All Habs Headlines: Draft Day: Friday June 27, 2014
On this day in hockey history… In 1998, the Tampa Bay Lightning selected Vincent Lecavalier first overall in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. Lecavalier was called the “Michael Jordan of hockey” by Lightning owner Art Williams.
All Habs Headlines: NHL Draft Day Edition by Dante A |
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► Today at 7 pm is the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. The Canadiens are slated to select 26th overall.
- All Habs has the draft covered as we have a team at the draft in Philadelphia!
- Check out Simon Servant’s mock draft:
- Track the draft as it is happening with All Habs’ draft tracker
► Canadiens sign Andrei Markov to a three year deal.
- The Habs signed Markov to a three year deal which will pay him $5.75 annually.
- Chris Johnston of Sportsnet reports that there is a limited no trade clause.
Andrei Markov received a limited no-trade clause from the #habs.
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) June 23, 2014
► Canadiens 2014-15 season schedule is released
- The Canadiens will open and close the season at the Air Canada Centre vs the Maple Leafs.
- The Habs will begin the season on a three game road trip in Toronto, Washington and Philadelphia.
- The home opener will be Thursday the 16th versus the Bruins following a four day break.
- The Canadiens will play 16 sets of back-to-back games. The only set of two home games will be the “Family Games” on Super Bowl weekend against the Capitals and Coyotes. The Habs will also play a home and home series against the Sabres.
- The Stanley Cup champion LA Kings will be in Montreal on December 12th.
- There will be 22 Saturday, 19 Tuesday and 17 Thursday games.
► Broadcast details:
- Rogers plans to broadcast 32 Canadiens games nationally across Canada.
- Rogers will use the following networks for their broadcasts: CBC, City, Sportsnet (East, Ontario, West, Pacific), Sportsnet One, Sportsnet 360 and FX Canada.
- In French, you can expect Canadiens national games on TVA or TVA Sports.
- As of now the Canadiens have no regional English language broadcasts.
- The Canadiens previously secured a 12-year deal with Bell Media that allows RDS to broadcast all Canadiens regional games (60 games) in French. The deal also retains naming rights to the Bell Centre.
► Gerard Gallant officially hired by the Florida Panthers as Head Coach
- Gerard Gallant was officially introduced as the Florida Panthers head coach today.
- “Obviously we are disappointed to see an individual like Gerard Gallant leave our organization, but on behalf of the management team and the entire coaching staff I would like to wish Gerard the best of luck as the new head coach of the Florida Panthers,” Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin said in a statement. “Over the past two years, Gerard has been a valuable asset for us and contributed to the success of our team.”
► Brian Gionta is considering other options
- Although the Canadiens and Brian Gionta have begun contract talks, Gionta and his agent Steve Bartlett have begun talking to other teams.
- TVA Sports reported that Gionta is looking at options elsewhere.
► Canadiens, P.K. Subban to begin contract talks today
- Pierre LeBrun of ESPN.com tweeted earlier today that Subban’s agent Don Meehan will meet with the Canadiens today regarding Subban’s free agency.
- LeBrun also says that the Canadiens intend to match any offer sheet submitted to Subban.
► Canadiens and Panthers talk trade
- Jimmy Murphy reported yesterday that the Canadiens and Panthers were engaged in trade talks.
- He also said that he does not believe they were regarding the first overall pick in the NHL Draft Friday.
- According to Murphy the Panthers are shopping Dimitri Kulikov and the Habs may be interested.
► Mike Weaver contract talks hit road block.
- According to multiple sources, UFA Mike Weaver has not been offered a contract as of yet but continues to talk with the Canadiens.
- It has also been reported that many teams have shown interest in Weaver, but he would prefer to stay in Montreal.
- It has been rumoured that the Canadiens are going after a bigger fish in the free agency sea.
Other NHL News:
► Matt Niskanen heads to Free Agency
- Penguins defenseman Matt Niskanen informed the Penguins today that he intends to test the free agency market.
► Ryan Kesler could be dealt very soon
- Darren Dreger of TSN reports that Ryan Kesler could be dealt within the next 24 hours, location to be determined.
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