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Friday Habs Headlines: Support rolls in for Carey Price

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

  • ICYMI: Carey Price has voluntarily entered the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program. [CBC | ESPN]
  • Price is showing both humanity and courage by his actions. [Sportsnet]
  • The taboos surrounding mental health for athletes are breaking. [Radio-Canada]
  • First and foremost, Price is a human being. And so his entry into the NHL’s player assistance program is a human being story, not a hockey story. [The Hockey News]
  • Stephane Waite checked in with his former protege after the news broke. [RDS]
  • The news hit the rest of the team hard, says Dominique Ducharme. [TSN (Video)]/

  • How can the Habs move forward with Price out of the lineup for at least a month? [TSN (Video)]
  • The Canadiens will not discuss Marc Bergevin’s contract situation until after this season—the last on the general manager’s current deal. [TSN]
  • Price’s news is the latest misfortune to strike the Canadiens this offseason. [La Presse]/

Around the league and elsewhere

  • Hockey has a sleep balance problem. How can it address and fix it? [Sportsnet]
  • New agent Pat Brisson gives the latest on Jack Eichel. [Sportsnet]
  • The top 100 players to watch in the NCAA. [The Hockey News]
  • Predicting one player on each team who will end up on a different roster at season’s end. [The Athletic]
  • Streaks, spoilers, and other suggested New Season’s Resolutions. [Down Goes Brown]
  • An interview with OHL commissioner David Branch about the return of the OHL. [London Free Press]
  • The creation of the Seattle Kraken is having a positive ripple effect on the four WHL teams in Washington State. [WHL]/

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