Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- The Canadiens power play has been much improved so far this year, but it’s not the first unit driving the offence. [Sportsnet]
- The Habs are still looking for a left defenceman. [Journal de Montreal]
- Could Marc-Edouard Vlasic be on the radar? [TVA Sports]
- Claude Julien generally resists making changes for change’s sake. [The Athletic]
- Jonathan Drouin is starting to deliver on his promise. [Habs Inside/Out (Video)]
- Ex-Hab Rick Green can relate to Victor Mete’s goal drought. Fortunately, he won’t have to relate to it any longer! [Montreal Gazette]/
Around the league and elsewhere
- Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares will be out for at least two weeks with a broken finger. [ProHockeyTalk]
- It’s early, but who might be available this trade deadline? [The Athletic]
- Is there an attendance problem in Canadian cities? [The Hockey News]
- D.J. Smith is searching for answers to the Ottawa Senators struggling power play. [TSN]
- 500 games later, revisiting the Tuukka Rask-Andrew Raycroft trade. [The Athletic]
- NHL power rankings: disturbing developments edition. [Sportsnet]
- With eight points in six games, Max Pacioretty is starting to put it together in his second season in Vegas. [NHL.com]
- Sixteen surprising stats of this young NHL season. [The Athletic]
- The NHL has apparently fixed the error causing shot locations to be misreported./
Update on that NHL shot distance story from yesterday: As many in the analytics community have noted, the league found the “glitch” in their system that was counting crease shots and attempts as being several feet away. I was told fix was made Wed night.
— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) October 17, 2019
- Valentin Zykov of the Vegas Golden Knights has been suspended 20 games for a PED violation, the second player from that organization to receive such a penalty after Nate Schmidt. [ProHockeyTalk]
- Is the Edmonton Oilers’ hot start for real? [TSN]
- An introductory primer to the Swiss NLA. [The Hockey Writers]
- Goalie coaches evaluate Petr Cech’s first performance between the pipes on ice. [The Athletic]/
