Montreal Canadiens News and Notes
- No matter what, this playoff appearance is a start of a new era (though of course, both the team and the fans are hungry for more than that). [Sportsnet]
- Montreal faces a steep but not impossible task in the playoffs, and belief is key. [Montreal Gazette | Yahoo Sports | Montreal Gazette]
- Martin St-Louis knows how special playoff hockey is in Montreal. [Montreal Gazette]
- A different Caps-Habs mirror than the obvious, Josh Anderson, Juraj Slafkovsky, and more Habs thoughts. [The Athletic]
- Josh Anderson is built for the playoffs. [Montreal Gazette]
- Ivan Demidov is a wild card. [Montreal Gazette]
- The Montreal Canadiens Children’s Foundation has launched a playoff version of the 50/50 raffle. [Canadiens]
Around the League and Elsewhere
- Ottawa needs to focus on discipline for the rest of the series. [NHL]
- The Leafs may have found their playoff answer in Anthony Stolarz. [The Athletic]
- The Kraken fire Dan Bylsma and have not yet named a successor. [NHL | Yahoo Sports]
- Gabriel Landeskog activated from IR but also scratched. [TSN]
- Vancouver won’t exercise the team’s option with Rick Tocchet, but do hope to keep him on a new deal. [TSN | Sportsnet]
- The Canucks hope to hold onto Quinn Hughes and Brock Boeser. [NHL | TSN]
- Dylan Larkin wishes that the Red Wings had made more moves at the deadline. [Sportsnet]
- Chris Kreider wants to stay in New York. [NHL]
- Changes are underway for the Rangers, who know that they’ll have to “take ownership” for what went wrong. [NHL]
