Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Juraj Slafkovský is hoping for another magical run at the Olympics with Team Slovakia. [NHL.com]
- The hopes and pressures of a nation rest on Slafkovský’s shoulders. [Radio-Canada]
- Canadiens’ Top 25 this century: Ranking the Habs players who stood out, a five-part feature series. Starting with 21-25. [Montreal Gazette]
- Yes, Lane Hutson is in the Norris Trophy conversation. [RDS]
- Tomas Plekanec is enjoying a new career path as Czechia Olympic assistant coach. [NHL.com]
- Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada talks about what the Canadiens mean to her city. [NHL.com]
- Jacob Fowler will skip the AHL All-Star Game with an upper body injury. [RDS]
- What will the Habs do with their goaltending prospects not yet in the professional ranks? [Journal de Montreal]
- Marie-Philip Poulin should return to the Team Canada lineup at some point, but when? [RDS]
- The Trois-Rivières Lions have released goaltender Vincent Duplessis. [Trois-Rivières Lions]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Team USA is in a different stratosphere, after a 5-0 victory over Canada in women’s hockey at the Olympics. [La Presse | Sportsnet]
- How NHLers feel about being forced to wear neck guards at the Olympics. [Sportsnet]
- Jim Robson, the longtime voice of the Vancouver Canucks who also called games for Hockey Night in Canada, has died. He was 91. [Sportsnet]
- The Canadian Hockey League has unveiled its top 50 players to commemorate its 50th anniversary. [Sportsnet]
- Profiling the Italian men’s Olympic hockey team. [TSN]
- Tricky goalie decisions for Canada and the USA could make or break their Olympics. [The Athletic]
- How winning Olympic gold as an NHL player shaped me as an athlete, by Chris Pronger. [The Athletic]
- Is this Italy or Canada? It’s both at the Hockey Canada Ice Palazzo, a home away from home for Team Canada hockey players, speed skaters, figure skaters, and their families that opened Tuesday. [NHL.com]
- Jokerit Helsinki, on the outside looking in since leaving for the KHL in 2014, will officially rejoin Finland’s top-flight Liiga for the 2026-27 season. [Jatkoaika (Finnish)]
