Wednesday Habs Headlines: Jakub Jerabek’s impact on the roster

Montreal Canadiens news and notes:

• Jakub Jerabek’s arrival will shake up Montreal’s defence, but they’ll have to give him an opportunity to shine. [TSN 690]
• Jakub Jerabek spoke with Tomas Plekanec and Jaroslav Spacek in making his decision. [Journal de Montréal]
• Age is just a number for Andrei Markov. [Montreal Canadiens]
• Canadiens and Leafs fans are apparently jumping on the Senators bandwagon. [CBC]
• Antoine Waked is a multi-talented individual. [Montreal Canadiens]/

When the @HuskiesRn needed a playoff boost, an injured @AWaked23 stepped up...behind the bench.

READ -> https://t.co/B69JUFKSSI #GoHabsGo 💪

— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) May 2, 2017

Around the league and elsewhere:

• In case you missed it, Sidney Crosby was injured on Tuesday night in Game 3 vs. the Washington Capitals on a hit to the head by Matt Niskanen. [Pensburgh]
• Liam McCausland argues that the NHL is breeding a culture where stickwork and headshots are acceptable. [Puck It]
• For the St. Louis Blues to win their series, Mike Yeo needs to find a way to get Vladimir Tarasenko away from P.K. Subban and Matthias Ekholm. [Arpon Basu]
• Michel Therrien may have competition as the Florida Panthers look for a new head coach. [Pierre LeBrun]/

Hearing that the Florida Panthers have received permission from the San Jose Sharks to speak with Bob Boughner about their head coaching job

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) May 2, 2017

• Brent Burns, Connor McDavid, and Sidney Crosby are your nominees for the Ted Lindsay Award. [TSN]
• Derek Stepan set a new Rangers landmark in Game 3. [Twitter]/

By playing in tonight's game, Derek Stepan has now played more playoff games with NYR than any other forward in franchise history (94).

— NYR Stats & Info (@NYRStatsInfo) May 2, 2017

• The myth of the “hockey man.” [Five for Howling]
• The NHL has released the list of players exempt from the expansion draft. [Craig Custance]/

The NHL sent a memo to teams today declaring a list of players exempt from the expansion draft as agreed upon w/NHLPA. Full list: pic.twitter.com/xanQ1PS0QX

— Craig Custance (@CraigCustance) May 2, 2017

• Team Canada defeated Switzerland in a warm-up game for the upcoming World Championships. [TSN]
• Saku Koivu will now be a Director of Player Development for his childhood team TPS Turku. [Tommi Seppälä]/

Saku Koivu was hired by his former club TPS. He's a director of player development. Sami Salo was hired for assistant coach.

— Tommi Seppälä (@TommiSeppala) May 2, 2017

• The current landscape may be harder than it ever has been for sportswriters. [Sports Business Daily]/