Montreal Canadiens News and Notes
Your captain is ready for on-ice duty! We’ll see you on Tuesday night, Shea!
GOOD NEWS -> https://t.co/JQzAXYvGcx đź’Ą#GoHabsGo
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) November 26, 2018
- While Weber’s return won’t fix everything, his presence at least, should help. [Sportsnet]
- Jeff Petry and the Canadiens will wear bow ties tonight for the Bowvember initiative, one that means a great deal to Petry. [NHL]
- It’s a defenseman heavy links day! Join Jordie Benn and David Schlemko in the most recent edition of The CHat! [Canadiens]/
Around the League and Elsewhere
- Bruce Boudreau might have called it “old-time hockey” but the bout between the Jets and Wild was more of a demonstration of how hockey has changed. [TSN]
- The Flyers clean house, firing GM Ron Hextall. [NHL]
- Was the firing of Hextall related to his unwillingness to fire Dave Hakstol? [TSN]
- Carter Hart is the Flyers’ hope for the future in net. He wishes the future would hurry up and get here. [ESPN]
- GM firings are rare. GM firings in the middle of the season are even rarer. [The Athletic]
- We all know about the William Nylander situation in Toronto, but beyond whether or not he’s going to sign, how will his deal effect their Cup window? [Sportsnet]
- The results of the NHL concussion suit aren’t a surprise, but they are very disappointing — especially when it comes to lack of support from the supposed brotherhood of players. [Think Progress]
- Studies show that the differences in hazing in sports is more varied between sports than in between male and female teams in the same sport. [CBC]/
