Montreal Canadiens News and Notes
- The Montreal Canadiens have their 2026-27 opening night roster. [Canadiens]
- The Habs’ second line is looking pretty good. [TVA Sports]
- Florian Xhekaj is on the roster. Now he has to get into the lineup. [Montreal Gazette]
- David Reinbacher needs to be tested in the NHL. [TVA Sports]
- Montreal’s roster decisions. [TVA Sports | TVA Sports | La Presse | La Presse]
- Oliver Kapanen is out with a lower body injury. [TVA Sports | La Presse]
- Missing out on Kirill Marchenko allows the Canadiens to maintain continuity. [Radio-Canada]
- You would think that, after all this time, Phillip Danault would be a known quantity, but he still managed to surprise people. [TVA Sports]
- How Martin St-Louis views process and progress. [Sportsnet]
- Some expectations for the team before the season begins. [TVA Sports | Montreal Gazette | La Presse]
- Cuts, Kreider, the second line, and more Habs talk. [The Athletic]
- The Suzuki brothers met on NHL ice for the first time. [NHL]
- The Eastern Conference is likely to be a meat grinder. [Radio-Canada]
- Ann-Renee Desbiens and the other Team Canada members and hopefuls are getting ready to prepare for the next World Championship. [TVA Sports]
- Radio-Canada will broadcast the Victoire’s games this season. [Radio-Canada]
- Alain Crête and Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre will be the Canadiens commentators on Amazon. [La Presse]
Around the League and Elsewhere
- The Leafs acquire and sign Kirill Marchenko. [TSN | Sportsnet | NHL]
- Breaking down the Marchenko trade. [Yahoo Sports]
- Craig Berube says he wanted the whole team (Auston Matthews included) to be 200-foot players. [TSN]
- Gavin McKenna can’t wait to get started. [TVA Sports]
- The Senators hope to keep up the momentum in a longer gap before their season opener. [Radio-Canada]
- Seth Jarvis is still working his way back from surgery. [TSN]
- The Canucks are hoping that Thatcher Demko will be back by the holidays. [NHL]
- Neither Sidney Crosby nor the Penguins are feeling the lack of a contract extension. [NHL]
- Some names around the league to keep track of as the season starts. [TSN]
- Despite the fact that they could have earned more money, players who signed longer contracts a few years ago don’t really regret it. [TSN]
- Two different sets of bold predictions for your perusal. [Sportsnet | Sportsnet]
- Anonymous coaches and goalies rate the league’s goalies. [The Athletic]
- The Wild announce a media award in honor of Jessi Pierce. [NHL]
- The Capitals took some time to bond as a team away from the rink before the season. [NHL]
