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Saturday Habs Headlines: Getting the Lay of the Land

New teams, new faces, old faces on new teams, and how things are looking around the league now that the Draft and the first days of free agency are over

Jun 28, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Ivan Demidov is selected with the 5th overall pick of the first round of the 2024 NHL Draft at The Sphere. | Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports

Montreal Canadiens News and Notes

  • Habs fans are pretty pleased with how Montreal performed at the draft, especially after having snagged Ivan Demidov. [Montreal Gazette]
  • Recapping the intrasquad scrimmage games at camp. [Canadiens]
  • It’s only development camp, but Joshua Nadeau still turned heads. [La Presse]
  • Florian Xhekaj, Owen Protz, Michael Hage, and Jacob Fowler all stood out for one reason or another. [Radio-Canada]

Around the League and Elsewhere

  • Jessica Campbell’s hiring by the Seattle Kraken will open doors to other women in the NHL. [NHL]
  • Martin Necas, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, and Connor Dewar among fourteen players to file for arbitration. [Sportsnet]
  • Things are coming full circle for David Perron, who played with Keith Tkachuk when Brady was a kid. Now Perron, whose son is now of a similar age, will be playing with Brady. [Radio-Canada]
  • Perron is aware that being teammates with Artem Zub might be awkward at the start, but hopes to clear the air. [Sportsnet]
  • Steve Yzerman isn’t willing to promise that the Red Wings will make the playoffs this season. [TSN]
  • The ten best contracts of the off-season. [The Athletic]
  • Macklin Celebrini and Carson Wetsch now Sharks teammates recreate a picture taken when they were kids, and so did a few others. [NHL]
  • Mikhail Sergachev wasn’t expecting to be traded, but he’s looking forward to joining the new Utah team. [NHL]
  • Revenge best served…next season. [Sportsnet]

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