Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- The focus of the players has turned from learning from mistakes during the past few years to being accountable for them this season when they’re costing wins. [La Presse]
- Montreal invited Marc Bureau to practice on Monday to help the players work on faceoffs. [Journal de Montreal]
- Lane Hutson has a sizable lead on the likes of Quinn Hughes and Cale Makar when it comes to end-to-end rushes by defencemen. [RDS]
- Hutson is often making good decisions on when to pinch, but not always, and balancing limiting his mistakes without limiting his dynamism is a delicate task for the coaching staff. [The Athletic]
- A 32-team NHL allows room for developmental team like the Canadiens while leaving a large upper echelon to contend each season. [Sportsnet]
- Cole Caufield is the winner of the Molson Cuip for October. [Canadiens.com]
- That’s great, Caufield says, but there’s a lot of his game he’s not happy with, starting with his off-puck play. [RDS]
- Logan Mailloux has named the AHL player of the week with a five-point performance. [AHL.com]
- Despite his injury, Patrik Laine is still a candidate to make Finland’s 4 Nations Face-Off roster. [NHL.com]
- “I have my opinion, but I probably can’t give it because it’s not a good one,” Juraj Slafkovský says about the decision not to discipline Noel Acciari for his hit. [Radio-Canada]
- Slafkovský is the choice for this year’s Habs player to get his own McDonald’s commercial. [Journal de Montreal]
- Pascal Vincent isn’t just learning how to be a better coach in the AHL, but how to better understand his players as well. [La Presse]
- “…[T]he least we can do is wear a neck guard,” Luke Tuch says about trying to keep the game as safe as possible. Several players weigh in on the AHL’s new mandate for neck protection. [La Presse]
Around the league and elsewhere
- James Hagens sits in a class of his own in Scott Wheeler’s November draft rankings. [The Athletic]
- The seventh-ranked prospects in the list, Ivan Ryabkin, is focused on playing his game without worrying about any commitments to contracts. [RG.org]
- “Honestly, I’ve just got to be better,” David Pastrnak admitted after being benched on Sunday. [NHL.com]
- The Boston Bruins signed Tyler Johnson to a one-year contract. [TSN]
- Macklin Celebrini will play his second NHL game tonight as he returns from injury. [NHL.com]
- Connor McDavid is skating again as he recovers from an ankle injury. [NHL.com]
- Valeri Nichushkin will be cleared to return to the Colorado Avalanche from his suspension on November 15. [NHL.com]
- Philip Broberg will miss four to six weeks with a lower-body injury. [TSN]
- Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby were joined by Martin Necas in the NHL’s three stars of the week. [NHL.com]
- The Edmonton Oilers acquired Ronnie Attard from the Philadelphia Flyers for Ben Gleason. [TSN]
- The IIHF is targeting the 2023 Winter Olympics for the debut of 3×3 hockey. [Montreal Gazette]
- Lauriane Rougeau, an Olympian and former member of Les Canadiennes, is ending her playing career to take a hockey operations position with the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres. [La Presse]
