Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- The Habs defence could be elite for the next decade. [The Hockey Writers]
- A look at the Canadiens’ top scorer for each nationality. [Journal de Montreal]
- The Trois-Rivières Lions have signed forward Tyler Hylland to a new contract. [Trois-Rivières Lions]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Five players, five dicey contracts (from a team perspective), five arguments over whether the deal is actually bad enough to be “bad.” [The Athletic]
- The owners of the NHL’s Utah Mammoth have filed a lawsuit against a hockey equipment bag manufacturer to settle a trademark dispute. [Toronto Star]
- Projecting the future for Connor Zary and Marco Rossi. [Daily Faceoff]
- The World Junior Summer Showcase is all about the process. [The Hockey Writers]
- Rasmus Andersson has his sights set on wearing his nation’s colors at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. [NHL.com]
- Women’s sport is progressing, and hockey is no exception. [Radio-Canada]
- The KHL’s Kunlun Red Star rebrands as the Shanghai Dragons for 2025-26, but will play home games in St. Petersburg’s SKA Arena. [Daily Faceoff]
- Five NHL players in danger of negative regression in 2025-26. [Daily Faceoff]
- The Champions Hockey League in Europe is introducing the “No Return Rule” for overtime, which will prohibit teams in control of the puck in the attacking zone from retreating into the neutral zone. [Daily Faceoff]
