Thursday Habs Headlines: Marc Bergevin doesn’t expect many deadline trades

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• Marc Bergevin doesn’t expect many trades at this year’s deadline, given the lack of sellers in the market. [La Presse]
• It seems as though Carey Price’s new goalie pants aren’t ready just yet ... according to the pants: /

Asked Price if new pants are ready for Sat.
"Why don't you ask them?"
Lifts them in front of his face and I ask them.
"Nyet," the pants said

— Аrpon Basu (@ArponBasu) February 1, 2017

• Les Canadiennes will be hosting their Pink in the Rink game to fight breast cancer this Saturday in Brossard as they host the Toronto Furies. [NHL.com]
• The big news at practice yesterday was that Alex Galchenyuk and Jeff Petry will return to game action tonight. [EOTP]
• All the returns of key members are giving the team a boost for the final push to the post-season. [Canadiens.com]/

Around the league and elsewhere

• The St. Louis Blues have fired head coach Ken Hitchcock, replacing him with Mike Yeo. [St. Louis Game Time]
• Blues GM Doug Armstrong, meanwhile, is claiming responsibility for the team’s failure, despite Hitchcock being the first to go. [SLGT]
• Ilya Bryzgalov took something of a media role at this year’s NHL All-Star Game, and it was fantastic: /

The time has come.

Behold @BryzGoalie30's NHL All-Star game report. pic.twitter.com/ID7ya8rXND

— The Players' Tribune (@PlayersTribune) January 31, 2017

• The Arizona Coyotes made a deal yesterday, sending goaltender Justin Peters and Justin Hache to the Dallas Stars. [FFH]
• The National Hockey League will be celebrating Hockey Is For Everyone Month this February. [Puck Daddy]
• Sergei Mozyakin has broken Alex Radulov’s KHL single-season points record after recording his 81st of the year. [Twitter]/