Montreal Canadiens Links:
- The Canadiens are off to a great start, but there are still defensive issues surfacing. Thankfully, there’s always the Carey Price factor to even things up. [Metro]
- With one more win tonight against Vancouver, the Canadiens can tie the all-time record for wins to start a season. [NHL]
- Price took a high shot from a teammate on Monday, and felt some pain. Therrien wasn’t very happy about it:
- Price is happy to be home in Vancouver, because he missed the smell of the mountains. [Canadiens]
- Brendan Gallagher is also happy to be home in Vancouver, and is excited to play in front of his family members. [Canadiens]
- ICYMI: Andrei Markov was named the NHL’s 2nd star of the week. [EOTP]
- Brendan Gallagher and Nathan Beaulieu went through a haunted house, and you have to see it. [Gallagher POV / Beaulieu POV]
- Habs prospect Magnus Nygren has made it to the Team Sweden roster in the upcoming Karjala Tournament that will take place November 5th-8th. [Svenska]
- Also, Martin Reway made team Slovakia for the upcoming German Cup, which takes place November 6th-8th. [Slovensky]
Habs hold breath as Price writhes on ice after high shot; back in after visit from trainer + warning from Therrien: “keep f*!*ing shots low”
— Kevin Woodley (@KevinisInGoal) October 26, 2015
Around the NHL and elsewhere:
- Connor McDavid is off to a great start, but he’s also making smart decisions statistically. [SportlogiQ]
- Cabbie from TSN sat down with John Tavares and talked about the move to Brooklyn and how John is adjusting to the Brooklyn lifestyle. [TSN]
- A report shows that the NHL may be looking into hiring female referees. [The Score]
- The NHL League Office doesn’t like coach and GM compensation for multiple reasons. [WIIM]
- Let’s take a look at the effects of the Joe Thornton trade, 10 years later. [NHL Numbers]
- Evander Kane admitted that he asked for a trade “every offseason” in Winnipeg. Also, he will be sidelined 4-6 weeks with an MCL injury. [Pro Hockey Talk / Sabres]
- The Nashville Predators inked defenseman Mattias Ekholm to a six-year, $22.5 million contract extension. [Predators]
- How Vladimir Tarasenko became the NHL’s latest scoring dynamo. [Bleacher Report]
- The Anaheim Ducks are off to a terrible start to the season. [Grantland]
- In Halloween news, Erik Karlsson went as Ursula from the Little Mermaid:
- T.J. Oshie went as a Dalmatian:
Under the sea, everything’s better take it from me. #Halloween pic.twitter.com/5VsdwSkIEj
— Melinda Currey (@MelindaCurrey) October 26, 2015
Squad going…… I don’t know. #3blindmice @jasondemers5 @jamiebenn14 pic.twitter.com/4VQlXLBsKT
— Tyler Seguin (@tseguinofficial) October 26, 2015
