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Sunday Habs Headlines: Martin St-Louis received two first-place Jack Adams votes

In today’s links, St-Louis’s Adams standing, interest in prospects Radim Mrtka and Jack Nesbitt, Juraj Slafkovský Sr. on criticism of his son, stories from the scouting combine, and the Lions de Trois-Rivières win the Kelly Cup.

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Montreal Canadiens news and notes

  • Martin St-Louis received two first-place votes and 12 nods in second place as he finished third in Jack Adams Award balloting, with Washington Capitals bench boss Spencer Carbery taking the accolade. [NHL.com]
  • Based on conversations at the scouting combine, it appears that the Canadiens are looking for size in this draft, and right-shot defenceman Radim Mrtka might be their trade-up target. [La Presse]
  • The list also includes Jack Nesbitt, a big centre who sees Adam Lowry as a comparable. [Journal de Montreal]
  • Juraj Slafkovský’s father says the winger’s comfort in media situations didn’t come from either parent. Juraj Sr. also discusses his son’s criticism and slow starts. [TVA Sports]
  • The Lions de Trois-Rivières won the Kelly Cup as ECHL champions with a 3-1 win in Game 5 of the final. [Journal de Montreal]

Around the league and elsewhere

  • It wasn’t just Quebec with few representatives at the scouting combine. Finland had just one. [La Presse]
  • William Horcoff, son of former NHLer Shawn, trained for the combine’s horizontal jump for a month and set a new record this year. [Journal de Montreal]
  • Results from all the drills. [Sportsnet]
  • Montreal’s interview is the first thing Porter Martone mentions in his combine diary. [NHL.com]
  • James Hagens discusses his meeting with New York Islanders general manager Mathieu Darche. [NHL.com]
  • Penn State may be where Gavin McKenna plays his draft season. [Sportsnet]
  • How the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers keep themselves occupied on the flights from Edmonton to Sunrise. [NHL.com]
  • Stuart Skinner and his wife had a difficult time handling the abuse from Oilers fan last summer. [Sportsnet]
  • Evan Rodrigues’s thoughts on Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. [NHL.com]
  • Nate Schmidt praises Paul Maurice’s defensive system that lets any blue-liner thrive. [NHL.com]

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