Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Juraj Slafkovský putting in a similar performance versus the best players in the world to what he did in 2022 with no NHL participation is the best indication of how far his game, and his maturity, has come in the last four years, says Marian Gaborik. [NHL.com]
- Alexandre Carrier reminds people that Lane Hutson is still a second-year player getting used to the rigours of the NHL, so the Olympic break has been good rest for him. [TVA Sports]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Macklin Celebrini became the first NHL player to score on a penalty shot at the Olympics. [NHL.com]
- Brad Marchand will play for Canada in the quarter-finals. [Sportsnet]
- The bracket is set for the Olympic qualification round. Tuesday will see single elimination games contested between Germany and France, Switzerland and Italy, Czechia and Denmark, and Sweden and Latvia. [NHL.com]
- Having a team participating in the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament shows how much hockey is growing in Thailand, and it’s a combination of growing interest in the sport and new rinks in the country to give youth places to play. [Radio-Canada]
