Marc Dumont
Here are the Montreal Canadiens news items, highlights, and stories you may have missed this past weekend.
Montreal Canadiens News
According to Pierre LeBrun, the Canadiens have started making calls to gauge the NHL’s trade market. Even though there are some players who could be moved without hurting the current lineup, improving the roster via an early-season trade will be a difficult task for general manager Kent Hughes. [Montreal Canadiens Options For Early-Season Trades]
Usually it would be difficult to suggest multiple players being injured is a good news situation, but we’re discussing the Montreal Canadiens, which means the short-term recovery timeframes for Juraj Slafkovsky, Kaiden Guhle, and Justin Barron fall into that category. [Canadiens Receive Good News On The Injury Front]
The Habs won both their games on the weekend, starting with a well-deserved 5-2 win over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday, powered by Kirby Dach and Lane Hutson, among others. [Canadiens Instant Recap: Dach And Hutson Shine In Big Win]
On Sunday, the Habs held on to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3, with sniper Cole Caufield registering his eighth goal of the year, good for second overall in the NHL. Nick Suzuki had a two-point effort, pushing his season totals to 11 points in nine games. [Canadiens Instant Recap: Red Hot Caufield Keeps Scoring Goals]
National Hockey Now Network
In a slight surprise to some fans, the Philadelphia Flyers re-assigned rookie centre Jett Luchanko to his junior hockey team in the OHL, the Guelph Storm. [Philadelphia Flyers]
So, six years into the rebuild, here’s where things apparently stand for the Detroit Red Wings. Losing is worthy of celebration. [Detroit Red Wings]
Like many of his peers, Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice likes to look at his season in blocks of 10 games. With that in mind, the Panthers are quietly off to a solid start to the year. [Florida Panthers]
