Habs Daily: Canadiens Trade Targets, Draft Lottery Status

All the latest Habs news, recent Montreal Canadiens stories, as well as information from around the National Hockey League.

Habs News

• The Montreal Canadiens will be looking into dangling the Florida Panthers’ 1st-round pick to add another young, core piece to their roster. Here are a couple of options: [Canadiens Trade Targets]
• The Canadiens won the 2022 NHL Draft Lottery, but that doesn’t mean that they won’t be able to win it another couple of times in the future. [Canadiens NHL Draft Lottery Status]
• Canadiens prospect Jared Davidson has maintained his excellent scoring pace in the WHL playoffs. The question remains, will the high-scoring prospect’s skillset translate to the professional level? [Canadiens Prospects]

National Hockey Now News

• After a surprising opening-game loss to the Seattle Kraken, the Colorado Avalanche appear to be shaking up their lines ahead of their next game. [Colorado Avalanche]
• The NHL trade rumours connecting J.T. Miller to the Pittsburgh Penguins won’t die, but will anything come from them? [Pittsburgh Penguins]
• Center Cutter Gauthier, 19, the Philadelphia Flyers prospect and a player who had an outstanding freshman season at Boston College, announced last month he had decided to stay in school for another year, and Flyers GM Daniel Briere applauds the decision. [Philadelphia Flyers]
• It has been almost a month now since Sam Bennett last suited up for the Florida Panthers and the team has probably missed their second-line center more than they could have imagined. [Florida Panthers]
• Detroit Red Wings forward Robby Fabbri says you shouldn’t be at all concerned about the cleanup procedure he underwent late in the season on his knee. It’s easy to assume that in the case of anyone who’s had both knees surgically repaired – one of them twice – any time they need to go under the knife for further work on either knee is a deadly serious matter. Fabbri, though, insists that simply isn’t the case with him. [Detroit Red Wings]
• After the Vegas Golden Knights were shocked by the Winnipeg Jets in their opening game, a few key players took some maintenance days; leading to some important line changes. [Vegas Golden Knights]
• Boston Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron did not play in Game 2 against the Florida Panthers, and his status for the series is now up in the air as well. [Boston Bruins]