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Wednesday Habs Headlines: “We have to be desperate”

In today’s links, the Canadiens look for more urgency, the Habs need ways to shake Carolina’s system, and the World Championship QFs are set.

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Montreal Canadiens news and notes

  • Martin St-Louis expects the team ‘to show up’ in Game 4 of the Eastern Final. [Montreal Gazette]
  • “We’re not dead,” says the head coach. [RDS]
  • The Canadiens are looking to find ‘balance’ with the puck in Game 4. [NHL.com]
  • “It would be nice to be up 2-1, but we’re not because of me,” says Lane Hutson. [TSN]
  • How the Carolina Hurricanes are stifling Hutson. [Sportsnet]
  • Sooner or later, the Habs will have to help their goaltender. [La Presse]
  • Are the Habs too reliant on Hutson and Jakub Dobeš? [RDS]
  • The Canadiens’ belief system in their brand of hockey is under attack from the Hurricanes. [The Athletic]
  • Three things that we’ve learned through three games. [The Athletic]
  • Nicole Gosling is a nominee for PWHL Rookie of the Year. [Daily Faceoff]

Around the league and elsewhere

  • Evgeni Malkin is returning to the Pittsburgh Penguins on a one-year deal. [Sportsnet]
  • The Hurricanes are disproving the heart vs. analytics debate. [Sportsnet]
  • The quarter-finals are set at the World Championships. [Sportsnet]
  • Claude Giroux is looking to come back for a 20th NHL season. [TSN]
  • In an effort to promote transparency, the Professional Women’s Hockey League Players Association is disclosing salaries to the public for the first time in the league’s three-season history. [The Athletic | PWHLPA]
  • The Canadian women’s hockey team will have a new general manager and head coach leading the team into the next Olympic cycle. [CBC]

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