Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- “I like the direction the team is taking and I want to be part of all that,” Jake Evans says as he seeks to stay with the team beyond next season. [Journal de Montreal]
- Elliotte Friedman predicts the Canadiens will want to get new contracts done with Juraj Slafkovský and Kaiden Guhle right away. [32 Thoughts]
- Martin St-Louis is not just a head coach, but a mentor for many of his players. [Montreal Gazette]
- It will be a long off-season, but a busy one for three Canadiens forwards who will be getting married. [Journal de Montreal]
- Photos from Saturday’s PWHL game at the Bell Centre. [Montreal Gazette]
Around the league and elsewhere
- The Carolina Hurricanes earned the first win of the 2024 post-season by beating the New York Islanders. [NHL.com]
- The Toronto Maple Leafs’ defence had no answers for the net-front play of the Boston Bruins in a 5-1 loss. [NHL.com]
- After setting a new career high in points, Jonathan Drouin will miss Colorado’s first-round series with a lower-body injury. [TSN]
- How Connor McDavid creates plays out of nothing. [Sportsnet]
- One day researchers will study Mark Stone, the only human in history whose medical issues were instantly cured by NHL playoff hockey. He is a possibility for the Vegas Golden Knights’ first game on Monday. [NHL.com]
- The Washington Capitals are making some brand new fans by donating clothing for newborns to a local hospital. [NHL.com]
- Reactions from Salt Lake City to Utah getting an NHL team. [La Presse]
