Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Cole Caufield and Joshua Roy, along with Quebec’s Minister of Public Safety, called for an end to threatening comments directed at Cédric Paré. [La Presse]
- The Canadiens are as yet unable to provide an update on Patrik Laine and David Reinbacher. [TSN]
- The roster competition gets accelerated for the final two pre-season games as a new formation is required without Laine. [La Presse]
- Laine may not be able to play, but Cole Caufield hopes to learn some shooting tricks from the Finnish sniper. [RDS]
- Laine’s absence means there will be plenty of experimentation with the lineup this week. [Sportsnet]
- The Canadiens can either fill out a young bottom six or sprinkle the rookies throughout the four lines. [The Athletic]
- Mathias Brunet reminds up the mood for the upcoming season was positive even before the Laine acquisition. [La Presse]
- Lane Hutson is one of the top rookies to watch this season. [NHL.com]
- Hutson winning the Calder Trophy is the bold prediction for the Canadiens this season. [Sportsnet]
- Josh Anderson took a therapy day on Monday. [La Presse]
- Kaiden Guhle was back on the ice at yesterday’s practice. [Journal de Montreal]
Around the league and elsewhere
- NHL players will wear a decal in honour of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau this season. [NHL.com]
- Cam Neely said at a Boston Bruins press conference that there are “64 million reasons” for Jeremy Swayman to show up to training camp. [TSN]
- Swayman’s agency released a statement soon after saying that such a number had never been mentioned in contract negotiations. [Sportsnet]
- What’s the next step in the Swayman-Bruins impasse? [Sportsnet]
- The Edmonton Oilers released Mike Hoffman from his PTO. [TSN]
- On Monday, Owen Power got an icy blast from the past when the Buffalo Sabres practised in a freezing arena in Prague. [NHL.com]
