Friday Habs Headlines: The last hints of David Fischer

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• With the departure of part-time scout Pat Westrum, the last hints of the infamous David Fischer selection have left the Habs organization. [La Presse | Google Translate]
• Carey Price is a big supporter of paternal leave. [Montreal Gazette]
• Canadiens’ director of strategic content Shauna Denis will be enshrined in the McGill Sports Hall of Fame. [Montreal Gazette]
• Arturri Lehkonen, Victor Mete, and Jacob de la Rose make their World Cup picks. [Montreal Canadiens]
• Price, Alex Galchenyuk, and Jonathan Drouin reflect on what it was like to be selected in the top 5. [Montreal Canadiens]
• The Drummondville Voltigeurs have hired ex-Hab Steve Begin as an assistant coach. [Stephane Leroux]/

Les @Voltigeurs_DRU vont annoncer très bientôt l'embauche de Steve Begin comme entraineur-adjoint.

Begin épaulera Steve Hartley dans une saison qui s'annonce très intéressante en 2018-19. #Bégin avait travaillé comme adjoint dans les series de 2014 avec les #Foreurs #LHJMQ

— Stephane Leroux (@StephRDSJunior) June 14, 2018

Around the league and elsewhere

• The NHL steadfastly denies a link between concussions and CTE ... and four other takeaways from Gary Bettman’s concussion lawsuit deposition. [The Athletic]
• Dealing Mike Hoffman is the first domino that needs to fall for the Ottawa Senators this off-season. [The Sporting News]
• The 10 best centres available in this year’s draft class. [NHL.com]
• The only woman to have her name on the Stanley Cup has passed away:/

Sad to report that Sonia Scurfield passed away tonight. She was the only Canadian woman to have her name engraved on the Stanley Cup in ‘89 with the ⁦@NHLFlames⁩ Her son Sergei says she passed peacefully after succumbing to cancer at 89-yrs old. I feel lucky to have met her pic.twitter.com/49Zg53Eo73

— Christine Simpson (@SNChrisSimpson) June 15, 2018

• Russian journalists have compiled the 50 best active Russian hockey players — with Evgeny Kuznetsov topping the list. [Pension Plan Puppets]
• The Nashville Predators don’t need any big moves to make another Stanley Cup run. [ProHockeyTalk]
• Joe Veleno is good, but just how good is a matter of debate. [RDS]
• Who’s in the running for Ilya Kovalchuk, and who makes sense for the Russian superstar? [The Hockey News]
• How the Golden Knights made hockey #vegasborn. [Forbes]
• Lastly, congratulations are in order for the Toronto Marlies on their Calder Cup win, and especially to former EOTP writer Bruce Peter:/

YESSSS BRUCEY! Marlies R&D dude puts in the hours, man. Pumped for him. (Also: awesome picture.) pic.twitter.com/qgBbd0KwGy

— Justin Bourne (@jtbourne) June 15, 2018