Tuesday Habs Headlines: The Montreal Canadiens have three representatives at the World Juniors

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• The World Junior tournament begins on Boxing Day, as is tradition. This year, Montreal will be well represented by its prospects. [Canadiens]
• The Habs gave a holiday visit to the Breakfast Club of Canada. [Canadiens]
• Nicolas Deslauriers has been on fire, and gets the nod as the Biosteel performer of the week. [Canadiens]
• 2017 wasn’t a banner year for the Habs, here’s a look back at a few key turning points of the calendar. [La Presse]
• The best possible Christmas gift for all 31 NHL teams. They may have nailed it for the Habs. [The Score]
• What a difference a year makes. David Desharnais suddenly looks like someone the Habs should have hung onto. [Montreal Gazette]
• Three former World Junior teammates for Team Canada are now all in the Habs system. Jonathan Drouin, Charles Hudon and Zach Fucale recall their tournament experience. [Canadiens]
• Victor Mete and Olli Juolevi on being teammates in the OHL, and a World Junior reunion. /

Juolevi: “He was my driver. There were a lot of battles bc he loved Country music & I didn’t."

Mete: “He & Kuokkanen would play some Finnish music sometimes. It wasn’t bad. It was kind of cool, actually."

Olli & Victor excited for #WorldJuniors reunionhttps://t.co/nHmFGMA081

— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) December 25, 2017

Around the league and elsewhere

• Here’s the newest edition of the NHL’s Super-Slo-Mo. [NHL]
• Next big break on the NHL schedule will be the All-Star Game. Here are 10 things to watch for before the late February pause. [NHL]
• While we’re listing things, how about 17 key numbers from 2017. [NHL]
• At the Christmas break, it’s hard to ignore the Vegas Golden Knights as one of the main stories of the season. [FRS]
• Roman Josi was busy over the holidays:/

I will now ruin Christmas for a lot you ladies with one picture.
Congrats @rjosi90 and Ellie. I guess this makes you the team Mom now Ellie. Please bring orange slices and juice boxes to the game this Saturday. pic.twitter.com/Yw1g5tnaKs

— Gnash (@Gnash00) December 25, 2017

• Philadelphia Flyers’ prospect Carter Hart is spreading confidence among Team Canada for the WJC. [Montreal Gazette]
• If the Habs are happy to have three players in the tournament, the New Jersey Devils are thrilled to have seven prospects participating. [NHL]
• Our cross-Atlantic neighbours from Russia have arrived on the scene for the World Juniors. /

Watch out world, #TeamRussia have arrived.

Let's get this party started! pic.twitter.com/ibEEtKv1fD

— Russia Hockey (@russiahockey_en) December 25, 2017

• The upcoming Spengler Cup will be the last audition for Olympic team hopefuls. [Sportsnet]
• Don Cherry may have made some adjustments in order to be more relevant, showing he’s got what it takes, even at 83. [NY Times]
• Jaromir Jagr has played in many cities. One year ago he was much warmer. Where will he celebrate next year?/

Forrest Jagr 68- Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know, where are you going to take a picture next year😀 pic.twitter.com/vpAu0jo7xd

— Jaromir Jagr (@68Jagr) December 26, 2017