Monday Habs Headlines: Tomas Plekanec shares his thoughts on his trade to the Leafs

Montreal News and Notes

• Tomas Plekanec shares his thoughts on the Toronto trade during a Q&A. [Montreal Gazette]
• Three things you should know know about the Canadiens-Leafs trade. [NHL]
• Brendan Gallagher is going to have to find someone else to share his mountain of knowledge with now that Pleky is gone. /

Best of luck pleks! 981 games in a habs jersey is amazing. I Learned a lot from this guy. Really going to miss giving him advice and him clearly not listening to me.

A post shared by Brendan Gallagher (@bgally.11) on Feb 25, 2018 at 11:36am PST

• Maybe he can start with Phillip Danault. /

Pleky, Thank you for everything you showed me on and off the ice, you’re a great hockey player and even better person! Good luck my friend👊

— Phillip Danault (@phildanault) February 25, 2018

• What impact will Plekanec have while sporting the blue and white? [Sportsnet]
• Geoff Molson praises Plekanec and wishes him luck in the future. [Twitter]
• Let’s not forget...there’s also another big piece to the trade deadline puzzle as the talk on Max Pacioretty continues to heat up. [EOTP]/

Around the League and Elsewhere

• What the Toronto Maple Leafs gave up in the Plekanec trade. [Pension Plan Puppets]
• People were torn as they took to Twitter after the Boston Bruins pried Rick Nash away from the Rangers. [Sportsnet]
• A look at how every team will somehow manage to blow it at the trade deadline. [Vice Sports]
• Olympic bronze medalist Cody Goloubef has signed a two-way contract with the Calgary Flames. [TSN]
• Matt Wallace, blind since birth, plays color commentator to his play-by-play friend, Sam Fryman, as they call the University of Pennsylvania women’s hockey games. [Philly]
• Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s boys hockey team claimed the Flordia state championship yesterday. [NHL.com]/