Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- New SKA head coach Igor Larionov would like to have Ivan Demidov back in Saint Petersburg for one more KHL season. [RG.org]
- Caleb Desnoyers believes he and Demidov could achieve great things together in Montreal. [Journal de Montreal]
- The Canadiens have shown a lot of interest in prospect Brady Martin this season, who will be doing his chores on the family farm rather than attending the decentralized NHL draft. [Journal de Montreal]
- Montreal’s scouting team is up to its usual shenanigans when it comes to its combine interview questions. [Journal de Montreal]
- The Lions to Trois-Rivières took a 3-1 lead in the Kelly Cup Final, and can secure the ECHL championship on home ice this afternoon. [ECHL.com]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Brad Marchand had the overtime winner as the Florida Panthers evened up the Stanley Cup Final versus the Edmonton Oilers. [Sportsnet]
- The Oilers have a lot of confidence in Stuart Skinner, who even felt confident enough to do a pre-game media availability on Friday. [La Presse]
- Sam Bennett might be a hard sell in free agency for a bubble team needing a player to push them to the playoffs, not through them. [Sportsnet]
- Mathieu Darche was hired by the New York Islanders just ahead of the busiest stretch for an NHL GM, but says he was prepared well by Julien BriseBois to handle the workload. [La Presse]
- Daniel Brière says the focus will shift to adding players this off-season after a few years of acquiring future assets. [Radio-Canada]
- Michael Andlauer implies that the Ottawa Senators won’t be spending to the new salary cap upper limit. [Sportsnet]
- Steve Staios says rumours about the Sens looking to trade Drake Batherson are false. [TSN]
- Pete DeBoer was fired by the Dallas Stars. [NHL.com]
- Stars general manager Jim Nill says DeBoer’s comments on Jake Oettinger were part of the decision. [The Score]
- Justin Bourne argues the balance of power in the coach-player dynamic has shifted too far toward the players in the current generation. [Sportsnet]
- Marco Sturm is the new head coach of the Boston Bruins. [NHL.com]
- Derek Lalonde was hired by the Toronto Maple Leafs to be an assistant coach. [NHL.com]
- The New York Rangers added David Quinn and Joe Sacco to their staff under Mike Sullivan. [TSN]
- Logan O’Connor will miss the start of the Colorado Avalanche’s season after undergoing hip surgery. [NHL.com]
- Senators defenceman Nick Jensen also underwent hip surgery. [Sportsnet]
- Matthew Schaefer wasn’t going to let something as trivial as a broken collarbone affect his positive attitude in his draft year. [La Presse]
- James Hagens may not be ranked at the top anymore, but there are a lot of people on Long Island who support his selection at first overall. [La Presse]
- Reflecting on years of the scouting combine, including one player who wore a wedding ring and lied about being married. [NHL.com]
- PWHL Seattle signed goaltender Corinne Schroeder and Alex Carpenter from the New York Sirens ahead of Monday’s expansion draft. [PWHL.com]
