Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Nick Suzuki, who seems to always have his finger on the pulse of the organization, feels the accumulation stage of the rebuild is complete, and it’s time to focus on winning. [La Presse]
- Kirby Dach says he’s fully healthy, and felt he could have played at the end of last season. [TSN]
- The team isn’t going to know how good it can be until it sees how all the pieces fit together to start the season. [The Athletic]
- How the San Jose Sharks beat the Canadiens and three other teams in the Yarosalv Askarov sweepstakes. [The Athletic]
- Lane Hutson was the star of the show in the Prospect Showdown, despite playing with older and more experienced teammates. [La Presse]
- David Reinbacher plans to focus on playing the game his way. [The Athletic]
- Patrik Laine wants to feel good and have fun, and let the results take care of themselves. [La Presse]
- Nikolaj Ehlers is happy that Laine found a fitting situation to continue his career. [RDS]
- Samuel Montembeault believes he can start 50 games this season. [Journal de Montreal]
- A recap of everything that happened in the Canadiens organization between last year’s pre-season golf tournament and the one held yesterday. [La Presse]
- This year’s tournament raised $800,000 for the Children’s Foundation. [Journal de Montreal]
- The Lions de Trois-Rivières brass got a look a some of the players they could have on their roster this season at rookie camp. [Le Nouvelliste]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Sidney Crosby inked a two-year extension with the Pittsburgh Penguins at his standard $8.7 million per season. [NHL.com]
- The dollar figure is $8.075 million on Lucas Raymond’s eight-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings. [NHL.com]
- Detroit also signed Jonatan Berggren to a one-year deal. [TSN]
- Ilya Sorokin may be late joining his New York Islanders teammates as he wraps up his recovery from back surgery. [NHL.com]
- Lindy Ruff hopes he can get the Buffalo Sabres over the hump. [NHL.com]