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Saturday Habs Headlines: Preseason Evaluations

Lane Hutson continues to impress, Xhekaj and Evans have things to prove, top 50 lists, injuries, Ovechkin, and more in today’s links.

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Montreal Canadiens News and Notes

  • Lane Hutson is turning heads. [The Athletic | Montreal Gazette]
  • The Habs know Xhekaj can bring physicality and some offense to the blue line, but they will need his defensive play to stand out. [Radio-Canada]
  • Montreal’s power play should be better this year — because it can hardly be worse. (But also because they now have more options.) [La Presse]
  • This will be an important season for Jake Evans, who is on the final year of his contract, and who has a pack of up-and-coming youngsters nipping at his heels. [Montreal Gazette]

Around the League and Elsewhere

  • McDavid, MacKinnon, and Matthews lead the way in TSN’s top 50 NHLers list. [TSN]
  • Sportsnet’s list has similar names in slightly different orders. [Sportsnet]
  • Derw Doughty is month-to-month with a fractured ankle. [TSN | Sportsnet | NHL]
  • Bryan Little will retire a Winnipeg Jet. [NHL]
  • Zayne Parekh is has been assigned to the OHL, but he learned a lot at training camp. [Sportsnet | Sportsnet]
  • The LA Kings and other preseason talk from around the league in the most recent 32 Thoughts. [Sportsnet]
  • Ovechkin has scored on a lot of goalies, and they’re wishing him well in his pursuit of Gretzky — but maybe not against them. [NBC Sports]
  • Rasmus Dahlin humbled to be named the Sabres’ next captain. [NHL]
  • Tavares day-to-day, Nylander in practice after the Leafs’ game against Montreal. [Sportsnet | Sportsnet]
  • Montreal will host part of the 4 Nations showdown. [Radio-Canada]

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