Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Remaining on the Habs’ roster for the season, David Savard hopes he can do the same for his final year next season. [La Presse]
- The Vegas Golden Knights were the overall winners, but Kent Hughes’s work on deadline day earned a grade of 8/10. [The Athletic]
- Jacob Perreault is determined to make it to the NHL, which would create a rare case of a father-son duo playing for the Canadiens. [La Presse]
- Will we see Lane Hutson on the Canadiens’ blue line this season? [Montreal Gazette]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Teams keep adding contracts and then having injured players return for the first game of the post-season when salaries no longer matter. Does that need to be addressed in the next CBA? [Sportsnet]
- Like Savard, Linus Ullmark was very happy his phone didn’t ring before the trade deadline arrived. [NHL.com]
- Evgeny Kuznetsov is glad to have a new opportunity with the Carolina Hurricanes. [NHL.com]
- With the Philadelphia Flyers losing badly to the Tampa Bay Lightning, John Tortorella got ejected, but refused to leave the bench. [Sportsnet]
- Dave Andreychuk and Brad Richards were inducted in the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Hall of Fame. [NHL.com]
- The four finalists have been announced for Hockeyville 20024. [NHL.com]
- The San Jose Sharks’ company has been sued as part of a child sex abuse lawsuit. [Fear The Fin]
