Thursday Habs Headlines: Jesperi Kotkaniemi doesn’t appear to be going anywhere

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• While many other prospects may be headed back to juniors or overseas before they hit ten NHL games, Jesperi Kotkaniemi has made himself invaluable to the Habs, leading a promising pool of new and future Canadiens. [Sportsnet]
• With Kotkaniemi fitting so well with his NHL club, his old team in Finland (coached by his father) should probably start looking for a new centre. [The Athletic]
• The Habs put 40 shots on net against the Flames on Tuesday (nearly doubling Calgary’s 23-shot effort), and Matthew Tkachuk wasn’t too happy about the 3-2 loss. [TSN]
• Brampton is excited to have Etienne Marcoux on board./

Brampton Beast on acquiring the ECHL rights to Laval Rocket goaltender Etienne Marcoux: "Our hockey ops staff did their research. We're confident he'll have a great opportunity to shine with the Beast. He'll be joining the team in the next few days. Hockey ops are very happy."

— Andrew Zadarnowski (@AZadarski) October 24, 2018

Around the league and elsewhere

• As a team with several young players soon to hit their 10-game mark, the New York Rangers have decisions to make regarding prospect development. [Blueshirt Banter]
• Brian Boyle shared that he is officially in remission after being diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia last year. [NHL]
• The Carolina Hurricanes are finally starting off their season on a high note. [Canes Country]
• Fewer NHL general managers are finding “second chance” GM jobs after being fired—in fact, the majority of current NHL GMs have never held the position before. [The Athletic]
• Ottawa’s Mark Borowiecki received a one-game suspension for elbowing Urho Vaakanainen in the Senators’ loss to Boston earlier this week. [TSN]/