Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Lane Hutson shows why the Canadiens have high hopes for him. [Montreal Gazette | La Presse]
- Hutson and the other young Habs got a taste of what a playoff-like game feels like in terms of atmosphere and emotion on Monday night. [The Athletic]
- Kaiden Guhle hopes to play for Team Canada at the IIHF World Championships if healthy. [TSN]
- Luke Tuch’s first professional game could come as early as Friday with the Laval Rocket. [La Presse]
- The Rocket’s playoff hopes ride on a home-and-home this weekend against the Belleville Senators. [La Presse]
- David Savard wins the Jacques Beauchamp-Molson Trophy. [Montreal Canadiens]
- Savard also believes that the Habs can make the playoffs next season. [RDS]
- The end of Chris Wideman’s ‘eventful journey.’ [La Presse]
- PWHL Montreal eagerly awaits the return of their captain. [Radio-Canada]
- Montreal must focus on Minnesota as they enter the home stretch of the inaugural PWHL season, but the Bell Centre looms in the distance. [RDS]
Around the league and elsewhere
- The NHL says that it set a single-season attendance record with over 22.5 million fans in 2023-24. [Associated Press]
- The 10 best offensive NHL seasons that didn’t land a Hart Trophy. [The Athletic]
- Saroya Tinker is working so that young fans will only ever know of an inclusive PWHL. [Sportsnet]
- Macklin Celebrini and Anton Silayev top their respective NHL Central Scouting final rankings for the 2024 NHL Entry Draft. [Sportsnet]
- Regrading the biggest deals of the 2024 NHL trade deadline. [ESPN]
- Jack Edwards said he will retire as the TV play-by-play voice of the Boston Bruins after this season. [NHL.com]
- The Buffalo Sabres have fired head coach Don Granato and two other members of the coaching staff. [TSN]
- Was removing Granato the right move? [Daily Faceoff]
- Connor McDavid’s 100-assist season elevates an already legendary NHL career. [The Athletic]
- The Arizona Coyotes were determined to go out with a bang in front of their angry, heartbroken fans. [Sportsnet]
- The Utahns with NHL connections are excited about the prospect of NHL hockey in Salt Lake City. [The Athletic]
- What Ryan Smith’s tenure as Utah Jazz owner says about the kind of NHL owner that he would be. [The Athletic]
- “Saving Sakic” is an original hockey documentary that dives into the story of how the former Avalanche captain and current executive almost left the team in 1997 to go to the New York Rangers. [NHL.com]
- Canada names its roster for the 2024 U18 World Championships. [Daily Faceoff]
