Tuesday Habs Headlines: Darkhorse options for the third overall pick
Here are your daily links including Brady Tkachuk’s stock rising, draft news continues to trickle out, the Markham Thunder visit with the Prime Minister, and more.
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.
— Rocket de Laval (@RocketLaval) June 4, 2018
Yannick Veilleux reflects on the 2017-18 season. pic.twitter.com/rfqAzQP9VZ
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]/