All Habs Headlines: Sunday July 19, 2015 |
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On this day in hockey history… 1892 — Hall of Fame coach Dick Irvin was born. 1999 — St. John’s Ice Caps head coach Sylvain Lefebre has signed by the New York Rangers. 2003 — The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim signed free agent forward Sergei Fedorov. |
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► Timmins on this year’s draft class
- Trevor Timmins, Canadiens Vice President of player personnel and Director of Amateur Scouting, was interviewed by Canadiens.com about this year’s draft class and he had some interesting comments.
- On NHL teams’ dependence on the draft to build their rosters: “The draft is the building block for all teams now a days […] it’s the only way to acrue a top six forward, top four d-men and starting goalies. […] there’s just no free agents available now-a-days that can fill those roles.”
- On the drafting of Carey Price: “We took a lot of heat when we drafted Carry. […] we always projected Carey to be a future franchise player and on draft day 10 years ago he was the last player on the board we thought would be a franchise player.”
- On this year’s first round pick Noah Juulsen: “We were on him throughout the entire season and noticed the improvement that he made each and every month and come playoff time he was a real top notch playoff performer which solidified what we saw in him.”
- On third rounder Lukas Vejdemo being under the radar: “Last season he suffered a severe injury and missed most of the season […] he wasn’t on any of the national teams because of missing so much time last year so you had to see him in his league so a lot of the North American scouts didn’t get exposure to him.”
On his potential: “He’s got really strong character, really strong hockey sense and he’s a good skater, we like the way he disburses the puck and makes his linemates better.” - On his projection for 5th rounder Matthew Bradley: “If you look back at his stats historically he’s always been a point producer, I think next season you’ll see his point total really rise up [from 40] and the year after especially. […] I see him more in an offensive role going forward.”
- On Greenfield Park native Simon Bourque: “He played behind some higher profile players in Rimouski […] I think this is a guy that will make people notice him this year in more of a leadership role, first unit PP first unit PK.”
- On whether he utilizes family connections to gain more information on players: “It’s another reference tool yeah, we check with coaches, trainers, you name it.”
- On seventh rounder Jeremiah Addison: “He played in my backyard, I live in Ottawa, so I’ve seen a lot of him especially in the playoffs he was a huge playoff performers for the 67’s he scored a lot of big goals for them and had a good run. He’s a power forward type, he likes to shoot the puck, likes to play in the paint.”
► De La Rose enjoying summer
- Jacob de La Rose doing his best Brad Marchand impression set to the music “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.”
► A pair of Habs at Canadiens hockey School
- Lars Eller and the newly drafted Simon Bourque were guests at Canadiens hockey school and it looks like they enjoyed themselves:
► Galchenyuk on the wing or centre to start?
- With the injury to Max Pacioretty and the lack of a trade by Marc Bergevin, it appears as though Alex Galchenyuk will be starting on the wing…once again.
- For the fourth straight season the player who was drafted as the team’s number one centreman will be playing the wing, and this might be the end of his endeavours down the middle.
- When he was drafted he was regarded as the Habs’ version of Evgeni Malkin, a centreman who can score. Galchenyuk started in junior as a winger but was transitioned into a centreman in his rookie season due to injuries in the Sarnia Sting lineup. That season Galchenyuk posted 31 goals and 83 points in 68 games.
- Galchenyuk might be better off playing on the wing with the Canadiens lack of impact left wingers and the step to his transition into a full time left winger will be if the Canadiens’ decide to re-sign Plekanec, if he’s back with the team next year, Galchenyuk will be a winger full time.
- However, the Canadiens website might give fans, who prefer to see Galchenyuk at centre, some hope.
► Seattle out?
- Quebec and Las Vegas have one less competitor for an expansion franchise this season. The man who was potentially going to submit a bid for an NHL franchise in Seattle, Victor Coleman, will not be submitting a bid before the July 20th deadline according to Chris Daniels.
- Unlike Quebec and Las Vegas who arenas in progress, Seattle will still need to start the process.
- Seattle already has football, baseball and soccer teams in the Seahawks, the Mariners and the Sounders and used to have a basketball team in the Sonics before they move to Oklahoma City.
► DSP and Rinaldo play for charity
- Habs forward Devante Smith-Pelly participated in Zac Rinaldo’s charity ball hockey tournament on Saturday.
- As we reported to you last week, this event attracted 300 kids between the ages of 6 and 14 comprising 25 teams for the tourney. In addition to the Canadiens Smith-Pelly, other NHL’ers participated including Wayne Simmonds, Ryan Ellis and Darnell Nurse.
@smithpelly23 Thanks for taking time for autographs and pictures with local kids. Happy #Habs fans! #fight4acause pic.twitter.com/6N0e93VkK4
— Malcolm Stoffman (@MomentumMalcolm) July 18, 2015
► DD and Max
- Corey Desormeaux takes a look at the on ice chemistry between David Desharnais and Max Pacioretty.
► Habs offense improving?
- J.D. Lagrange takes a look at if the Habs have made any progress on improving their scoring.
► Take it slow Max
- Blake Bennett prefers that the Canadiens not rush No. 67 back in Pacioretty Need Not Be Back for Season Opener
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