgolen: https://t.co/wuVwT8mjMD pic.twitter.com/eQAhlvQDXI

— AP Sports (@AP_Sports) April 4, 2018