Montreal Canadiens News and Notes
- If Jesse Ylönen wants to be a Canadien for the long haul, he must turn heads this year. [A Winning Habit]
- Jacob Fowler is proving that he belongs on Team USA at the Summer Showcase. [EP Rinkside]
Around the League and Elsewhere
- The Edmonton Oilers have hired Connor McDavid’s former agent, Jeff Jackson, as their CEO of Hockey Operations. [TSN]
- How contending NHL teams have maximized the value of entry-level contracts. [The Athletic]
- Mikhail Sergachev has provided some clarification after a biting mistranslated quote made the rounds Wednesday regarding the Tampa Bay Lightning’s series loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. [Yahoo! Sports]
- Kyle Dubas has decided not to hire a general manager to work under him as Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations, instead choosing to serve in that role as well. [Sportsnet]
- What if the rest of Canada followed Quebec’s lead in restricting body checking in minor hockey prior to age 15? [La Presse | CBC]
- The Hlinka Gretzky Cup is one small piece of the puzzle for evaluating future NHL talent, but there’s still a lot for scouts to take from the first tournament of the upcoming season. [The Hockey News]
- On a small Cree reserve, Ethan Bear’s hockey camp making kids feel ‘special.’ [The Province]
