Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Jayden Struble is playing like a veteran in his first stint of NHL action, with the numbers to prove it. [RDS]
- “It’s funny, you get better at something and then you slip somewhere else,” explains Martin St-Louis, who’s playing whack-a-mole with the Canadiens’ deficiencies. [Sportsnet]
- “I have to play better everywhere on the ice,” says Sean Monahan who’s struggling to hit his level from the opening weeks of the season. [TVA Sports]
- Joshua Roy lauds his former coach in Sherbrooke, Stéphane Julien, for helping to improve his defensive game. ““It’s because of him that I’m where I am today.” [AHL.com]
- Perhaps the team being in more or less the same position as this time last year without the same dominant starts from Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield can be seen as a small level of progress. [Radio-Canada]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Following the kiss of death of a report of the GM’s confidence in him through the team’s struggles, Dean Evason was fired by the Minnesota Wild on Monday. [NHL.com]
- “It’s a huge honour,” said Eric Lindros on receiving the Order of Ontario. [Montreal Gazette]
- There were 167 minutes of penalties in last night’s game between the Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers, with 100 of them from sending all 10 skaters who were on the ice at one point to their dressing rooms with misconducts. [Sportsnet]
- A player draft will be returning to NHL All-Star festivities this year, along with another showcase of the top women in the sport. [TSN]
- Averaging three points per game over four matches did the trick to earn Connor McDavid the NHL’s First Star of the week. [NHL.com]
