Montreal News and Notes
- Marc Bergevin is confident that he’ll get a hold of a good player during the scouting process. [Journal de Montreal] [Google Translate]
- All in all, Saturday’s draft lottery was a good day for the Canadiens as they secured a top-3 spot in the 2018 Draft. [Sportsnet]
- The hiring of Dominique Ducharme as assistant coach is a step in the right direction for the Habs. [Journal de Montreal]
- Nikolaj Ehlers, Drouins old AHL teammate, talks about Drouin’s progress in the NHL. [Journal de Montreal]
- The players who will be available in third place could make the leap to the NHL next season. Could Bergevin get his hands on another Drouin or Galchenyuk? [RDS]
- Andrew Zadarnowski joins Habs Breakfast to discuss a top-3 pick, the NHL playoffs and more. [TSN]
- Jacob de la Rose will be representing Sweden in the 2018 World Championship. [Twitter]
- While Marcus Eisenschmid heads out to join Team Germany. [Instagram]
- Looks like Andrew Shaw is in good hands during his recovery/
Around the League and Elsewhere
- A behind-the-scenes look at the 2018 Draft Lottery and what you don’t see on tv. [Sportsnet]
- After losing out twice before, the Buffalo Sabres were finally awarded the number one draft pick. [NHL]
- Patrice Bergeron was pretty amused at Tukka Rask’s excitability after being scored on when he lost a blade during Saturday night’s victory against Tampa. [NHL]
- The Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin was out of the lineup for Game 2 against the Capitals but could return for Game 3 on Tuesday. [Yahoo Sports]
- Ovechkin is not doing to shabby./
Alex Ovechkin of the @Capitals scored his 53rd career playoff goal to move into a tie with Bill Barber, Daniel Briere, Stephane Richer and Jeremy Roenick for 47th place on the NHL’s all-time list. #NHLStats #PITvsWSH #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/qtlxz6oYde
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 29, 2018
