Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Are the 2018-19 Canadiens worse than the 2012-13 version of the team? [RDS | Google Translate]
- Catching up with the newest member of the Habs: Hunter Shinkaruk. [Montreal Canadiens]
- Ann-Sophie Bettez and Melodie Daoust hit the ice with some local NHLers for charity. [Le Nord-Cotier]
- Lukas Vejdemo explains why he chose to come over to North America this season. [Hockeysverige.se (Swedish)]
- The new season is fast approaching, which means it’s time for the ice to return to the Bell Centre./
Check out our Instagram story today for a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Bell Centre ice!
Notice something new? 😏#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/ooFPSPnMLY
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) August 21, 2018
- Lore Baudrit had some parting words for Les Canadiennes fans as she prepares for the next chapter of her hockey career in Umeå./
- EOTP is now on Instagram! [Instagram]/
Around the league and elsewhere
- Michal Handzus is calling it a career. [Second City Hockey]
- Five NHL coaches who could find themselves unemployed mid-season. [Journal de Montreal]
- David Desharnais has been released by Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. [Journal de Montreal]
- Four Canadian Olympians are returning to the Calgary Inferno after a year off with the National Team. [Calgary Inferno]
- Auston Matthews feels that he’s ready for the Toronto Maple Leafs’ captaincy, if asked. [Sportsnet]
- Recover like Erik Karlsson with Gainomax. [Sportsnet]
- Ottawa Senators assistant GM Randy Lee has resigned. [TSN]
- Your daily T25U25 roundup: Jewels from the Crown (#24: Alexander Dergachyov), The Cannon (#11: Vitaly Abramov), All About the Jersey (#40-26: The Outsiders), The Copper & Blue (#10: Ryan McLeod), Second City Hockey (#11: John Hayden), Mile High Hockey (#6: Nikita Zadorov), Silver Seven (#14: Marcus Hogberg), Die by the Blade (#7: Brendan Guhle), Pensburgh (#15-11), Broad Street Hockey (#9: Scott Laughton), Pension Plan Puppets (#10: Connor Carrick), /