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]
