Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Martin St-Louis sits down with Eric Engels to discuss the upcoming season. [Sportsnet]
- The Habs can learn from the mistakes of the Maple Leafs [La Presse]
- Jakub Dobeš wouldn’t change a thing from what he learned last season. [Presse Canadienne]
- The calls to put Lane Hutson on the first power play started even before last night’s game, but is it misplaced? [The Athletic]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Teams re-signing their own players got underway late Tuesday with Carter Verhaeghe agreeing to an extension with the Florida Panthers. [NHL.com]
- That continued into Wednesday starting with the Ottawa Senators and Linus Ullmark signing a four-year extension. [NHL.com]
- And finally the Seattle Kraken and Joey Daccord on a five-year deal. [NHL.com]
- New Jersey Devils head coach Sheldon Keefe is unsure how his emotions will be heading into his first matchup against his former team, the Maple Leafs. [NHL.com]
- NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was convinced by Utah HC owner Ryan Smith’s vision. [RDS]
- Nashville Predators goaltender Juuse Saros has been ruled out of the team’s opener. [NHL.com]
- The Minnesota Wild’s big moves were supposed to make them contenders. As those backfired, what is next? [The Athletic]
- Nazem Kadri is writing a book and discussing his treatment at the hands of Mike Babcock, among other things on his way to the NHL. [Canadian Press]
