Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- The Habs’ season was marked by a culture shift and emerging hope for a brighter future. [Sportsnet]
- Are there lessons to be learned from the 2007 team that also closely missed the post-season? [La Presse]
- The Canadiens cleaned out their lockers on Tuesday and faced the media. [Journal de Montreal|EOTP]
- The future is named “Kotkaniemi” and “Poehling.” [La Presse]
- Reflecting on the good, the less good, and the questions facing the Canadiens’ season. [RDS]
- A visual guide to the best and worst of the Habs’ 2018-19. [Athletique]
- Marc Bergevin can’t afford to miss the playoffs a third straight season. [RDS | Montreal Gazette]
- After a season that defied expectation and with cap space in the bank, is it time to be more aggressive in the off-season? [RDS]
- Perhaps the bigger question is whether Bergevin can lure free agents to Montreal in the first place? [Montreal Gazette]
- The Habs shouldn’t spend to the cap just for the sake of feeling like a big market team though. [The Athletic]
- It’s the play of the players that’s forcing the GM to consider making moves, perhaps ahead of his own timetable. [Journal de Montreal]
- Jonathan Drouin admits that he lost confidence in himself at points during the year. [Radio-Canada]
- Jordie Benn hopes that his time with the Canadiens is not at an end, but how much is the depth defender worth? [Montreal Gazette|Journal de Montreal]
- Alexander Romanov is off to the Gagarin Cup Final!/
Alexander Romanov walks on in the KHL playoffs, Gagarin Cup final next! #TheTsar #Habs #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/TwbDNTgQ8T
— Patrik Bexell (@Zeb_Habs) April 9, 2019
Around the league and elsewhere
- The New Jersey Devils have won the Draft Lottery and have the first overall selection in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. [Sportsnet|TSN]/
They talk about Gretzky’s 92 goals or Sittler’s 10 pts in one game as records that may never be broken. But winning 5 draft lotteries in your first 9 years in the league? In 2 different draft lottery eras, no less. That is a record that will stand forever.
— Taylor Hall (@hallsy09) April 10, 2019
- The next six months will be critical for the Ottawa Senators, says GM Pierre Dorion. [TSN]
- After the Minnesota Wild missed the playoffs, GM Paul Fenton won’t fire head coach Bruce Boudreau, nor will he committ to a rebuild. [ProHockeyTalk]
- The pressure is squarely on Bob Nicholson to make the right pick for Edmonton Oilers’ GM. [The Athletic]
- Playoff predictions abound! Hint: the Tampa Bay Lightning seem to be popular. [The Athletic|Sportsnet]
- Breaking down the Western Conference first round matchups. [TSN]
- A rematch with the Boston Bruins gives Jake Gardiner a chance at redemption after last year’s game 7 debacle. [TSN]
- Mitch Marner is confident and ready to face Patrice Bergeron head-to-head. [TSN]
- Is this year the last chance at Lord Stanley for ten veterans, including Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton? [RDS]
- Who won the 2019 NHL anti-awards? [Pension Plan Puppets]
- Slava Voynov has been suspended for the entirety of the 2019-20 NHL season, including the postseason. [TSN]
- Who is keeping the NHL out of Quebec City? [Deadspin]/
