Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Stéphane Robidas believes the key to avoiding a tough second season for all of the team’s young defencemen is to not raise expectations too high for them. [Radio-Canada]
- Francis Bouillon isn’t ruling out a roster spot for Logan Mailloux, but he says there’s still things the defenceman needs to work on. [Journal de Montreal]
- The rebuilding Habs don’t have room for many of their prospects this season. [La Presse]
- Alexandre Burrows doesn’t believe that Cole Caufield’s surgery will limit the winger in any way, speaking as someone who had a similar procedure during his career. [Journal de Montreal]
- Many of the Canadiens players won’t have to travel to Montreal to attend training camp; they’ve been there all summer. [Journal de Montreal]
- Montreal is one of the six cities in the Professional Women’s Hockey League. More details of how the league will operate will be revealed today. [Daily Faceoff]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Nate Thompson is “extremely proud” of the NHL career he had. [NHLPA.com]
- Simon Benoit has signed a one-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. [TSN]
- A tribute to Rick Jeanneret was held at KeyBank Center on the weekend:
