Monday Habs Headlines: The Canadiens are once again showing interest in Charlie Coyle
In today’s links, Montreal is circling back on an old rumour, Kulak’s strong play continues, Lehkonen needs to help the team with offence, and more.
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- There were rumours of interest last season, but it seems the Canadiens are still making calls to the Minnesota Wild regarding forward Charlie Coyle. [Twitter | The Athletic - Minnesota]
- On his weekly radio hit, our Andrew Zadarnowski discussed the emergence of Jonathan Drouin. [TSN690]
- Brett Kulak continues to work very well with Shea Weber. [Montreal Gazette]
- Artturi Lehkonen hasn’t had much success scoring goals, and that will have to change if the Canadiens are going to survive a few cold spells during the season.[Sportsnet]
- Before joining the Canadiens, Phillip Danault had received some important lessons from Jonathan Toews and Yanic Perreault. [Canadiens.com]
- Read about what Brian Savage has been up to since his time in Montreal. [Canadiens.com]
- Les Canadiennes are in China ready to take on Shenzhen:/
After more than 32 hours travelling around the world... we arrived at our home in China for the next nine days! 😊🌏🏠🇨🇳 pic.twitter.com/GftQw3Itcb
— Les Canadiennes (@LesCanadiennes) December 9, 2018
Around the league and elsewhere
- Is the NHL gearing up for flurry of transactions before the holiday break? Plenty of rumours are swirling two months in. [Sportsnet]
- After a surgical procedure, Antti Raanta may be forced to miss the remainder of the season for the Arizona Coyotes. [TSN]
- Zach Hyman will sit out for two games for his hit on Charlie McAvoy. [DoPS]/