Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- The key to the Canadiens’ ongoing power-play woes may be a defenceman they seem reluctant to use. [TSN690]
- Brendan Gallagher hasn’t been producing at nearly the same level as he’s shown in the past, and he says that his surgically reconstructed left hand is making shooting difficult. [La Presse]
- Andrei Markov is going to weigh his career options at the end of the season, but would like to return to the Canadiens. [La Presse]
- They used to be all about baseball, but Jeff Petry’s success as an NHL player means his relatives are now part of a two-sport family. [NHLPA]
- After a fairly strong road trip, the Habs failed to post a win in their first game back home. Is the narrative surrounding that initial game in a team’s home building a real issue? Guillaume Lefrançois investigated. [La Presse]
- Dwight King reflects on his time with the mostly First Nations team in Saskatchewan that launched his journey to the NHL. [Le Journal de Montreal]/
Around the league and elsewhere
- The US Women’s National Team’s thanks everyone for their support of their World Championship boycott:/
To our loyal fans. #BeBoldForChange pic.twitter.com/Dh0oFtsZqG
— Meghan Duggan (@mduggan10) March 16, 2017
- The National Women’s Hockey League playoffs will be broadcast online by ABC. [Jen Neale]
- Alexandre Burrows says thank you to the city of Vancouver and the Canucks fans who treated him well in his time there. [The Players’ Tribune]
- The Columbus Blue Jackets have gotten in on the NCAA’s signing frenzy, adding 6’5” centreman Samuel Vigneault. [Renaud Lavoie]
- After being one of the teams to face financial difficulty in the KHL in recent years, Croatian team Medvescak Zagreb is going back to the Austrian league starting next season. [IIHF]
- The IIHF has found a novel way to promote the 2017 World Championship. [Loïc Mayer]
- Craig Cunningham is making some impressive progress in adapting to a leg amputation:/
Look at Craig’s progress in 1 week!! Amazing pic.twitter.com/6zuAWX1JJe
— Ray Ferraro (@rayferrarotsn) March 17, 2017
