Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- ICYMI: Guy Carbonneau has been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. [EotP|Montreal Canadiens]
- Jake Gardiner and Curtis McElhinney should top the Canadiens’ list of UFAs to pursue. [Sportsnet]
- Matt Duchene appears to be up there, as well:/
Hearing out of Montreal that the Canadiens will be meeting with Matt Duchene this week prior to July 1st.
— David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) June 26, 2019
- Cam Hillis is the new captain of the Guelph Storm. [Guelph Storm]/
NEWS | @cam_hillis has been named the 29th captain in Storm history. Congratulations, Cam!
Details: https://t.co/6h5mssUKZ8#IamtheSTORM pic.twitter.com/O3xBS38LCI
— ✖- Guelph Storm (@Storm_City) June 25, 2019
Around the league and elsewhere
- Hayley Wickenheiser and Sergei Zubov headline the five others joining the Hall alongside Carbonneau. [TSN]
- Six active players who could make for tricky HHoF induction debates someday. [The Athletic]
- Brooks Orpik has announced his retirement. [Sportsnet]
- The Winnipeg Jets will not give qualifying offers to Joe Morrow and Nathan Beaulieu. [TSN]
- The oft-ballyhooed Canadian tax disadvantage is overblown. [The Leafs Nation]
- Evaluating the 2019 Free Agent class. [The Athletic]
- Will this be the year we finally see an offer sheet? [The Athletic]
- The market for UFA defenders is fundamentally broken. [Yahoo Sports Canada]
- Max Friberg has extended his contract with Frölunda until 2023. [Expressen-GT (Swedish)]
- Gritty. Showing that there’s a heart in Philadelphia./
The look on this 7-year-old’s face is priceless.
He just received a custom Gritty prosthetic leg, and then this happened… ❤️
(via @6abcJeannette)pic.twitter.com/mXtKdEGKYG
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) June 25, 2019
