Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Martin St-Louis says the biggest advantage to having Alexandre Carrier in the lineup is not having to worry about the matchup game so much on the road without last change. [Journal de Montreal]
- St-Louis’s top 10 quotes of 2024. [Journal de Montreal]
- Every player in contributing to the team’s current success. [Montreal Gazette]
- Bold predictions for 2025, including Carey Price’s jersey retirement and a Calder Trophy for Lane Hutson. [NHL.com]
- The Lions de Trois-Rivières are red-hot going into the new year. [Radio-Canada]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Jonathan Toews isn’t ruling out an NHL return. [Sportsnet]
- Canada’s World Juniors team plans to adopt a “Mamba mentality” and just keep shooting pucks until they start to go in. [TSN]
- “They hate us out there, and I love it,” Cole Hutson says of the Ottawa crowds who will no doubt be booing him and his teammates tonight. [TSN]
- The Straubing Tigers eliminated Canada from the Spengler Cup. [TSN]
- Wrigley Field will be the stage for Cam Fowler’s 1000th NHL game in today’s Winter Classic. [NHL.com]
- Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin is expecting more from the team’s stars in the new year. [Sportsnet]
- Jonathan Drouin will return from injury to the Colorado Avalanche lineup today. [NHL.com]
- Jesse Puljujarvi was placed on waivers by the Pittsburgh Penguins. [TSN]
- Mark Scheifele, Rasmus Dahlin, and Zach Werenski were the NHL’s three stars of the week. [NHL.com]
- The punishment for the Dallas Stars violating the CBA with a skate over the holiday break is a $100,000 fine. [NHL.com]
- Matvei Michkov was fined $2,473 for high-sticking Los Angeles Kings forward Quinton Byfield. [NHL.com]
- Pat Maroon was fined $3,385 for elbowing. [NHL.com]
