Stories of Ken Dryden
- Not even Dryden’s former teammates and lifelong friends knew he was ill before hearing the news of his passing. [La Presse]
- Dave Stubbs on Dryden’s career and impact. [NHL.com]
- What Dryden meant to his teammates. [NHL.com]
- Yvan Cournoyer and Yvon Lambert speak about the loss of their friend Kenny. [Radio-Canada]
- “Ken Dryden will always be remembered by me first and foremost as a remarkable person,” Vladislav Tretiak shared. [RG.org]
- Dryden changed a lot about the game, including being a rare player to join the NHL after going to university. [La Presse]
- He played a hybrid style of goaltending, and also alternated between quick athletic saves while the clock was running and an intimidating calm once the play stopped. [La Presse]
- The numbers that defined his career. [La Presse]
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- A recap of Carey Price’s best moments from his playing career. [Radio-Canada | Canadiens.com]
- Five options the Canadiens now have after trading Carey Price’s contract to address their hole at second-line centre. [Journal de Montreal]
- Accepting the trade to San Jose was Price’s way of passing the torch to Lane Hutson and Ivan Demidov, who can thrive next season without the spectre of a significant bonus overage penalty looming over the team. [The Athletic]
- From Jacques Plante to Price, the evolution of goalie mask art. [NHL.com]
- Mike Matheson had his jersey retired by the Lac St-Louis Lions. [La Presse]
- An injury forced Alexander Zharovsky to miss the opening weekend of the KHL season. [TVA Sports]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Connor McDavid knows he deserves to be the highest-paid player in the NHL but also accepts the reality of his team needing to build a roster under the salary cap. That balance is something he’s considering in contract negotiations. [NHL.com]
- Maybe the best solution for McDavid is therefore signing a short-term deal. [Sportsnet]
- The Pittsburgh Penguins went into the off-season needing to make some moves to either make the current roster better or trade players and look toward the future. September has arrived, and Kyle Dubas hasn’t done much of anything. [La Presse]
- Connor Zary signed a three-year contract with the Calgary Flames. [NHL.com]
- The Flames are in a holding pattern until there’s a resolution with Rasmus Andersson’s contract situation. [Sportsnet]
- Derek Ryan announced his retirement. [NHL.com]
- There is no tense battle for the crease on Team USA as the trio of Connor Hellebuyck, Jake Oettinger, and Jeremy Swayman is “a complete camaraderie.” [NHL.com]
- Will this be the season that the Carolina Hurricanes finally get through the conference finals? [Sportsnet]
- The NCAA has produced a number of big-name NHL players, but that number is set to boom with new rules allowing in Major Junior players. [NHL.com]
- In a survey, 77% of Canadians said they were sports fans, with 58% following the NHL. [Sportsnet]
- Carter Verhaeghe hosted Special Olympics Florida, the Florida Panthers Adaptive Hockey Team, and Best Buddies International that seeks to improve the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities for his day with the Stanley Cup. [NHL.com]
