Thursday Habs Headlines: Carey Price is on a mission this season

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• Carey Price will be on mission next season to dispel any doubts hanging over him. [Journal de Montreal | Google Translate]
• For a second consecutive season, the Montreal Canadiens could find themselves with more than $8 million in unused cap space on opening night. [Montreal Gazette]
• A look back to when a bunch of expansion teams unintentionally helped build one of the NHL’s great dynasties in Montreal. [NBC Sports]
• After hitting the gym for some mixed martial arts on Wednesday.../

Et maintenant, quelque chose de complètement différent... À l'académie d'arts martiaux mixtes avec @max_domi. 🥊

And now for something completely different... We're hitting the mixed martial arts academy with Max Domi.#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/7DSzcr2seg

— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) August 1, 2018

• Max Domi answered a few fan questions on Twitter./

Vous avez une question pour Max Domi? Écrivez-là maintenant et l'attaquant des Canadiens pourrait vous répondre ici sur Twitter! pic.twitter.com/fPD0zGADWk

— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) August 1, 2018

• Newest member of Les Canadiennes Jill Saulnier talks about coming over from the Calgary Inferno, playing at the Bell Centre, merging the two women’s leagues, and more. [TSN]/

Around the league and elsewhere

• Eight times an NHL star was traded against his will, and how it worked out for everyone involved. [Sportsnet]
• Joel Edmundson believes the St. Louis Blues are among the top five teams in the NHL following the addition of Ryan O’Reilly, David Perron, Tyler Bozak and Patrick Maroon.  [NHL]
• Newly appointed CWHL commissioner and Hockey Hall of Famer Jayna Hefford discusses wanting to provide a living wage for their athletes. [TSN]
• Anders Nilsson speaks out on equality problems in hockey. [In Goal Mag]/