Monday Habs Headlines: Joe Thornton may consider Montreal as a potential landing spot
Here are your daily links including news on a big free-agency fish, comments on Poehling , the future of the Habs, and more
Montreal News and Notes
- So about that hole in the middle of the top line:/
One more on Joe Thornton: if he does hit UFA status on 7/1, Habs likely on list of teams he would consider.
— Dennis Bernstein (@DennisTFP) June 26, 2017
- We considered the idea of the superstar in Montreal a few weeks ago. [EOTP]
- The Habs came out strong after the 2017 Entry Draft, picking up four defencemen, two centremen, and one promising goaltender. [NHL]
- Now that the Habs’ future has been addressed, Marc Bergevin has to decide what’s next for Alexander Radulov, Andrei Markov, and Alex Galchenyuk. [Montreal Gazette]
- A behind-the-scenes look at the 2017 Entry Draft with the Canadiens’ first-round pick, Ryan Poehling. [NHL]
- There’s high hopes for Poehling after he received high praise from Trevor Timmons and his NCAA coach, Bob Motzko. [La Presse]
- Andrew Zadarnowski joined The Weekend Game Plan to discuss Radulov as the top free-agent forward available, the NHL Draft, and more. [TSN]
- Defenceman Scott Walford, who was chosen 68th overall in the NHL Draft, is already proud to be a Hab. /
Dream come true to be selected by the @CanadiensMTL ! Thank you to everyone who has helped me so far, and very excited for the future!
— Scott Walford (@ScottWalford7) June 25, 2017
- Maxime Fortier, of the Halifax Mooseheads, will be given another chance after receiving an invite to the Canadiens’ camp for the second year in a row. [Twitter]
- It was 19 years ago that the NHL announced the Maurice Richard Trophy will be awarded annually to the league’s top-scorer. [Twitter]/
Around the League and Elsewhere
- A list of the top 2017 draft picks that earned “the draft nod” from Jeff Marek. [Sportsnet]
- There’s no such thing as summer vacation in the NHL:/
No rest for NHL clubs as today the window opens for teams to begin talking to pending unrestricted free agents. Can't negotiate terms.
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) June 25, 2017
- Sweden’s Men’s National Team coach Rikard Grönborg brought the World Championship trophy with him to show his dad. [Twitter]
- The Chicago Blackhawks are looking to bring back Patrick Sharp, but maybe they should stop living in the past and start utilizing their younger talent instead. [Second City Hockey]
- With no coach, no starting goalie, and no top-line center, John Chayka took control during Draft Weekend to get his Arizona Coyotes back on track. [Five For Howling]/