Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- The Habs must remain grounded amid soaring expectations. [Sportsnet | La Presse | Radio-Canada]
- Martin St-Louis hopes to tap into Chris Kreider’s wealth of experience. [Montreal Gazette]
- The quest for the Stanley Cup might need one more year to truly begin. [Montreal Gazette]
- Inside Lane Hutson’s drive for constant evolution. [The Athletic]
- Acquiring Kirill Marchenko was John Chayka’s gamble that Kent Hughes wasn’t yet willing to take. [Radio-Canada]
Around the league and elsewhere
- “You can kind of tell that (Marchenko) didn’t really want to be here and we didn’t need that hanging over us to start the year off,” Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski said. [NHL.com]
- Minnesota Wild defenceman Brock Faber will be out indefinitely after undergoing surgery to repair a fractured skull from a puck that hit him in the head during the team’s last pre-season game. [Sportsnet]
- Rasmus Dahlin arrived in Buffalo for the start of training camp with a clear head and a refreshed objective following the shortest summer break of his nine-year NHL career. [Sportsnet]
- Predicting the 2026-27 season. [The Athletic]
- How hockey’s next great hope was forged against the odds. [The Athletic]
- The Colorado Avalanche announced that Andrew Cogliano has been promoted to assistant general manager. [Daily Faceoff]
- “Dear Ducks Fans”, by Leo Carlsson. [Anaheim Ducks]
- Thomas Chabot has been named captain of the Ottawa Senators. [NHL.com]
- A Nova Scotia youth accused of sexual assault with a weapon has pleaded guilty to the charge, which stems from an incident in October 2025 involving members of a youth hockey team in the Truro area. [CBC]
- An anonymous letter by members of Arizona State University’s hockey team that was sent to the school’s president disputes aspects of ASU’s official report into events that led up to Canadian NHL prospect Matthew Mayich’s collapse. [CBC]
- How the waiver wire might represent new opportunities. [AHL]
