Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Montreal had spoken with agent Pat Brisson about the possibility to having Jonathan Toews sign with the Canadiens. [The Athletic]
- The Canadiens are looking to fill a couple of holes in their roster. The same can be said about nearly every other team in the NHL this off-season with few clubs in the early stages of a rebuild. [The Athletic]
- Cole Caufield is Montreal’s best draft pick of the past decade. [The Athletic]
- Erin Ambrose of the Montreal Victoire launched a second collection of Pride apparel with CCM. [CBC]
Around the league and elsewhere
- The Toronto Maple Leafs are about to lose Mitch Marner. Because they have developed a pattern of losing star players for nothing, there are no options to bring his replacement up nor put together a package to trade for one. [Sportsnet]
- The Chicago Blackhawks acquired Andre Burakovsky from the Seattle Kraken for Joe Veleno. [NHL.com]
- Chicago plans to buy out T.J. Brodie’s contract. [TSN]
- Rasmus Andersson may be traded before the final year of his contract begins on July 1. [TSN]
- Matthew Tkachuk says the need for surgery to heal his injuries is 50/50. [TSN]
- Sam Bennett celebrated his Conn Smythe win with a different group of cats. [NHL.com]
- Noah Dobson’s ball hockey tournament in Summerside has drawn 145 teams and close to 1000 individual players. [Radio-Canada]
