Saturday Habs Headlines: Claude Julien and Marc Bergevin should be in the running for year-end awards

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• Mid season award predictions are trickling out, and there’s a few people who think a few Canadiens personnel should be included in this conversation. [Sportsnet]
• Philip Danault has gone under the radar this season, but has been a big reason for the Habs success so far. [TSN]
• ‘Tis the time for prospect rankings, and the Athletic took a look at Montreal’s talent pool. [The Athletic]
• Is Montreal ready to push for the post season? [Montreal Gazette]
• Speaking of propsects, hello Joni Ikonen: /

#Habs prospect Joni Ikonen with some kind of amazing! #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/n1cnWJTRwj

— Patrik Bexell (@Zeb_Habs) January 25, 2019

• The Canadiens have launched an alumni website:/

Nous sommes fiers de vous présenter notre nouveau site des Anciens Canadiens de Montréal!
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We are proud to present to you the new Montreal Canadiens Alumni website!

FR: https://t.co/KwZE2OiIKn
EN: https://t.co/n85QvXAsYF pic.twitter.com/UlvyZRFuWg

— AnciensCHC (@AnciensCHC) January 25, 2019

Around the league and elsewhere

• Dallas selected the Nashville Predators as their Winter Classic opponents next season. [Defending Big D]
• The Avalanche will face the Kings at Air Force Academy next season for more outdoor action. [theScore]
• More tracking, more technology, more data coming to the NHL next season:/

The NHL will deploy puck and player tracking for all games next season, Gary Bettman announces.

— Dan Rosen (@drosennhl) January 25, 2019