Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Max Domi is looking forward to reuniting with a former Team Canada teammate in Jonathan Drouin. [NHL]
- Drouin’s agent, Allan Walsh, took to Twitter to address a rumour:/
In the stupidity department, some rumor websites are “reporting” that Jonathan Drouin injured a knee playing summer hockey. Total BS. He’s 100% healthy. Everyone can go back now to enjoying their summer.
— Allan Walsh (@walsha) August 11, 2018
- The Canadiens should tread carefully when handling the development of newest top pick Jesperi Kotkaniemi. [TSN 690]
- Phillip Danault approached his summer training in a completely new way. [NHL]/
Around the league and elsewhere
- Our friends over at Hockey Wilderness took a deep dive into evaluating the Central Division’s best players. [Hockey Wilderness | Defencemen | Wingers | Goalies | Centres]
- Looking into the Blackhawks’ promising German prospect Dominik Kahun. [Second City Hockey]
- Meanwhile, our Islanders sister site evaluated one of their newest prospects in Ruslan Iskhakov. [Lighthouse Hockey]
- Marc-Andre Fleury believes that the Vegas Golden Knights can repeat last season’s performance. [Sportsnet]
- Just two players potentially trying to get out of Buffalo?/
Talk about star power!!! @MLB’s top prospect, #Bisons 3B Vladimir Guerrero Jr., welcomes @NHL’s top prospect, @BuffaloSabres D Rasmus Dahlin, to Coca-Cola Field. pic.twitter.com/Mz6qdRjobC
— Buffalo Bisons (@BuffaloBisons) August 11, 2018