Friday Habs Headlines: Only one scout believed in Brendan Gallagher’s NHL potential

Montreal Canadiens News and Notes:

• Brendan Gallagher’s road to the NHL is an interesting one, especially since only one scout thought he was worth a look, despite his fantastic production. [RDS]
• Following the tragedy that befell his ex-wife, Andrei Markov spent the bye week heading overseas as to bring his twins home to Canada. [Instagram]
• I joined Sam Blazer from NHLNumbers.com to discuss the current hectic situation of the Canadiens, and whether or not it’s Stanley Cup or bust. (It is). [Watch the Game Podcast]
• Here’s what Claude Julien's teams do well, and the biggest challenge he faces in Montreal [Vice]
• Carey Price took advantage of the bye week by hitting the ice for a little fishing. [Woodoo Fishing]/
• In case you missed it, we took a closer look at whether or not Matt Duchene really is significantly better than Galchenyuk, and if a trade is feasible. [EOTP]
• As you may have already heard, Boom Boom was rightfully placed on the NHL Greatest All-Time list. /

#NHL100 Greatest Players: Bernie Geoffrion

"Boom Boom" made the slap shot famous and racked up a ton of hardware. https://t.co/n4SSznVaDy pic.twitter.com/asnbAc8sIK

— NHL (@NHL) February 16, 2017

• Approximately every single scout was in attendance for last night’s Sabres-Avalanche game, including Larry Carriere and Rick Dudley from the Habs. It definitely means something is going to happen soon. Probably. Possible. Maybe. Perhaps not. [Twitter]
• Ray Ferraro thinks we’ll see a sharp decrease in blender use behind the bench now that Julien is in town./

@rayferrarotsn says not to expect a lot of in-game line-juggling with Claude Julien.

— Dan Robertson (@DRTSN690) February 16, 2017

• From the archives: Take a look at Claude Julien’s very first interview with Canadiens magazine, way back in 2003. [Canadiens]/

Around the League and Elsewhere

• Down Goes Brown takes a look at 10 trades involving draft picks that ended up yielding a superstar [SN]
• In case you missed it, some guy named Sidney Crosby reached 1000 points last night, but the real honour belongs to former Hab Lyle Odelein./

Some pretty cool names on this list, some of whom I forgot ever played with Crosby, including LYLE ODELEIN pic.twitter.com/eAQUnui80O

— Аrpon Basu (@ArponBasu) February 17, 2017

• Brandon Crowley stole Dylan Strome’s stick, so Strome picked up the Crowley’s stick from the ice and scored with it. Not bad at all!/

• What do the Hawks have to offer other teams at the deadline? [SCH]
• If the Senators trade Curtis Lazar, he is likely to fetch a similar struggling player. [S7]/