Montreal Canadiens News and Notes
- Martin Réway has been training hard with some NHL veterans in Slovakia after his family, friends, and the Canadiens helped him recover from a heart condition. Now he’s hoping to show the team in training camp that their patience was worth it. [Journal de Montreal | Google Translate]
- Michael Pezzetta might have been in awe during his first Habs rookie camp in 2016, but this season he’s all business. [NHL]
- In the latest episode of The Duel, Artturi Lehkonen and Daniel Carr play a good game of Rocket League. [NHL]
- Two former Canadiens, Andrei Markov and Ben Scrivens, will be heading to the Olympics in hopes of taking home the gold to their home country. [Journal de Montreal]
- Hopefully this is the only time we see Brendan Gallagher supporting a Toronto team:/
Amazing how many @BlueJays fans travelled to Wrigley this weekend. Even ran into @BGALLY17 Super nice guy. #LetsRISE #GoJays pic.twitter.com/vgbbeksRXO
— Jason Kelly (@JayK_77) August 20, 2017
- Fifteen years ago, Laval Rocket head coach Sylvain Lefebvre was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs. [Twitter]
- At some point, every GM ends up with buyer’s remorse. See the 31 players who may have been a mistake and whick contract might be regretted by Marc Bergevin. [FanRag Sports]
- The Canadiens and the CHC Foundation show their support in the Montreal Pride Parade:/
The Canadiens and the @CHCFondation joined in the fun at the Pride Parade! 🌈🌈🌈 pic.twitter.com/YLQY2vdHbL
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) August 20, 2017
- The CWHL Draft hosted seven team for the 2017 Player Draft, including two teams from China. In made for a great display ahead of the event for the rapidly growing league. [Twitter]
- Melodie Daoust is happy to have been Les Canadiennes first-round pick. Be sure to check out our coverage of the draft later today. [Twitter]/
Around the league and elsewhere
- After having the worst save percentage of his career — and lowest in the NHL — last year, the pressure is on Cory Schneider to get back to his old form for the 2017-18 season. [NBC]
- A Whitehorse teen is looking forward to his first full season in the WHL, and if all goes well, playing for Canada at the Under-17 World Championship in November. [Yahoo]
- Even though the season hasn’t even started yet, let’s jump right to the 15 teams who probably won’t make the 2017-18 playoffs. [The Hockey News]/