Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Some candidates to be the next forward added to the Habs using draft capital. [TVA Sports]
- Stu Cowan answers some fan questions about Montreal’s pending off-season decisions. [Montreal Gazette]
- Kent Hughes’s top off-season priorities. [The Hockey Writers]
Around the league and elsewhere
- The tribute to Bob Cole from filmmaker Tim Thompson:
- After a camera seemed to catch some infighting among the youngest members of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ core in their Game 4 loss, Mitch Marner explained, “We’re not yelling at each other because we hate each other.” [Sportsnet]
- The Tampa Bay Lightning kept putting up goals to prevent a Florida’s Panthers comeback and stave off elimination. [Raw Charge]
- Mathew Barzal’s second-overtime goal kept the New York Islanders alive. [NHL.com]
- “Shaq Hyman” demonstrated the art of the screen on Henrik Lundqvist in the TNT studio. [NHL.com]
- He may not be 7’2″, but Brock Boeser is finding success in that role for the Vancouver Canucks. [NHL.com]
- Michael McCarron has been fined $2,000 for his check on Canucks goalie Casey DeSmith. [Sportsnet]