Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Despite registering 62 points this season, Mike Matheson thinks more about the goals scored against him, knowing there’s more work to do on the defensive side. [La Presse]
- Lane Hutson and Martin St-Louis will be learning in real time how his game translates to the NHL level. [La Presse]
- “It’s a season where we have progressed a lot, if we look at the team that started in September and the one currently on the ice,” Geoff Molson says about the gains made this year. [TVA Sports]
- Juraj Slafkovský’s point totals are the most significant stats of the season for Montreal. [The Athletic]
- The Bell Centre will be receiving a higher-definition jumbotron in September. [TVA Sports]
- Sam Harris and the University of Denver beat Jacob Fowler’s Boston College to claim the 2024 NCAA championship. [NCAA]
- Elliotte Friedman reported that Luke Tuch will announce his decision today to either sign with the Canadiens or become a free agent. [Sportsnet]
- All the injuries to PWHL Montreal have given Brooke Stacey, a player released in training camp, a second opportunity in the team’s system. [La Presse]
Around the league and elsewhere
- “There were rumours of relocation or a new arena every year so we didn’t pay too much attention to that. We didn’t know what was true or false,” Christian Dvorak shares about the situation in Arizona he played under. [Journal de Montreal]
- Essentially what is happening with the Arizona Coyotes is a sale to the NHL to put the franchise on layaway until Arizona’s arena situation is figured out, with a subsequent purchase of a new franchise from the league, with all of Arizona’s current personnel, by the Utah group. [Sportsnet]
- Nick Jensen was taken off the ice on a stretcher following a hit from Mikey Eyssimont. [TSN]
- The Dallas Stars clinched the Central Division title with a win over the Seattle Kraken. [NHL.com]
- Colorado-Winnipeg is the first confirmed opening-round playoff matchup. [NHL.com]
- The Chicago Blackhawks signed Frank Nazar to his three-year ELC. [TSN]
- Sheldon Keefe believes Auston Matthews’s chase for 70 goals was a distraction for his team last night as it prepares for the playoffs. [Sportsnet]
- The Pittsburgh Penguins held a celebration for Erik Karlsson’s 1,000th game. [NHL.com]
- It will be Canada versus the United Stares for gold in today’s Women’s World Championship final. [TSN]
