Wednesday Habs Headlines: Have the Canadiens improved since 2012-13?

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./

#Repost @lorebaudrit19 with @get_repost ・・・ C’est aujourd’hui que ça se passe ! 🛫 🇸🇪 Hâte de découvrir Umeå ! Montréal tu auras toujours une place spéciale dans mon cœur 💙 @isaleclaire @carabins @lescanadiennes @umontreal @montreal @usportsca @thecwhl #hockeylife #montrealaise #montreal #quebec #canada #abientot #nouveauchapitre #umeå #björklöven

A post shared by Les Canadiennes (@lescanadiennes) on Aug 21, 2018 at 1:35pm PDT

• 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), /