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Wednesday Habs Headlines: Keeping Lane Hutson up

In today’s links, the case for Lane Hutson to stay with the big club, Patrik Laine’s debut in a Canadiens uniform, and a payday coming for Igor Shesterkin?

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Montreal Canadiens news and notes

  • Lane Hutson deserves to start the season with the Montreal Canadiens. [La Presse]
  • Canadiens head coach Martin St-Louis has always admired John Tortorella—both as a coach and a human being. [Montreal Gazette]
  • Aaron Ward was impressed with Oliver Kapanen and his line. [TSN 690 (Audio)]
  • Lane Hutson and David Savard form a dynamic duo. [Montreal Gazette]
  • Patrik Laine’s Canadiens pre-season debut produced a sound fans have rarely heard: anticipation. [The Athletic]
  • The optimist and pessimist discuss Montreal’s first preseason game. [La Presse]

Around the league and elsewhere

  • Why Nikolay Kulemin is attempting a comeback seven years after his last NHL game. [The Athletic]
  • It appears as though the New York Rangers are willing to make Igor Shesterkin the highest-paid goaltender in the NHL. [The Score]
  • The top five most interesting goaltending battles to watch during the 2024-25 NHL preseason. [Daily Faceoff]
  • The most high-profile regression candidates for 2024-25. [ESPN]
  • NHL commissioner Gary Bettman shut down rumours that the league has started the process of expanding to 34 teams. [TSN]
  • Al Montoya is bringing hockey closer to Hispanics as the Dallas Stars’ VP of cultural growth and strategy. [NHL.com]
  • Michael McCarron describes the emotions of his daughter’s birth. [The Tennessean]

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