Friday Habs Headlines: The Canadiens now have an effective fourth line, thanks to Daniel Carr
In today’s headlines, a fourth-liner excels, a first-liner looks for answers, draft picks turn heads, and Seattle gets courted by the NHL.
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- The Canadiens finally have a proper four-line alignment, and that’s mostly thanks to Daniel Carr. [Montreal Gazette]
- Max Pacioretty’s call to end morning skates was an opinion also voiced by Scotty Bowman. [Montreal Gazette]
- Brendan Gallagher is trending towards a career year. [Sportsnet]
- Eric Engels provides his checkup on the Canadiens 2017 draft class. [Sportsnet]
- Jake Evans: from Junior A to donning the Tricolore? [La Presse]
- Lukas Vejdemo potted a spectacular goal to ice a 6-3 Djurgardens victory over Linköping. [Patrik Bexell]/
Oh Lukas my Lukas!!!! Great goal form #Habs prospect Lukas Vejdemo to clinch (?) the game. #EuropeanProspectReport @HabsEOTP pic.twitter.com/CSwwKoCxqV
— Patrik Bexell (@Zeb_Habs) December 7, 2017
- Chris Terry is still holding onto his dream of playing in the NHL. [Montreal Gazette]
- Emerance Maschmeyer has been named CWHL Goalie of the Week. [CHWL Instagram]/
Around the league and elsewhere:
- How are Eastern Conference coaches managing line matchups at 5v5 so far this season? [The Athletic]
- The Vancouver Canucks Bo Horvat may miss up to six weeks with a fractured foot. [Sportsnet]
- After losing the IceCaps, St. John’s might get a QMJHL team. [The Telegram]
- The Carolina Hurricanes aren’t giving away free tickets to artificially inflate attendance any more. [SB Nation]
- The sale of the Hurricanes to Thomas Dundon is nearly finalization. [TSN]
- Can ESPN adapt to its own decline? [The Guardian]
- Ben Lovejoy is the first active NHL player to pledge his brain to concussion research. [TSN]
- The underlying numbers indicate that the Tampa Bay Lightning might be even better than their place in the standings indicates. [TSN]
- Vladimir Putin says Russia will not instruct their athletes to boycott the 2018 Winter Olympics. [TSN]
- Elliotte Friedman updates Seattle’s pursuit of an NHL team. [Elliotte Friedman]/
SEA: looking at 2020-21. Have asked to file application to expand. League has agreed and will allow a season-ticket drive. But Bettman says this is not guarantee of a team
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) December 7, 2017
- Quebe City is still on the back burner:/
Bettman says he doesn't know where this leaves Quebec City other than to say right now they're only looking at Seattle for possible expansion. Points to geography and chance to balance the conferences
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) December 7, 2017