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Tuesday Habs Headlines: “We’re only taking off”

In today’s links, the Habs’ businesslike confidence, a 10-team mix, Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton’s relationship of debate, the deadline approach, why Dobes is having so much success, Newhook is ill, Columbus’s impressive season, and a real look at the Red Wings.

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Montreal Canadiens news and notes

  • “We’re not stopping, we’re only taking off,” Juraj Slafkovský says about the team’s current form. [Journal de Montreal]
  • Slafkovský is too hard on himself, Nick Suzuki says. It’s a situation Mike Matheson found himself in early in his career before he learned to separate hockey from his off-ice life. [Radio-Canada]
  • The Canadiens are in the mix in the Eastern Conference. So is every other team. [La Presse]
  • Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton share that their relationship features constant debate and disagreement. [TVA Sports]
  • Even if the Canadiens are in a playoff spot when the trade deadline arrives, Hughes won’t be making a trade for a rental player. [TVA Sports]
  • Hughes says his players have been more businesslike this season. [TVA Sports]
  • Jakub Dobes’s proficiency in stopping shots from close range is a major reason for his early success. [RDS]
  • Samuel Montembeault explained the details of his new mask. [RDS]
  • Placing the league’s number-one goaltenders into tiers. [The Athletic]
  • Alex Newhook is the latest Hab to come down with a virus. [Canadiens.com]
  • Marc Bureau has been helping the Canadiens with their faceoffs this season. Yesterday, he was officially signed as a consultant. [Radio-Canada]
  • Marie-Philip Poulin was named the PWHL’s first star of the week. [PWHL.com]

Around the league and elsewhere

  • The Utah HC players are loving the new atmosphere in Salt Lake City. [La Presse]
  • The Columbus Blue Jackets have had to deal with a lot this season, but still find themselves in the post-season race. [NHL.com]
  • Columbus signed Zach Aston-Reese to a one-year extension. [TSN]
  • There will be a clearer picture of the Detroit Red Wings’ true quality once they complete a road trip similar to the one the Canadiens were just on. [Sportsnet]
  • Kaapo Kakko is thriving in Seattle. [NHL.com]
  • The Toronto Maple Leafs will be looking for a centre at the deadline. [TSN]
  • A new arena for the Philadelphia Flyers and NBA’s 76ers is set to be ready by 2031. [NHL.com]
  • Revealing the Flyers’ quarter-century team. [NHL.com]
  • Connor Hellebuyck was the NHL’s first star of the week. [NHL.com]
  • Linesman Michel Cormier, who left Saturday’s game between Montreal and Dallas after getting hit with the puck, has a fractured leg. [RDS]

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