Montreal Canadiens News and Notes
- Ismo Lehkonen, father of Artturi, expressed his gratitude to Tomas Plekanec for taking his son under his wing. [La Presse]
- The Habs Lunch panel discusses whether Marc Bergevin will be able to re-sign Alexander Radulov this summer. [TSN 690]
- A French-Canadian, Stefan Leblanc is excited to return to his roots with the Laval Rocket next season. [TVA]
- Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas tried his hand at driving the zamboni for the Canadiens: /
.@ValtteriBottas got behind the wheel of a Zamboni, and of course he did donuts
-> https://t.co/kXKibQGjgq #GoHabsGo 🏁 pic.twitter.com/rthqeA0AJa
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) June 7, 2017
- The Habs’ ECHL-affiliate Brampton Beast will be holding an open tryout at the end of July. [Brampton Beast]/
Around the League and Elsewhere
- P.K. Subban did not practice with the Nashville Predators yesterday. [RDS]
- There’s no reason for someone like Jonathan Toews to avoid speaking out on issues like climate change simply because he’s a hockey player. [SCH]
- Former Hab Manny Malhotra has been named to the Vancouver Canucks new coaching staff. [Twitter]
- Mike Bossy pens a letter to his younger self, reliving the early days of his junior and professional hockey career. [TPT]
- The average age of NHL viewers on television is getting older: /
NHL skewing older on TV, with a median age of 49 in 2016, up from 33 in 2000.
Interesting research from @magnaglobal via @sbjsbd. pic.twitter.com/wR2hpw5R7D— Rick Westhead (@rwesthead) June 6, 2017
- Buffalo Sabres prospect Rasmus Asplund has elected to stay in Sweden amidst turnover in the team’s front office. [DBTB]/
