Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Both now on NHL contracts, Arber and Florian Xhekaj were able to buy their parents a new car. [Journal de Montreal]
- Alex Barré-Boulet has chosen jersey #27 with the Canadiens. [Journal de Montreal]
Around the league and elsewhere
- The Edmonton Oilers acquired Vasily Podkolzin from the Vancouver Canucks. [Sportsnet]
- Later, they made a trade to send Cody Ceci to the San Jose Sharks. [TSN]
- The latter move cleared enough cap space to match the offer sheets signed by Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway with the St. Louis Blues. [Sportsnet]
- Jakob Pelletier details the difficult recovery from a serious shoulder injury that has stalled his NHL career. [La Presse]
- The New York Rangers plan to give Kaapo Kakko a proper shot with the team’s star players this season. [NHL.com]
