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Friday Habs Headlines: Making a decision on Jake Evans

In today’s links, debating what the team should do with Jake Evans, Marie-Philip Poulin returns to Vancouver, and how players view playing in front of the net.

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Montreal Canadiens news and notes

  • What is Jake Evans worth? [La Presse]
  • Teams are inquiring about Evans and David Savard, according to Pierre LeBrun. [RDS | TSN]
  • Jakub Dobeš is enjoying every moment of his NHL career so far. [Montreal Gazette]
  • Reviewing the Canadiens’ season at the mid-way mark. [Sportsnet]
  • The Habs may be a wild card at the trade deadline. [The Hockey Writers]
  • Lane Hutson reaches the top of Daily Faceoff’s Calder Trophy rankings. [Daily Faceoff]
  • The unlikely—yet successful—union between Hutson and Mike Matheson. [La Presse]
  • Dissecting Juraj Slafkovsky’s struggles. [Radio-Canada]
  • Selections to the AHL All-Star game validate the work done by Logan Mailloux and Joshua Roy. [La Presse]
  • Fifteen years after her first ‘golden goal,’ Marie-Philip Poulin returned to Vancouver, where her legend began. [The Athletic]

Around the league and elsewhere

  • The Minnesota Wild have added defensemen Jonas Brodin and Brock Faber to their list of key injured players. [TSN]
  • Surviving and thriving in the nastiest spot on NHL ice: the net front. [The Athletic]
  • Inside Connor McDavid’s ‘long-lasting’ impact from his years with OHL’s Erie Otters. [The Athletic]
  • Attendance is up in Winnipeg, allaying fears from last year. [The Athletic]
  • The Columbus Blue Jackets placed Sean Monahan on the injured reserve with an upper-body ailment. [Daily Faceoff]
  • Why are the Dallas Stars so good at developing their young players? [Daily Faceoff]
  • What the last ten Stanley Cup champions did at the trade deadline. [Daily Faceoff]
  • Mike Knuble, the only player to be teammates with both Wayne Gretzky and Alex Ovechkin. [ESPN]
  • Could a PWHL team work in Vancouver? [The Province]
  • The Utah Hockey Club is teaming up with local brands to offer $10 dollar ticket options to fans across Utah. [Utah Hockey Club]

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