Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Kaiden Guhle was back on the ice skating in full gear on Friday. [La Presse]
- Martin St-Louis felt a scheduled practice would help ease the nerves of the players as they dealt with the stress of the deadline. When it was clear that none of the pending UFAs were being pulled off the ice before the skate, everyone could relax. [La Presse]
- Kent Hughes didn’t make any deals on Friday, but he says he started conversations that could lead to off-season acquisitions. [La Presse]
- Hughes earns a B- grade for what he did, and didn’t do, on Friday. [The Athletic]
- “I hated seeing teammates and good players get traded over the last few years,” Nick Suzuki stated. [Journal de Montreal]
- No one moving heralds a new phase in the Canadiens’ rebuild. [The Athletic]
- The Canadiens wouldn’t be in this position without the play of Lane Hutson. [NHL.com]
- David Savard is going to cheer on this group of Canadiens players even when the day comes when he isn’t a part of it. [Journal de Montreal]
- Mike Matheson’s value is at its highest when he’s matched up against some of the games fastest players like Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon. [Radio-Canada]
- David Reinbacher is looking forward to the chance to play with Hutson in the future. [Journal de Montreal]
- Evgeny Kuznetsov says Ivan Demidov is “one of the most talented players I’ve ever seen in terms of skill and playmaking. [RG.org]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Mikko Rantanen was the top player moved at the deadline, going from the Carolina Hurricanes to the Dallas Stars, with whom he signed an eight-year contract extension. [NHL.com]
- The Stars also signed Wyatt Johnston to a five-year contract. [TSN]
- The Hurricanes don’t regret taking their shot by acquiring Rantanen earlier in the season. [NHL.com]
- The Colorado Avalanche traded for Charlie Coyle from the Boston Bruins. [TSN]
- Winnipeg added Luke Schenn and Brandon Tanev. [TSN]
- With Winnipeg at the top and Dallas and Colorado making significant moves, it’s an arms race in the Central Division. [NHL.com]
- Brad Marchand was traded to the Florida Panthers. [TSN]
- Marchand’s exit brings the recent championship era in Boston to an end. [NHL.com]
- The Ottawa Senators landed Dylan Cozens, giving up Josh Norris and Jacob Bernard-Docker to the Buffalo Sabres to get him. [Daily Faceoff]
- The Toronto Maple Leafs traded Nikita Grebenkin and a first-round pick to the Philadelphia Flyers for Scott Laughton. [NHL.com]
- Toronto traded Fraser Minten and another first to add Brandon Carlo from the Bruins. [NHL.com]
- Playoff-bound teams have few qualms about trading first-round picks for immediate help. [La Presse]
- Jason Zucker signed a two-year extension with the Sabres. [NHL.com]
- The New York Rangers signed new acquisition Urho Vaakanainen to a two-year contract. [NHL.com]
- Jonas Siegenthaler will miss the rest of the season for the New Jersey Devils. [NHL.com]
- Devils defenceman Dougie Hamilton is out for an “extended time.” [TSN]
- Evander Kane won’t play for the rest of the regular season. [Sportsnet]
- Seth Jarvis and Jesperi Kotkaniemi cranked the siren ahead of yesterday’s PWHL game in Raleigh. [NHL.com]
