Thursday Habs Headlines: Canadiens have selling options at the deadline
Here are your daily links, including USA gold, the impending NHL trade deadline, and more.
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- No one is off-limits for the trade deadline, but a few candidates are more likely than others to be on their way out of Montreal. [Sportsnet]
- A less-than-stellar season for Carey Price spelled disaster for the Canadiens, who currently don’t have the defence to cover an occasional bad game from the all-star goalie. [Montreal Gazette]
- It didn’t take long for Jakub Jerabek to go from shutdown pair to healthy scratch, and now he’s been traded. [The Athletic]
- Still out indefinitely, Shea Weber reportedly saw a specialist for his foot this week. [TSN]
- ICYMI: The Habs recalled Charlie Lindgren and Noah Juulsen from Laval on Wednesday. [EOTP]/
Around the league and elsewhere
- After a thrilling final game, the USA women defeated Canada in a shootout for their first Olympic gold since 1998. [EOTP]
- Sportsnet had a few “analytics experts” share their favorite trade targets as Monday’s trade deadline nears. [Sportsnet]
- The Leafs had a laid-back practice on Wednesday, which included a few non-Canadians making good on international hockey bets. [Twitter]
- There are many ways Erik Karlsson’s next few months could go, and Travis Yost broke down why he thinks an impending trade is the most likely. [Travis Yost]
- With the Canucks not quite rebuilding, there is an argument that signing a current player in Erik Gudbranson was a better choice than trading him for potential future players. [Sportsnet]
- The lack of NHLers at the Olympics reportedly made it much easier for the press to attend hockey games. [Twitter]
- Columbus GM Jarmo Kekalainen shared some of his thought process going into the trade deadline. [Columbus Dispatch]/