Montreal Canadiens News and Notes
- How the Stanley Cup finalists ended up dead last and where they go from here. [Montreal Gazette HI/O]
- Martin St. Louis expects to be back behind the bench next season./
Martin St. Louis has stopped dancing around it. He’ll be back as head coach of the Canadiens. Conversations to come with management, deal to get done.
— Eric Engels (@EricEngels) April 30, 2022
- Chris Wideman believes Nick Suzuki could be the Habs’ next captain. [TSN]
- Wideman and Mathieu Perreault hope to be sporting the Habs uniform again next season. [RDS]
- A perfect compliment to Suzuki could be Pierre-Luc Dubois if he’s available this offseason. [The Hockey Writers]
- After 31 seasons with the bleu-blanc-rouge, head equipment manager Pierre Gervais is retiring by riding off into the sunset in his retirement gift from the team. [Journal de Montreal]
- Looking back at Gervais’ 3000+ games with the Canadiens. [NHL]
- What’s a $1000 bet amongst friends?/
Juste un petit pari de 1000$ entre Gally et Romy. 😶
Small $1,000 bet between Gally and Romy.#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/UIYmbdcsSk
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) April 29, 2022
Around the League and Elsewhere
- The Tampa Bay Lightning shouldn’t be underestimated no matter who they’ll be facing in the first round. [The Hockey News]
- Some pretty top names will be in the NHL’s 2022 UFA class. [Sportsnet]
- One question for every team heading into the playoffs. [NBC Sports]
- Handing out 10 post-season awards that don’t get a trophy, but maybe they should. [Yahoo Sports]
- The Boston Bruins are more of an afterthought heading into the 2022 playoffs, but it would be a mistake for their opponents to let their guard down. [The Hockey News]/
