Monday Habs Headlines: Martin Réway hopes to reward the Canadiens’ patience and support throughout his illness
Here are your daily links, including Réway being eager to begin his NHL journey, Pezzetta ready for development camp, Gallagher supports Toronto, and more.
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]/