Tuesday Habs Headlines: It’s time to shut Shea Weber down for the season
In today’s links, resting the top defencemen until next year, Deslauriers’ new extension, the high costs at the deadlines, and a few trades to announce
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- With news that Shea Weber’s foot injury isn’t getting much better, it’s probably time to just shut him down for the season. [Sportsnet]
- If you missed it, Nicolas Deslauriers signed a two-year extension yesterday. [EOTP]
- He’s happy to be sticking around:/
Vraiment content de pouvoir porter ce chandail pour les deux prochaines saisons / Very fortunate to have the chance to wear this jersey for 2 more years #Habs
— Nicolas Deslauriers (@Nicdeslauriers4) February 20, 2018
Around the league and elsewhere
- James Duthie would very much like for the 31 GMs to hold off their deadline moves until the actual day of the trade deadline:/
- Well, they didn’t listen.
- Michal Kempny was traded from the Chicago Blackhawks to the Washington Capitals. [Japers’ Rink | Second City Hockey]
- After having both Brian Elliott and Michal Neuvirth go down with injuries, the Philadelphia Flyers acquired Petr Mrazek from the Detroit Red Wings. [Broad Street Hockey | Winging It In Motown]
- The GMs with the top players still on the trade board are asking for extremely high prices, and that may force some contenders to stick with what they currently have. [TSN]
- Anthony Duclair was disappointed with the actions from some of his team’s fans directed at Devante Smith-Pelly:/
Anthony Duclair on Devante Smith-Pelly incident: "How do I feel? We've got some #Blackhawks fans in the stands that think a certain way. If they were Blackhawks fans, they would know there's a black hockey player on their team. Not shocking, but disappointing." #Blackhawks
— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) February 19, 2018