Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- ICYMI: The Habs exchanged Logan Mailloux for the St. Louis Blues’ Zachary Bolduc. [RDS | Sportsnet | The Athletic]
- Bolduc is another building block towards contention. [Sportsnet | The Athletic | Montreal Gazette]
- The forward should not be expected to automatically shoulder the second-line centre position. [RDS]
- Bolduc is thrilled to join the Canadiens. [La Presse | Montreal Canadiens]
- Mailloux’s departure comes from a logjam on defence after the Habs acquired Noah Dobson. [RDS]
- What are the Habs losing by relinquishing Mailloux? [La Presse]
- Grading the Mailloux-Bolduc trade. [The Athletic]
- ICYMI: The Canadiens also added Samuel Blais, Kaapo Kähkönen, Alex Belzile, and Nate Clurman. [Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Canadiens]
- Blais thinks that his physicality can help the Habs in the playoffs. [Journal de Montreal]
- ICYMI: The Habs lost Christian Dvorak and Michael Pezzetta in the first day of free agency. [Sportsnet | Toronto Star | Radio-Canada]
- Cole Caufield bids farewell to his roommate Dvorak. [Journal de Montreal]
- ICYMI: Joel Armia also left the organization, reuniting with Corey Perry in Los Angeles. [Los Angeles Kings]
- Kent Hughes has avoided reckless spending so far. [Radio-Canada]
- Despite all of his moves, centre remains a position of concern for Hughes. [RDS | La Presse]
- With 8 unavailable, Dobson will wear 53 for the Tricolore next season. [RDS]
- Alexander Zharovsky opens up on being drafted by the Canadiens. [RG.org]
Around the league and elsewhere
- The Detroit Red Wings may need to get creative as a quiet July 1 leaves key needs unfilled. [The Athletic]
- The Florida Panthers have found a way to keep all of their key free agents. [TSN]
- The Panthers also acquired Jeff Petry to shore up their blueline depth. [ESPN]
- Mitch Marner pens a good-bye letter to Toronto. [TSN]
- Brock Boeser has re-signed with the Vancouver Canucks on a seven-year, $50.75 million contract. [The Athletic | NHL.com]
- The return of Boeser, together with extensions for Conor Garland and Thatcher Demko, shows the belief of the Canucks’ veteran core. [Sportsnet]
- Lars Eller is headed to Ottawa. [Daily Faceoff]
- Tanner Pearson is joining the Winnipeg Jets. [Sportsnet]
- The New York Islanders have signed Jonathan Drouin, as well as retained Tony DeAngelo and Simon Holmstrom. [NHL.com]
- The Kings also added Cody Ceci ($4.5 million AAV) and Brian Dumoulin ($4 million AAV) to their blueline. [Los Angeles Kings]
- Mikael Granlund signed a three-year deal with the Anaheim Ducks with an AAV of $7 million. [ESPN]
- The Boston Bruins added Tanner Jeannot (5 years, $3.4 million AAV), Mikey Eyssimont, and Jordan Harris. [TSN]
- The New York Rangers traded K’Andre Miller to the Carolina Hurricanes. [ESPN]
- The Hurricanes also extended Logan Stankoven for eight years. [The Athletic | Sportsnet]
- Carolina signed Cayden Primeau to a one-year contract with a $775,000 AAV. [Daily Faceoff]
- The goalie market is rapidly drying up, and the biggest losers may be the Edmonton Oilers. [CBC]
- Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin is prepared to match any team’s offer sheet for restricted free agent forward Marco Rossi if one should come in. [NHL.com]
- The Dallas Stars have named Glen Gulutzan as their new head coach. [Dallas Stars]
- Alex Pietrangelo is stepping away from the Vegas Golden Knights for health reasons. [NHL.com]
- Longtime broadcaster Scott Oake has been appointed to the Order of Canada. [Sportsnet]
- Alex Delvecchio has passed away at the age of 93. [Sportsnet]
