Saturday Habs Headlines: Dynamic Duo

Montreal Canadiens News and Notes

• Nick Suzuki views Cole Caufield as a little brother and feels that their personalities balance each other out. [TVA]
• Juraj Slafkovsky doesn’t think his lengthy absence from the lineup will be noticeable, as he’s been working hard to improve [Twitter]

• Montreal has historically done poorly when picking prospects from Quebec, which may have led to them missing out on a Hall of Famer like Patrice Bergeron. [Montreal Gazette]
• Tune in to the Habs’ Twitch channel on Monday for a chat with Alex Newhook. [Twitter]

Around the League and Elsewhere

• Caroline Ouellette is very happy that a single league has finally emerged but doesn’t like that the way it was handled left many PHF players, who trained, signed, and, in some cases moved for teams that no longer exist, in the lurch. [TVA]
• Élizabeth Giguère is one of those players who supports a single league, but who signed a contract and moved to play for a team that no longer exists. [TVA]
• Vladimir Tarasenko might not be exactly the player he used to be, but the is likely to still be very valuable to Ottawa. [Yahoo Sports | Sportsnet]
• Jeremy Swayman and the Bruins are still far apart in their salary numbers ahead of arbitration, and keeping track of other as-yet-unsigned RFAs. [Yahoo Sports]
• Not sure who’s ended up where? This trade tracker has you covered. [Sportsnet]
• Without Patrice Bergeron, the Bruins are facing a centre shortage of their own making. [The Athletic]
• The parts that will become the Global Series game arena have landed in Melbourne. [NHL]
• Hudson Malinoski’s path to being drafted by the Leafs was made possible by a pair of doctors who were willing to try a rare surgery to save his career. [The Athletic]