Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Jake Gardiner is still a free agent and several teams are vying for his services, including Montreal. [Sportsnet]
- See what the “Bicep Club” was really doing on the draft floor this summer. [Canadiens.com]
- Jonathan Drouin’s second annual golf tournament raised over $400,000 for charity. [Le Journal de Montreal]
- Is Nick Suzuki in line to be the Canadiens’ Ryan O’Reilly? [Le Journal de Montreal]
- Ryan Poehling is just going to trust his game to speak for itself at training camp, and see where that gets him. [Sportsnet]
- Pat Hickey offers his reasons for why Andrei Markov should be brought back. [Montreal Gazette]
- Matthew Peca expected to play a similar offensive role to what he had in his AHL days when he came to Montreal as a free agent last summer. Now he knows his place in the NHL is as a bottom-six forward, and he adjusted his approach in the off-season accordingly. [RDS]
- The Canadiens land in sixth place in Corey Pronman’s annual farm system rankings. [The Athletic]
- The Wisconsin Badgers have played a game, and that means Cole Caufield has scored a goal:/
Here’s a clip of Cole Caufield’s goal. 1-0 Badgers after 1. pic.twitter.com/1IcmHnFZbF
— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerMHockey) August 31, 2019
Ray Ferraro was impressed with the play, noting the timing he showed, something that our David St-Louis has been pointing out since first compiling his draft profile:
Like his patience to get to the spot at the right time. Not too early, not too late. That is a gift that probably gets overlooked with scorers https://t.co/7FcjgWVrTR
— Ray Ferraro (@rayferrarotsn) August 31, 2019
- Read more about the man who will be setting up plenty more goals from Caufield in Wisconsin this season: Alex Turcotte. [Montreal Gazette]/
Around the league and elsewhere
- The NHL has decided not to exercise its option to reopen the Collective Bargaining Agreement in 2020. [Twitter]
- The early decision suggests that the league as a whole and its owners are satisfied with the current state of affairs. Now it’s up to the NHLPA to make its decision on the matter in about two weeks’ time. [Sportsnet]
- Ben Lovejoy has announced his retirement. [NHL.com]/
