Montreal Canadiens News and Notes
- The Habs believe they have what it takes to make a deep run. [TSN]
- Montreal’s series MVP was arguably behind the bench. [Yahoo Sports | TVA Sports]
- Kent Hughes’ finger prints are all over this series win. [TVA Sports]
- It was an away game, but the Bell Centre was still rocking. [Twitter | Montreal Gazette]
- Looking back at the Habs-Lightning series. [Sportsnet | Montreal Gazette | Sportsnet | The Athletic]
- Previewing Montreal’s upcoming series against Buffalo. [NHL]
- The Habs release watch party information for the Sabres series. [Canadiens]
- Jakub Dobeš is drawing comparisons to Ken Dryden Patrick Roy, Jaroslav Halak, and Carey Price. [Yahoo Sports | Montreal Gazette]
- Perhaps the ghosts of the Forum have finally made a return. [Montreal Gazette]
- It’s mostly too early yet to know, but Dobeš is one of a number of players whose names might come up for the Conn Smythe. [Sportsnet]
- Phillip Danault’s post game celebratory pizzas and strong defensive play are both back in force. [La Presse]
- Lane Hutson becomes the fastest defenseman to reach 10 points for the Canadiens in a series where he continued to rise to the occasion. [TVA Sports | NHL]
- What we learned from Round 1 of the playoffs. [Sportsnet]
- Montreal loans Adam Engstrom to the Rocket. [Canadiens]
- The Montreal Victoire are refocusing for Game 2. [La Presse | Radio-Canada]
- The youth movement is real in these playoffs. [The Athletic]
- Montreal is Canada’s team. [TVA Sports]
Around the League and Elsewhere
- Previewing the Draft Lottery. [Sportsnet | The Athletic | NHL]
- Leon Draisaitl made it clear that the Oilers’ window to get things done has a deadline. [Yahoo Sports | Sportsnet]
- Ridly Greig will be missing the first two games of the season for Ottawa following a suspension in the final game of the Sens-Canes series. [TSN]
- The Leafs have officially hired Mats Sundin and Jon Chayka. [Sportsnet | NHL | ESPN | TSN]
- Questions remain about Chayka’s last stint in the NHL. [TSN | Yahoo Sports | The Athletic | Sportsnet]
- Regardless of past or doubts, the new Leafs management has their work cut out for them. [Sportsnet]
- Tyler Seguin is expected to be ready for camp after tearing his ACL. [NHL]
- Rasmus Dahlin, Gabriel Landeskog, and Jonathan Toews have been named the finalists for the Masterton Trophy. [NHL | TSN]
