Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- A candid conversation between Michael Hage and Chicago Steel head coach Mike Garman after a poor start for the USHL team was the catalyst to the turnaround that rocketed him up to a first-round draft projection. [La Presse]
- Jacob Fowler is only focused on one thing: winning. [Montreal Gazette]
- Quentin Miller is thankful to have quality goaltenders in Jakub Dobes and Fowler in the system pushing him to be great. [La Presse]
- Mikus Vecvanags was selected by the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in the CHL Import Draft. [RDS]
- Tyler Thorpe was excited to meet his boyhood idol at development camp, Alex Burrows. [Journal de Montreal]
- Sitting through all 225 selections at Sphere without hearing his name called, Alexander Zetterberg received a text message from the Canadiens inviting him to development camp, giving him his shot with an NHL franchise after all. [Journal de Montreal]
- A photo gallery of the Canadiens’ development camp so far. [Canadiens.com]
- Daniel Jacob has returned to the Laval Rocket in an assistant-coaching capacity. [La Presse]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Dan Bylsma brought his Coachella Valley Firebirds assistant coaches with him to his new head-coaching role with the Seattle Kraken, making Jessica Campbell the first female coach in NHL history. [NHL.com]
- Anton Lundell signed a six-year contract extension with the Florida Panthers. [NHL.com]
- They also signed bought-out defenceman Nate Schmidt to a one year contract. [TSN]
- The Detroit Red Wings signed Vladimir Tarasenko to a two-year contract. [Winging It In Motown]
- Bobby Brink has a new two-year deal with the Philadelphia Flyers. [Broad Street Hockey]
- After barely making the post-season last year, the Washington Capitals added several players to make things easier on Alexander Ovechkin in 2024-25. [NHL.com]
