Montreal Canadiens news and notes:
- Who will play centre for the Canadiens? Who will play next to Shea Weber? Who will all that cap space go towards? Marc Dumont weighs in. [TSN 690]
- Day 1 of Rookie Camp is underway! [Montreal Canadiens | Laval Rocket]/
Jour 1️⃣️- Camp des recrues des @CanadiensMTL
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Day 1️⃣ – @CanadiensMTL rookie camp pic.twitter.com/1wpeo8jTBK— Rocket de Laval (@RocketLaval) September 7, 2017
- Michael McNiven isn’t sure what city he’ll be calling home this year. [Montreal Gazette]
- Martin Reway is excited to be back and to make up for lost time. [TSN]
- The Slovak forward talked about his long recuperation and how he discovered that academics wasn’t his forte. [Montreal Canadiens]
- 2017-18 season tickets will go on sale starting at 10:00 AM on Saturday, September 9th. [Montreal Canadiens]/
Tickets for 2017-18 regular season games at the Bell Centre to go on sale Saturday starting at 10:00 a.m.
DETAILS-> https://t.co/P3znvB4NYW. pic.twitter.com/gEBk2jYx1t— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) September 7, 2017
- Casey Staum is returning to the USHL’s Dubuque Fighting Saints, and does not appear to have plans to join the University of Nebraska Omaha of the NCAA. [Twitter]
- Michel Therrien will join Tony Marinaro on TSN 690 at 10 AM today. [Tony Marinaro]/
Tomorrow on The MTL Forum @TSN690 former Habs Coach Michel Therrien joins me in studio at 10am. Tune in! You won’t want to miss it! #TSN690 pic.twitter.com/SL90qSIbXD
— Tony Marinaro (@TonyMarinaro) September 7, 2017
- The Brampton Beast hired Justin Peca as an Assistant Coach. [Brampton Beast]/
Around the league and elsewhere:
- Навсегда в наших сердцах, ХК “Локомотив”. [KHL.ru]/
The memory of you will always be in our hearts.
07.09.2011 #RIPLokomotiv pic.twitter.com/jBBVT1LP5O
— KHL (@khl_eng) September 7, 2017
- The NHL’s Declaration of Principles opens the possibility of changing the age of eligibility for the Entry Draft. [Sportsnet]
- “Which prompts me to ask him about the NHL’s international vision after the contentious Olympic withdrawal for the 2018 Games in South Korea. What’s next?“ Pierre LeBrun spent a day with NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly. [The Athletic]
- The NHL’s new rules concerning offside challenges is a good move that will boost scoring. [Vice Sports]
- Ryan Ellis is likely to be out until New Years Day. [On the Forecheck]
- George Parros will head up the NHL’s Department of Player Safety. [Sportsnet]
- Parros is the right man for the job, argues Greg Wyshynski. [Puck Daddy]
- The new DoPS boss wants to crack down on two particular fouls. [Pierre LeBrun]/
Slashing and non-hockey plays where he feels players are purposely trying to injure. Says he plans to be harsher on those incidents
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) September 7, 2017
- The Ottawa Senators have reduced the capacity of the Canadian Tire Centre. [Ian Mendes]
- A look at the revamped arena. [Ottawa Senators]/
A look at the ice at @CdnTireCtr for this season. #Sens pic.twitter.com/pN2IwJhInw
— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) September 7, 2017
- Monday, February 26th will be Trade Deadline Day this season. Book your sick days now. [Renaud Lavoie]
- The Czech Extraliga will be tracking Corsi stats this upcoming season. [Darina Vymetalikova]
- Emerance Maschmeyer is optimistic about her first season in Montreal. [Fort Saskatchewan Record]/
