Montreal Canadiens
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The Pacioretty–Desharnais–Weise line is back! Anything to boost up the miserly 2.54 goals per game, currently 22nd in the league. [Montreal Gazette]
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Does P.K. Subban deserve a reputation for diving? [The Globe and Mail]
That the NHL has decided to wage war on diving – a curious priority given the epidemic of goalies being steamrolled – is surely a product of the game’s old-school competitive culture of honourable gamesmanship and not “showing up” officials.
It is also a doomed endeavour.
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Daniel Audette, the Habs’ fifth-round selection in the 2014 NHL Draft, is just focused on his QMJHL season. He says he’s not worried about the media scrutiny, if he ever makes the big league. [Along The Boards]
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Michel Therrien is sick of people falling over his goalie, and he wants the league to start handing out stiffer penalties. [Sportsnet]
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Brandon Prust still stands by his recent defense of fighting in hockey (which is well worth a read, if you haven’t done so already). [Canadiens]
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#Habs surprised local PeeWee team by playing an exhibition match with them. Beaulieu jokingly mugged one of the kids pic.twitter.com/xOdxegYWKI
— christopher curtis (@titocurtis) February 6, 2015
Check out a video of the Habs meeting the PeeWee team here. [CTV News]
Around the League and Elsewhere
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Do the Chicago Blackhawks have an Andrew Shaw problem? On one hand, he’s tough, versatile, and full of the old-timey intangibles like grit and heart. On the other, he has a $2 million cap hit for 2015-16. Hmm. [Second City Hockey]
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A Toronto suburb almost built a $400 million arena, but didn’t because people correctly realised it was a terrible idea. [Globe and Mail]
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Evander Kane will require surgery on his left shoulder and will miss four to six months. Have the Winnipeg Jets ever been more exciting than this? [NHL]
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Kane is the new trade darling of the NHL, and I present, ladies and gentlemen, the Complete SB Nation Evander Kane Trade Speculation Roundup. Will he end up in:
- Montreal? [EOTP]
- Boston? [Stanley Cup of Chowder]
- Pittsburgh? [Pensburgh]
- Detroit? [Winging it in Motown]
- Philadelphia? [Broad Street Hockey]
- The final verdict on the Evander Kane drama. Unpleasant situation is right:
It was not the first “track suite” incident in Evander Kane’s career. In Atlanta teammates decided to cut it and make a bikini out of it.
— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) February 7, 2015
LRT: Evander Kane gets his fair share of ribbing. The question is whether he’s been outright bullied. Either way, unpleasant situation.
— James O’Brien (@cyclelikesedins) February 7, 2015
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This week in Down Goes Brown’s NHL Grab Bag: The Ref Should Be Seen, Not Heard. [Grantland]
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One of 2015’s top unrestricted free agents, Cody Franson, has been unexpectedly good this year. Can’t wait to see how this will go wrong for the Leafs. [Sportsnet]
