Habs Daily: Canadiens Trade Partners, Trade Options, Engstrom

All the latest Montreal Canadiens news, highlights, and stories from this past weekend.

Habs News

• In this edition of the Montreal Canadiens Mailbag, we discuss several topics, including where Mattias Norlinder will end up, potential trade ideas due to the surplus of goaltenders, trade ideas submitted by Habs Faifhtul, the Laval Rocket’s difficult season, the three-headed monster that is the goaltending situation, the logjam on defence, Kirby Dach’s injury history, and much more.[Habs Mailbag: Defensive Logjam, Rocket Issues, Trade Options]
• Several NHL teams could use an upgrade in the goaltending position. Given that Cayden Primeau, Jake Allen, and Samuel Montembeault are among the top 30 goaltenders in the NHL in goals saved above expected, they could help a few teams reach their goals. [Top NHL Teams That Should Trade For Canadiens Goalies
• Elite Prospects analyst Lassi Alanen released a very interesting breakdown of Canadiens prospect Adam Ensgtrom’s play for Rogle BK in the SHL.

Film Room: How Montréal Canadiens prospect Adam Engström's leveraged his skating and skill to become one of Sweden's top defence prospects #GoHabsGo

✍️: @lassialanen

🔗: https://t.co/rPjAEDACd6 pic.twitter.com/EbU8h1nVN4

— EP Rinkside (@EPRinkside) December 11, 2023

• Speaking of Engstrom, Rogle decided to fire their coaching staff yesterday. Rogle is currently 11th out of 14 teams in the SHL.

According to @SportExpressen Adam Engström's coach and GM (and Canadians) Cam and Chris Abbott has been fired from Rögle.

In regards to the #Habs prospect's development my take is that since Max Bohlin (the defensive coach) stays on, Engström's development shouldn't be hindered

— Patrik Bexell (@Zeb_Habs) December 11, 2023

National Hockey Now Network

• When Logan Cooley, a native of the Pittsburgh suburb of West Mifflin, was 5, he was part of the inaugural class of kids who participated in the Sidney Crosby Little Penguins program, which provides youngsters with full hockey gear and 10 on-ice learning sessions. [Pittsburgh Penguins]
• If you watch the Avalanche one week, you might catch them in the middle of a hot streak where they’re running right through teams. A week later, they might look like a completely different team, and not in a good way. It’s difficult to pin down exactly what this team is. [Colorado Avalanche]
• Former NHL forward and coach Tony Granato, who served a tenure as an assistant coach with the Detroit Red Wings, was announcing on Sunday that he’ll be stepping away from his duties as an analyst with the NHL Network and on Chicago Blackhawks broadcasts. Granato went on to reveal that he is battling non-Hodgkins lymphoma.[Detroit Red Wings]