Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Marc Bergevin’s deadline deals haven’t benefited the team. [Montreal Gazette]
- Claude Julien doesn’t want to blame Jesperi Kotkaniemi or the depth acquisitions for the team’s recent woes. [RDS]
- Julien defended his benching of the team’s star rookie against the Chicago Blackhawks, though. [Montreal Gazette]
- Jose Theodore says that the Canadiens are wasting Carey Price’s efforts. [Journal de Montreal]
- In danger of missing out on the post-season, are the Habs hitting the panic button? [RDS]
- Marc Dumont says that the Canadiens should stop experimenting and go back to the lines that served them so well early in the season. [The Athletic]
- Enjoying a successful first professional season in Laval, Jake Evans knows that there are still obstacles to be overcome. [RDS]
- Before Montreal, Ryan Poehling has his sights set on Buffalo and the Frozen Four. [TVA]
- Alumnus Charlie Lindgren hopes that Poehling and the St. Cloud State University Huskies go all the way this year. [Montreal Canadiens]
- Francis Boullion discusses the importance of mental training for young players. [Montreal Canadiens]
- It appears that the Clarkson Cup final will be broadcast in French for the first time. /
Big news… According to a Les Canadiennes press release, the Clarkson Cup will also be broadcast in French on TVA Sports. I believe it will be the first CWHL game broadcast on French TV. (Sportsnet in English)
— Jared Book (@jaredbook) March 19, 2019
- Marie-Philip Poulin though remains questionable to play in Sunday’s championship game. [Sportsnet]/
Looking up at the wild-card positions
- A failure to protect late period leads is becoming a recurring problem for the Pittsburgh Penguins. [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
- The Pens will have to handle the final stretch without one of the league’s best players, as Evgeni Malkin is week-to-week with an upper body injury. [NHL.com]
- After being struck in the eye by Alex Kerfoot’s stick, Carolina Hurricane Calvin de Haan wasn’t sure that his eyeball was still in its socket. [Toronto Star]/
De Haan just said after he took the stick to the eye he was poking around his eye socket making sure his eyeball is still in place because he didn’t want it dangling around and he couldn’t see a thing
— Sara Civ (@SaraCivian) March 18, 2019
- Petr Mrazek and Curtis McElhinney have changed the Hurricanes, who must contend with the third toughest schedule in the league for the remainder of the season. [Sportsnet]
- With three goaltenders on the active roster, the Columbus Blue Jackets are healthy scratching Sergei Bobrovsky on his days off in order to give him a full rest. [The Athletic]
- The Blue Jackets will need to buck a trend of futility against western Canadian teams if they are to keep pace in the playoff race. [1st Ohio Battery]/
Around the league and elsewhere
- It’s become clear this year that Patrick Marleau is no longer the player that he used to be. How is his decline affecting the rest of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ roster? [The Athletic]
- Is Alex Nylander a flop as a prospect for the Buffalo Sabres? [Die by the Blade]
- A list of KHL free agents who may be interested in an NHL job next year. [Business Gazeta Online (Russian)]
- Florida Panthers prospect Brady Keeper is a role model to aboriginal youths. [Florida Panthers]
- How Vancouver’s Come Try Hockey events hope to hook girls on the sport. [The Athletic]/
