Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Historically, third has been a heck of a lot better than fourth when it comes to draft position. [The Hockey Writers]
- Dominique Ducharme’s long road to the Canadiens’ bench. [The Athletic]
- Will Bitten contributed to his team’s victory in the OHL Championship with a beauty of a goal. [OHL]/
Another gear from @WillBitten14 👌@CanadiensMTL prospect delivers a beauty breakaway tally for @BulldogsOHL in their Game 3 #OHLChampionship victory to take a 2-1 series lead #SSMvsHAM pic.twitter.com/uaybql45Xb
— OntarioHockeyLeague (@OHLHockey) May 8, 2018
- Vote for the Montreal Canadiens Play of the Year! [Montreal Canadiens]/
Participez à un débat qui ne devrait créer aucune controverse. Votez pour le Jeu de l’année @LGCanada! -> https://t.co/tWKnF1TjtD
Join a debate that’s unlikely to create any controversy. Vote for the @LGCanada Play of the Year now! -> https://t.co/yWFcxSU06X#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/rL7okcSJDc
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) May 8, 2018
Around the league and elsewhere
- Is Corey Perry still good? [Anaheim Calling]
- Who could be a good trade partner for the Philadelphia Flyers in the Atlantic Division? [Broad Street Hockey]
- One year after tearing the ACL and MCL in his left knee, Joe Thornton’s season was ended prematurely because he tore the ACL and MCL in his right knee. [TSN]
- This time for the Washington Capitals, it was finally different. [ESPN]
- It’s all finally clicking at the right time for the Caps. [ProHockeyTalk]
- How Alex Ovechkin’s excellent positioning led to Evgeny Kuznetsov’s OT series winner. [The Athletic]
- The Vegas Golden Knights are filled with players having career years. [NHL.com]
- The Carolina Hurricanes have hired Rod Brind’Amour as head coach and Don Waddell as general manager. [CBC]
- Steve Dangle on the Kyle Dubas-Mark Hunter hearsay. [Sportsnet]
- Down Goes Brown offers hopeful thoughts for the non-playoff teams. [Sportsnet]
- Humboldt Bronco Kaleb Dahlgren can’t recall the crash. [Sportsnet]
- Dahlgren says he’s going to “live for the guys who didn’t make it.” [CBC]
- Taylor Hall, Cory Schneider, and Patrick Maroon of the New Jersey Devils are all undergoing off-season surgery. [TSN]
- Connor Carrick had a little off-season surgery of a different variety. [Twitter]/
Got my wisdom teeth out and I look like Crosby when Mumps was goin around.
— Connor Carrick (@connorcarrick) May 8, 2018
- Two members of the San Jose Sharks are joining Team Denmark at the Worlds. [IIHF]
- Belarus has fired head coach Dave Lewis three games into the tournament. [ProHockeyTalk]
- Tom Kuhnhackl, lip sync master. [HNIC]/
Tom Kuhnhackl is the dedicated lip syncing hockey player the world deserves 🌎 @penguins pic.twitter.com/C0HP1vhbP2
— Hockey Night in Canada (@hockeynight) May 8, 2018
