Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Dominique Ducharme’s promotion represents a new start for the Habs. [Montreal Gazette]
- The Ducharme era begins with a show of faith in Carey Price. [Sportsnet]
- The Canadiens simply couldn’t afford to relive last year’s nightmare losing streaks. [Yahoo! Sports]
- Marc Bergevin has now tethered his future with his new coach. [The Athletic]
- That said, Ducharme is the perfect gamble for the Habs to take right now. [The Athletic]
- Ducharme is unanimously hailed by ten former players or colleagues. [Radio-Canada]
- Will it be the younger players, including Jesperi Kotkaniemi, that benefit most from Ducharme’s arrival? [La Presse]
- Patrik Bexell joins Sportpassion.de to talk about what Ducharme’s hire means for the Habs./
New #Podcast-Episode: @CanadiensMTL fire Claude Julien, @Zeb_Habs explains the reasons.
Colorado played at #LakeTahoe & @AJHaefele reflects on that + why #GoAvsGo aren’t yet the juggernaut people expected them to be. https://t.co/PETVMjU3zg#HockeyTwitter #LakeTahoe #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/ft8P3HAlWC— sportpassion.de ⚽ (@Lars_Mah) February 24, 2021
Around the league and elsewhere
- Henrik Lundqvist is back on the ice and will wait a few months before making a decision on his future. [TSN]
- Saroya Tinker, a black NWHL player, talks about how important Black Girl Hockey Club is for changing the face of hockey. [The Players’ Tribune]
- NHLers past and present show that it’s never too late to finish a college degree. [The Athletic]
- Is Marc-Andre Fleury an early candidate for the Vezina Trophy, and would winning that make him a potential Hall of Famer? [The Hockey News]
- The KHL notes that it never received a complaint at any time concerning the alleged Artemiy Panarin incident. [ESPN]
- Another late hit from Tom Wilson? What are the odds?/
Jankowski to the room after this very, very late hit by Tom Wilson. Wilson assessed only a minor for interference pic.twitter.com/iehW9c7GYG
— NHL Safety Watch (@NHLSafetyWatch) February 26, 2021
