Montreal Canadiens News and Notes
- Artturi Lehkonen’ current coach, Roger Ronnberg, doesn’t expect his star player to return to Sweden after Montreal’s training camp./
Rönnberg today: “We wont see Lehkonen again, at least not from what I can see, he’s way too good” #Habs @HabsEOTP pic.twitter.com/c2jEc3A4m3
— Patrik B (@Zeb_Habs) August 27, 2016
- There are doubts about whether Mike Condon can win the back-up job as he battles with Al Montoya heading into training camp but, for Condon, fighting for a spot has become routine. [TVA]
- It seems as if the next partnership between McDonalds and Canadiens players will feature the duo of Alex Galchenyuk and Brendan Gallagher. [DLC]/
Around the League and Elsewhere
- After a decade or more in the shadow of the West, it appears as though the Eastern Conference is set to take charge in 2016-17. [SI]
- What would a team assembled only with players left off of their country’s World Cup roster look like? Pretty good, as it turns out. [ESPN]
- Having been sent home from New York Islanders training camp last year when he arrived late on day one, Josh Ho-Sang has really turned things around this summer. [SN]/
