Friday Habs Headlines: Anthony Richard drives the Rocket toward the playoffs

Montreal Canadiens News and Notes

• The pressure of playing in the Habs organization drives Anthony Richard. [Montreal Gazette]
• Richard and the Laval Rocket face a potentially tense weekend — if they don’t beat the Syracuse Crunch on Friday night. [RDS]
• Rafaël Harvey-Pinard’s performance with the Rocket is also making his case with the Habs for next year. [RDS]
• Daily Faceoff deems Lane Hutson the best NHL-affiliated prospect defenceman in the world last year. [Daily Faceoff]
• Joel Edmundson hopes his future is with the Canadiens. [Montreal Gazette]
• Samuel Montembeault has been approached about playing for Team Canada at the World Championships. [La Presse]
• David Savard is this year’s recipient of the Jacques Beauchamp-Molson Trophy. [Montreal Canadiens | La Presse]
• From the 1977 Canadiens to the 2023 Boston Bruins. [La Presse]

Around the League and Elsewhere

• Jonathan Toews has played his last game as a Chicago Blackhawk. [Second City Hockey | The Athletic]

• 10 burning offseason questions facing the NHL’s non-playoff teams. [Daily Faceoff]
• A thought for each of the non-playoff clubs in the league. [The Hockey News]
• Gabriel Landeskog will not play in this year’s NHL playoffs. [TSN | The Athletic | Mile High Hockey]
• Gary Bettman says that the Arizona Coyotes will ‘be here forever’ if the new Tempe arena is built. [Sportsnet]
• How the Edmonton Oilers assembled the best power play in NHL history. [Sportsnet]
• Who will pose the biggest challenge to the record-setting Bruins? [ESPN]
• Defenceman Tony DeAngelo is the latest Philadelphia Flyer to surface in trade speculation and rumours. [The Hockey News]