Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Being on the road through the trade deadline could be a good thing for the Canadiens, Martin St-Louis explains. [Journal de Montreal]
- The increased pace of play Nick Suzuki played at for Team Canada at the Olympics has followed him back to Montreal. [Radio-Canada]
- Part of that could be his decision to fly home as directly as possible, forgoing Hockey Canada’s charter flight that would have taken him to Miami instead. [The Athletic]
- Despite a lot of offensive-zone starts, the fourth line of Josh Anderson, Phillip Danault, and Brendan Gallagher has struggled defensively since being put together. [La Presse]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Jim Hiller was fired by Los Angeles Kings. Assistant coach D.J. Smith has taken over head-coaching duties. [NHL.com]
- For the first time in a long time, the Buffalo Sabres approach the trade deadline as buyers. [NHL.com]
- With a playoff miss all but assured for the Florida Panthers, can they get any assets from a Sergei Bobrovsky trade? [Sportsnet]
- The Edmonton Oilers placed Andrew Mangiapane and Alex Regula on waivers. [NHL.com]
- Robby Fabbri and Guillaume Brisebois were also placed on waivers. [TSN]
- The Minnesota Wild traded Boris Katchouk to the Philadelphia Flyers for Roman Schmidt. [TSN]
- Robert Thomas returned to play for the St. Louis Blues following a leave of absence. [Sportsnet]
- The new arena in Calgary could be the host of the 2028 World Cup of Hockey, with Gary Bettman and John Daly set to meet Flames ownership today. [Sportsnet]
