Tuesday Habs Headlines: Attention shifts toward David Reinbacher and Lane Hutson
In today’s links, Reinbacher expected to play in a few days, Juraj Slafkovský offers him advice, Kent Hughes is looking forward to Lane Hutson’s arrival, other prospects who could make the move, Trevor Letowski’s temporary role, the Joshua roy dilemma, and the GMs discuss expanding the coach’s challenge.
The prospects who could follow David Reinbacher to the AHL. [La Presse]
Oliver Kapanen’s next stop could be to play for his father’s team in Timrå. [Sundsvall’s Newspaper]
As for Lias Andersson:
According to @MrMadhawk and @SportExpressen Davos is one of the teams looking to add Laval Rocket's Lias Andersson for next season. There is a lot of SHL interest, but Davos would probably pay the most, and who wouldn't want to play in this arena? pic.twitter.com/pUv7yM1HU6
Kent Hughes says Reinbacher will probably play for the Laval Rocket this weekend. [Journal de Montreal]
Juraj Slafkovský warns Reinbacher to watch out for the “meatheads just going to take your head off.” [The Athletic]
The GM is looking forward to seeing how Lane Hutson adapts to the professional game. [Journal de Montreal]
Hughes doesn’t know when St-Louis will return to the team. [Journal de Montreal]
The coach shouldn’t be under any pressure to return while focusing on more important things. [Montreal Gazette]
Trevor Letowski is still talking with Martin St-Louis several times as day as he takes over the head-coaching duties temporarily. [La Presse]
One big reason for the Habs’ power-play improvement? Nick Suzuki’s zone entries. [RDS]
Joshua Roy being too good at the NHL level to justify having him help out the AHL club is a good problem for Montreal to have. [TVA Sports]
The Montreal Canadiens Children’s Foundation’s RadioTéléDON raised over $200,000 during its event. [Canadiens.com]
Around the league and elsewhere
Wayne Simmonds will sign a one-day contract with the Philadelphia Flyers and end his NHL career. [Sportsnet]
Jeff Skinner scored a hat trick versus a team that wasn’t the Canadiens. [NHL.com]
Talk at the GMs’ meetings has been about expanding challenges to cover puck-over-glass penalties, but also speeding up the video review process. [NHL.com]
The Vancouver Canucks are thankful that their first real stretch of adversity is coming before the playoffs arrive. [Sportsnet]
Dmitry Kulikov has been suspended for two games for an illegal check to the head. [NHL.com]
The Anaheim Ducks are the latest team locked into the draft lottery. [NHL.com]
Nikita Kucherov once again features among the NHL’s three stars of the week, with Connor Bedard and Marc-Andre Fleury joining him. [NHL.com]
