Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Cole Caufield hasn’t only evolved his goal-scoring game by moving closer to the net, but is becoming a more dangerous passer. [RDS]
- With some of Team USA’s locks already being smaller players, the team’s management may be too afraid to add Caufield despite his solid 200-foot game. [The Athletic]
- Nick Suzuki is a unanimous addition to Team Canada by The Athletic‘s panel. [The Athletic]
- Juraj Slafkovský says the top line is trying to make up for any disparity in talent to other main trios by outworking them. [The Athletic]
- “The difference between winning and losing isn’t that big in this league,” Mike Matheson said after two goals against in the span of 39 seconds led to last night’s loss. [Journal de Montreal]
- Jim Montgomery says Zachary Bolduc is a high-energy, high-character player who is “easy to coach and incredibly talented.” [Journal de Montreal]
- Looking at the state of the Bolduc-Logan Mailloux trade a third of the way through the season. [The Athletic]
- Calgary Flames pro scout Steven Pleau has been a regular attendee of Canadiens home games over the past month. [Journal de Montreal]
- Chris Nilan and Rick Green discuss their favourite player nicknames. [Montreal Gazette]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Players anticipate that a rink even three feet shorter at the Olympics will make creating offence more difficult in what is already a tight-checking brand of hockey. [The Athletic]
- The Florida Panthers are in real danger of not making the playoffs. [Sportsnet]
- Washington Capitals forward Ryan Leonard is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury. [NHL.com]
- The Capitals also placed Charlie Lindgren on IR. [TSN]
- An anti-trust lawsuit against the CHL for the way it assigns particular states to one of the three Major Junior leagues is becoming a major event in the United States. [Radio-Canada]
- Former Dallas Stars owner Thomas O. Hicks has died at 79. [NHL.com]
