Montreal Canadiens News and Notes
- Past and future met yesterday. Anyone else getting getting chills? [Twitter]/
A first meeting. They hadn’t even spoken yet. The ghosts of Canadiens past and future. pic.twitter.com/PzcIwIeybn
— Аrpon Basu (@ArponBasu) August 17, 2018
- Hockey in Finland is starting up, so there’s lots of news to be had, including some about Jesse Ylönen, who returns to action next week. [Pelicans (Finnish)]
- Speaking of Finns, Artturi Lehkonen is relishing his time back home, but is awaiting October as eagerly as the rest of us. [Canadiens]
- Nicolas Deslauriers is likewise hard at work. [Instagram]/
- Planing on going to Dallas? Jordie Benn has you covered! [Canadiens]/
Around the League and Elsewhere
- Bryan Berard sues the NHL over concussions. [Yahoo]
- Speaking of concussions, in a great article from a few days ago, hockey great Hayley Wickenheiser talked about their effect, and on her plans to donate her brain for research. [CBC]
- Breaking down how the league’s best goal scorers do what they do. [TSN]
- Leon Draisaitl believes Edmonton will bounce back, but knows they’ll need to improve. [Sportsnet]
- What does Nashville need to do to get to the ultimate goal? [NBC Sports]
- Making sense of the latest skermish in the ever-present stats war. [The Athletic]/
