Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Patrik Laine says his trade to Montreal reignited the love for hockey that he had lost. [La Presse]
- Laine sustained a broken finger in Game 2. [TVA Sports]
- Lane Hutson, who is eligible to sign a contract extension on July 1, hopes he will be in Montreal for the long-term. [TVA Sports]
- Samuel Montembeault says he tore two groin muscles, but wasn’t looking at a long recovery before he could play again. [La Presse]
- Nick Suzuki isn’t ready to say the rebuild is over with so many of the organization’s assets still being prospects and draft picks. [La Presse]
- Suzuki said is was a good learning year for a young team. [Montreal Gazette]
- Suzuki would have ended his ironman streak if the Canadiens had been in a position to give injured players a rest down the stretch. [TVA Sports]
- Caufield says he needs to work even harder this off-season to keep up with the rapid progress his captain is making. [TVA Sports]
- “It would be good next season if I started in October instead of February,” Juraj Slafkovský says of another season that saw an elite-level second half. [RDS]
- Kent Hughes’s off-season work will be about building around his young core. [The Athletic]
- Mike Matheson will represent Canada at the World Championship. Suzuki and Hutson are undecided. [RDS]
- Josh Anderson said he dealt with upper- and lower-body injuries this season, but didn’t go into detail on them. [TVA Sports]
- David Savard was greeted with a water-cannon salute upon the Canadiens’ landing at Dorval Airport as a retirement gift. [La Presse]
- Savard is thankful for the 14 seasons he got to play, and says he’s at peace with the fact that his body told him it was time to hang up his skates, even if it was a more emotional ending than he had expected. [TVA Sports]
- Savard would like to have a development role with the Canadiens, but he will be cheering on and offering support to the current players regardless. [TVA Sports]
- With the Canadiens in the market for a second-line centre, a look at the 15 of them on the other playoff teams. [La Presse]
- The Montreal Victoire will begin their playoff run on Thursday, though they don’t yet know which opponent they will be hosting at Place Bell. [La Presse]
Around the league and elsewhere
- The NHL Draft Lottery will be conducted live this year, with the ball-drawing ceremony broadcast on Monday evening. [NHL.com]
- Matthew Schaefer leads Bob McKenzie’s 2025 Draft rankings: lottery edition. [TSN]
- Mike Sullivan will be the new coach of the New York Rangers. [NHL.com]
- Another road game, another pull of Connor Hellebuyck as the Winnipeg Jets lost 5-2 to the St. Louis Blues, setting up Game 7 on Sunday. [Sportsnet]
- Victor Hedman played for the Tampa Bay Lightning on a broken foot. [NHL.com]
- Jon Cooper will return for a 14th season behind the Lightning bench. [Sportsnet]
- Dustin Wolf was the Calgary Flames’ MVP this season. [Sportsnet]
- Aleksander Barkov, Sam Reinhart, and Anthony Cirelli are the Selke Trophy finalists. [NHL.com]
- The winner of the Lady Byng Trophy will be one of Jack Eichel, Anze Kopitar, and Brayden Point. [NHL.com]
- Marc-André Fleury, Gabriel Landeskog, and Sean Monahan are the finalists for the Bill Masterton Trophy. [NHL.com]
