Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- “I think his game has improved enormously since the start of the year,” Jean-François Houle says of Logan Mailloux. Is the defencemen due for a call-up? [La Presse | RDS]
- The young Canadiens players praise the leaderiship of “Uncle Dave” Savard. [Journal de Montreal]
- Lane Hutson temporarily had Boston University in the lead, but Northeastern pulled off the comeback victory in overtime to claim the Beanpot this year. [GoTerriers]
- With four goals in three games, Nick Suzuki’s was the NHL’s third star of the week. [NHL.com]
- Elaine Chuli is comfortable in her role as the numbe-two in Montreal, but is still pushing Ann-Renée Desbiens for playing time. [La Presse]
Around the league and elsewhere
- After trading Elias Lindholm, the focus is now on Chris Tanev and Jacob Markstrom in Calgary. [Sportsnet]
- Connor Bedard could return to the Chicago Blackhawks’ lineup next week. [TSN]
- Salt Lake City will host a pre-season game between the Los Angeles Kings and Vegas Golden Knights. [Sportsnet]
- Which of these would be the most upsetting?
- Tomas Hertl will be out of the San Jose Sharks lineup for a while after undergoing knee surgery. [TSN]
- Alex Pietrangelo received his silver stick for 1000 games played. [NHL.com]
- Russia and Belarus will be excluded from participating in the World Championship through the 2024-25 competition schedule. [The Kyiv Independent]
