Montreal Canadiens News and Notes
- 2023 NHL Draft Lottery Preview: Canadiens edition. [Montreal Canadiens]
- What lessons can the Habs take from Round 1 of the 2023 playoffs? [The Hockey Writers]
- Where will the team’s veteran core stand when the Canadiens enter a competitive window? [The Athletic]
- Lucas Condotta was named the team’s AHL Man of the Year for his outstanding contributions to the Laval community during the 2022-23 season. [Laval Rocket]
- Lane Hutson is Boston University’s male athlete of the year.
This year's winner of the Gordon "Mickey" Cochrane Award for male athlete of the year is Lane Hutson of @TerrierHockey!#BUSWH pic.twitter.com/EktWOrXJqe
— BU Athletics (@BUAthletics) May 2, 2023
Around the League and Elsewhere
- Why the Boston Bruins’ exit isn’t a surprise: Behind the NHL’s Presidents’ Trophy curse. [The Athletic]
- “Once you make the playoffs, anything is possible.” Why underdogs enjoy so much success in the NHL postseason. [La Presse]
- The 11 best individual performances of the first round. [The Athletic]
- While Joel Quenneville still requires clearance from the NHL to return, it appears the three-time Stanley Cup winner could be back behind a bench next season. [TSN]
- “My mistake was that I didn’t really pay attention to my recovery.” Andrei Vasilevskiy feels as if his body let him down in the second half of the season. [TSN]
- Jacob Trouba’s hit on Timo Meier shows that not all legal hits are clean. [The Athletic | Daily Faceoff]
- Who is Akira Schmid? [La Presse]
- Tyler Toffoli and Devon Levi, among others, have committed to represent Canada at the upcoming World Championships. [RDS]
- Snoop Dogg talks about why he wants to buy the Ottawa Senators. [CTV Ottawa]
- The BCHL has voted to leave Hockey Canada and run an independent league. What are the implications? [The Hockey News]
