Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Assistant general manager Trevor Timmins discusses the eight picks he made over the two days of the 2020 NHL Draft. [Canadiens.com]
- Our summary of the eight new prospects, with links to our in-depth profiles on each of them. [EOTP]
- Mike Johnson believes Josh Anderson brings what had been a missing element to the Canadiens. [TSN]
- Eric Engels feels Anderson has a lot to prove after his previous season. [Sportsnet]
- Anderson is hoping to get a long-term deal to play in Montreal. [TSN]
- The first addition of the day on Wednesday, Luke Tuch, discusses being chosen by Montreal. [Canadiens.com]
- José Théodore felt that Yaroslav Askarov would have been a good first-round pick for Montreal. [Journal de Quebec]/
With the news that Guy Lafleur’s cancer has returned, the Canadiens family would like to send best wishes to our legendary No. 10 as he faces this latest challenge.
Our thoughts are with you on your road to recovery, Guy. pic.twitter.com/vAqPqedbvW
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) October 7, 2020
Around the league and elsewhere
- Max Domi has signed a two-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets. [NHL.com]
- A common occurrence for teams in the salary-cap era is having their available space reduced by financial commitments to players no longer on the team. [TribLive.com]
- Kyle Turris will be one of those players for the Nashville Predators for the next eight years. [On The Forecheck]
- The Predators also traded Nick Bonino to the Minnesota Wild, getting Luke Kunin in return. [OTF | Hockey Wilderness]
- Matt Murray is now a member of the Ottawa Senators. [Silver Seven | PensBurgh]
- Behind the scenes of Alex Trebek’s announcement of the Tim Stützle pick. [Sportsnet]
- Taylor Hall won’t re-sign with the Arizona Coyotes, becoming a free agent on Friday afternoon. [NHL.com]
- Jesse Puljujarvi rejoins the Edmonton Oilers on a two-year deal. [The Copper & Blue]
- Anthony Duclair leads the list of players who didn’t receive qualifying offers and now become free agents. [NHL.com]
- The top RFAs who were qualified by their teams ahead of yesterday’s deadline and now need extensions. [Sportsnet]
- Unsatisfied with the actions taken by the NHL, the Hockey Diversity Alliance has ended its partnership with the league to act independently. [TSN]/
