Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- A year after having just one prospect in the World Juniors, the five who could participate this winter. [TVA Sports]
- Montreal received a grade of B for their salary-cap allotments, with Samuel Montembeault’s contract the best on the team. [The Athletic]
- Montembeault has Montreal in the second of five tiers in terms of goaltending quality. [TSN]
- Cole Caufield is selected as one of the wingers who could rank among the league’s top 20 a season from now. [NHL.com]
- Alexandre Carrier, Jakub Dobeš, and Joe Veleno will participate in Kevin Raphael’s Classique KR on Saturday. [Canadiens.com]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Jessica Campbell in conversation with Chantal Machabee about becoming the first female NHL assistant coach and how she reacted to coaching against her former favourite team at the Bell Centre. [La Presse]
- Elias Pettersson is motivated by last year’s disappointing season to be the player he knows he can be. [NHL.com]
- Diving into the differences between a quality carbon composite hockey stick and the nearly identical defective knockoffs. [La Presse]
- Victor Hedman is excited to finally be able to play in the Olympics. [NHL.com]
- Who plays with Connor Bedard is the top discussion point for the Chicago Blackhawks. [NHL.com]
- The top prospects in the Blackhawks organization. [NHL.com]
- Anton Khudobin announced his retirement from the NHL. [TSN]
- Roger McQueen, the 10th overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft by the Anaheim Ducks, will play at Providence College this season. [TSN]
