Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Defensive details are the name of the game as the Habs prepare for the home stretch. [Sportsnet]
- Oliver Kapanen and Alexandre Texier insist that Milan is now firmly in the rear-view mirror. [La Presse]
- Kapanen left Italy with a medal and a ton of experience to use going forward. [Radio-Canada | Montreal Gazette]
- Cayden Primeau only has good things to say about new Canadiens goaltender coach Marco Marciano. [La Presse]
- Is Jordan Binnington what the Canadiens need in goal? [Daily Faceoff]
- What should one expect from Jakub Dobes and Samuel Montembeault going forward? [RDS | Montreal Gazette]
- What can the team do with Patrik Laine? [RDS]
Around the league and elsewhere
- The Colorado Avalanche have traded Samuel Girard and a second-rounder to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Brett Kulak. [TSN]
- The Avalanche paid a premium for the ex-Hab and Oiler defender. [The Athletic | ESPN]
- What does each Atlantic Division team need at the trade deadline? [Daily Faceoff]
- Mikko Rantanen will be out for at least two weeks. [Sportsnet]
- Aleksander Barkov, on the other hand, eyes a possible return. [Sportsnet]
- Jonathan Toews says that he’s not going anywhere at the Trade Deadline. [The Athletic]
- Barkov also made a “seven-figure” donation to Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood, Florida. [Miami Herald]
- Is Gavin McKenna once again the consensus choice for number one overall? [La Presse]
- Attorneys for the man accused of killing NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, in a 2024 car crash made another bid this week to have charges against their client dismissed. [The Athletic | Columbus Dispatch]
- Marc-André Fleury will be inducted into the QMJHL Hall of Fame. [RDS]
- IIHF President Luc Tardif says 3-on-3 overtime is here to stay. [TSN]
- NHL officials: incompetent, but not biased. This, and other insights on the Olympics from a Finnish perspective. [Jatkoaika (Finnish)]
- 8.7 million Canadians watched the end of the men’s Olympic gold-medal hockey game. [CBC]
- The success of the 2026 Olympic hockey tournament puts Gary Bettman and the NHL owners’ decision to stay away for two Olympiads in a bad light. [Radio-Canada]
- Two youths have been formally charged with sexual assault in Nova Scotia after a hockey hazing. [CTV News]
