Montreal Canadiens news and notes:
- The Habs need a “Shanaplan”, not a full reset, and should look down Autoroute 20 and Highway 401 at their blue and white rivals. [Montreal Gazette]
- For Claude Julien, the book is not closed on Jonathan Drouin at centre. [Eric Engels]/
Just because Marc Bergevin said Jonathan Drouin would be playing wing in an ideal world, doesn’t mean that’s where he’ll be next season. These comments from Claude Julien today were really interesting: pic.twitter.com/CJ90tPqPJk
— Eric Engels (@EricEngels) March 15, 2018
- Carey Price skated alone for the fifth consecutive day. [John Lu]/
#Habs Price is on the ice for a fifth straight day, now receiving shots by Stéphane Waite. pic.twitter.com/wrhsKS2Ydu
— John Lu (@JohnLuTSNMtl) March 15, 2018
- Andrew Shaw is officially undergoing concussion protocol. [Last Word on Hockey]
- Which UFAs should Marc Bergevin target this offseason with his cap space? [The Hockey Writers]
- He who laughs last, laughs best, and having just defeated the team which bought out his contract, Antti Niemi is laughing. [The Athletic]
- Prospects Will Bitten and Michael Pezzetta featured in the 2017-18 OHL Coaches Poll winners. [OHL]
- Hilary Knight of Les Canadiennes talks about life after Olympic Gold and the “One League” movement. [The Sporting News]
- The newest member of Les Canadiennes also spoke with the IIHF about coming to Montreal. [IIHF]/
Around the league and elsewhere:
- Is a sign-and-trade possible for John Tavares? [TSN]
- A special podcast edition of 31 Thoughts this week, featuring Jeff Marek with Elliotte Friedman. [Sportsnet]
- Nashville Predators’ forward Calle Jarnkrok will miss the remainder of the regular season. [Sportsnet]
- Brian Boyle is one of the NHL’s most vocal champions, on and off the ice. [The Athletic]
- Matt Stajan is approaching 1,000 career NHL games. [The Athletic]
- Mark Borowiecki will start declining fights, worried about the potential long-term effects. [The Athletic]
- Team Canada will play Team USA for Gold in the Para-Ice Hockey Final at the 2018 PyeongChang Paralympic Games. [TSN]
- A jury ruled in favour of former NCAA and Team Canada coach Shannon Miller’s discrimination lawsuit and the University of Minnesota-Duluth will pay her $3.74 million [Duluth News Tribune]/
