Wednesday Habs Headlines: The injury bug bites

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• Carey Price is day-to-day with a “nagging” lower body injury, according to Dominique Ducharme. [TSN]
• With both Price and Brendan Gallagher out of the lineup, are the Canadiens in trouble? [TSN (Video)]
• Surveilling the domino effect that comes from missing two key players. [Radio-Canada]
• On Monday night, that domino effect saw Jesperi Kotkaniemi on the wing. Fear not, the Habs are moving the young Finn for all the right reasons. [The Athletic]
• The Toronto Maple Leafs will test the Canadiens’ depth. [Montreal Gazette]
• Beyond the Eric Staals and Corey Perrys, it’s time for the kids to step it up a notch. [La Presse]
• Staal’s storybook beginning has a chance to turn into a long and rewarding story. [The Athletic]
• Cole Caufield’s introduction to the pro game will be handled gradually, says Joël Bouchard. [Radio-Canada]
• How other examples, both near and far, can serve as lessons for Caufield. [The Athletic]
• Rafaël Harvey-Pinard’s rookie pro season has been a great success so far. [La Presse]/

Around the league and elsewhere

• On his 26th birthday, Bo Horvat sent his parents a video of their nine-month-old grandson. It was filmed through a window. The human side behind the Vancouver Canucks’ Covid-19 outbreak. [Sportsnet]
• The Buffalo Sabres are juggling multiple scenarios ahead of the Trade Deadline. [31 Thoughts]
• The Sabres find themselves in their predicament largely because of poor drafting. [The Athletic]
• The US State Department is weighing its options with regard to a potential boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. [Sportsnet]
• How no-movement clauses are shaping the landscape for the upcoming Seattle Kraken expansion draft. [Sportsnet]
• How Chicago’s sport teams, including the Blackhawks, are dealing with the vaccine rollout in the US. [The Athletic]/