Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- The Habs have some difficult decisions to make when it comes to the Seattle Kraken expansion draft. [The Hockey Writers]
- How are some members of the Canadiens affected by the latest escrow rumblings? [Montreal Gazette]/
Around the league and elsewhere
- Salary deferral is in the spotlight as the NHL and NHLPA continue to negotiate. [The Athletic]
- The players are not happy about the NHL’s newest proposals. [Sportsnet]
- What sacrifices have to be made to green-light the 2021 NHL season, and is there a financial case for not playing it at all? [La Presse]
- What could the schedule look like? [ProHockeyTalk]
- The Ottawa Senators hope that Evgenii Dadonov can jolt their power play to life. [TSN]
- Laurence Sullivan, a former crew official who worked Tampa Bay Lightning games, is alleging that the NHL fired him for reporting a colleague who for years used racist and sexually charged language while working for the league. [TSN]
- German soccer star Lukas Podolski helped sell 100,000 virtual tickets for his local DEL team Kolner Haie. Now he has to suit up for them. [ProHockeyTalk]
- The IIHF may be moving the 2021 World Championships away from Minsk, Belarus. /
Big News: the IIHF will be moving the World Championship from Belarus to Moscow. Rene Fasel is heading to Russia to meet with Tretiak on the matter. Co-host Latvia will keep its games.
— Ryan Kennedy (@THNRyanKennedy) November 19, 2020
