Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- “We’re never going to have a perfect game every night. This is something important that I finally figured out,” Joel Armia says of how he’s put together a good season following his AHL demotion. [La Presse]
- Nick Suzuki’s shutdown effort versus Auston Matthews is the latest sign that the Canadiens could have a future Selke Trophy-winner on the roster. [RDS]
- Joshua Roy is absorbing every bit of information he can from the NHL coaches and development staff before his inevitable return to the Laval Rocket. [Radio-Canada]
- The trade deadline passed with all the defencemen still in place, but that will probably change before the next season begins. [The Athletic]
- Rafaël Harvey-Pinard went back to the basics of forechecking and bringing energy to make an impact as the fourth-line centre. [Journal de Montreal]
- Michael Pezzetta has added his style to RHP’s to make for an effective trio. [Montreal Gazette]
- The Laval Rocket will go as far as Brandon Gignac, Logan Mailloux, and Jakub Dobeš can take them. [Journal de Montreal]
Around the league and elsewhere
- The Vegas Golden Knights got the praise for acquiring Tomas Hertl right at the trade deadline, but Mike Grier has been doing a good job of shipping out players whose value would only drop while the organization continues through its rebuild. [La Presse]
- Hertl hopes to be able to make his Las Vegas debut in a few weeks. [NHL.com]
- Nathan MacKinnon, Pavel Zacha, and Thatcher Demko were named the NHL’s three stars of the week. [NHL.com]
- Demko will be out two to four weeks with a knee injury. [TSN]
- Josh Norris will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing a third surgery on his left shoulder. [NHL.com]
- Aaron Ekblad will miss two weeks with a lower-body injury. [Sportsnet]
- A few days after being placed on waivers, Brendan Lemieux was signed to a one-year contract extension by the Carolina Hurricanes. [ESPN]
- Patrice Bergeron and Alexandre Daigle are among this year’s QMJHL Hall of Fame class. [La Presse]
- The latest proposal for a new Arizona Coyotes arena is set to go before the Arizona Land Department on Thursday. [Sportsnet]
