Sunday Habs Headlines: Jesperi Kotkaniemi emerging as one of Canadiens’ top playmakers
In today’s links, the Kotkaniemi effect, trying on turtlenecks, and predicting Team North America.
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Jasper Kotkaniemi’s playmaking skills are already in full display in only a handful of games. [Sportsnet]
- Why was Jonathan Drouin struggling to find his game early on this season? [TSN]
- Life can’t seem to get much better for Phillip Danault, who is set to become a father next February. [Montreal Gazette]
- Either Nikita Schebak or Jacob de la Rose might be on the trading block. [The Athletic Support]
- The rest of the Canadiens tried on Tomas Plekanec’s turtlenecks to hilarious results:/
We asked the Habs to try on turtlenecks to find out if Tomas Plekanec has been on to something for all these years.#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/7R2py7iuzM
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) October 13, 2018
Around the league and elsewhere
- Figuring out who will make the 2018 roster of Team North America will be quite a challenge. [The Athletic]
- The Las Vegas Golden Knights might still be reeling from the effects of the Imagine Dragons curse. [Knights On Ice]
- Though NHL teams are averaging a higher amount of goals per game to start the season, this is unlikely to continue throughout the year. [Sportsnet]
- Alexei Emelin turned down the opportunity to join the Washington Capitals. [TSN]
- The Nashville Predators took some twitter backlash in stride. [NHL]/