Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Christian Dvorak is working on bouncing back. [La Presse]
- Juraj Slafkovsky says that he needs to score more goals. [Montreal Gazette]
- Why do the Habs appear to have taken a step back? [Hockey Inside/Out]
- Sending Oliver Kapanen to the SHL was the right move. [Last Word on Sports]
- The Laval Rocket made the most out of a lighter October workload. [La Presse]
- The Victoire show off their new jerseys. [La Presse]
- Pierre Houde will officially receive the Foster Hewitt Award on Monday in Toronto, the fourth French-speaking person to be awarded this honour after René Lecavalier, Richard Garneau, and Gilles Tremblay. [RDS]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Everything to know about the NCAA’s decision to make CHL players eligible. [The Athletic | Daily Faceoff TSN]
- Why the sauna is a hot recovery tactic for NHL players. [The Athletic]
- Real or not? Early-season trends for all 32 NHL teams. [ESPN]
- Is Brandt Clarke the NHL’s next top star defenceman? [Daily Faceoff]
- Matvei Michkov was a healthy scratch for the Philadelphia Flyers for the first time this season on Thursday. [Daily Faceoff]
- Anthony Stolarz is looking to “prove people wrong” by becoming the Toronto Maple Leafs’ go-to goalie. [TSN]
- Landon DuPont is like Connor Bedard, but on defence. [Sportsnet]
- Natalie Darwitz had a “pretty wild” journey on the way to the Hockey Hall of Fame. [NHL.com]
