Tuesday’s News and Notes
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Tuesday was Max Pacioretty’s annual charity golf tournament and with that came some updates on his status with the Habs moving forward.
Tuesday was Max Pacioretty’s annual charity golf tournament and with that came some updates on his status with the Habs moving forward.
Despite the potential distractions heading into the 2018-19 season, Max Pacioretty should be able to get back to the top goal-scoring form that he has provided for the Habs for several years.
Shea Weber’s second season in Montreal was a rough one as injuries derailed him from the start. While he’ll miss the early part of 2018-19, he still projects to be a significant contributor when he returns.
The Habs made a minor trade on Monday, acquiring winger Hunter Shinkaruk from Calgary in exchange for winger Kerby Rychel. Montreal then quickly signed Shinkaruk to a one-year, two-way deal.
While the Coyotes were hoping that Max Domi would rebound after a quiet sophomore season, that didn’t exactly happen last year. Now that he’s in a new environment in Montreal, will he become more of a scoring threat?
Lost among all of the things that went quite wrong for the Habs last season was that Jeff Petry wound up having a career year. How will he follow that up in 2018-19?
Paul Byron has been among the league leaders in shooting percentage over the last few years. Will that be the case again next season or will he take a step back in the goal-scoring department?
While he had an injury-plagued season, Phillip Danault still had a respectable year offensively which helped land him a three-year deal this summer. How will he follow up on that in 2018-19?
In general, hockey is a sport that is filled with very conservative thinkers and the Canadiens are among them. It’s time for them to start embracing some change.
Jonathan Drouin’s first season with the Habs didn’t go quite as well as many anticipated. Now with a year at his new position under his belt, is there cause for optimism that his production could improve in 2018-19?