Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- The Canadiens have a wealth of options with the third overall pick, but there are few darkhorse options that might benefit them in the long run [TSN (Video)]
- It looks like even video games & players habits are looked at when being scouted by the Canadiens [Montreal Gazette]
- Brady Tkachuk remains one of the prospects in the Canadiens sights, and the comparisons to his brother Matthew have slowly begin to sneak into conversation [Sportsnet]
- Yannick Veilleux talks about the past season with the Laval Rocket, and what’s to come for the team going into it’s second year:/
Résumé de la saison 2017-2018 de Yannick Veilleux.
Yannick Veilleux reflects on the 2017-18 season. pic.twitter.com/rfqAzQP9VZ
— Rocket de Laval (@RocketLaval) June 4, 2018
Around the league and elsewhere
- The CWHL champion Markham Thunder became the first CWHL team to visit Parliament Hill and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau:/
Thank you Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau! We were honoured to meet you today! pic.twitter.com/QeDyrlu2kS
— Markham Thunder HC (@ThunderCWHL) June 4, 2018
And got a pretty memorable selfie in the process:
We upgraded the selfie a bit 😉 #FollowTheCup pic.twitter.com/rQUO97zlWa
— Markham Thunder HC (@ThunderCWHL) June 4, 2018
- More women’s hockey news, as Amanda Kessel will return to the CWHL and the Metropolitan Riveters [The Athletic]
- More from antics P.K. Subban and the wealth of athletes who were at Harvard this past week, this time including legendary footballer Kaka:/
When “hitting the books” goes wrong…🤦🏿♂😅 @KAKA @Harvard @anitaelberse pic.twitter.com/zcTo08yl2I
— P.K. Subban (@PKSubban1) June 4, 2018
- In tough about who to pick in this year’s Stanley Cup Final? Here’s a quick guide as to who you might want to pick (Hint, they have a few former Canadiens on their roster) [Sportsnet]/