Habs Daily: Fowler’s New Mask, Sawyer Prospect Highlights

Here are the Montreal Canadiens news items, highlights, and stories you may have missed Thursday.

Montreal Canadiens News

After an excellent freshman season that saw lead the entire NCAA in wins (38), Jacob Fowler is expected to return to the Boston College Eagles for his sophomore campaign, but that didn’t stop him from paying homage to the last Montreal Canadiens goaltender to win a Stanley Cup, Patrick Roy.

L’espoir des Canadiens Jacob Fowler rend hommage à Patrick Roy avec son nouveau masque 👇🤩 pic.twitter.com/zW34E92vn7

— RDS (@RDSca) July 4, 2024

Independent scout Hadi Kalakeche put together a great series of tweet analyzing freshly drafted prospect Logan Sawyer’s skill set. Sawyer was picked by the Canadiens in the third round of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, 78th overall. He’s committed to player for Providence (NCAA) in 2025-26, but we’re yet to receiving confirmation regarding where he’ll play next season. You can click on the tweet embedded below to view the full string, or you can click here.

Let’s start with the smarts, particularly the offensive anticipation.

Constant scanning, proactive decision-making and mental clarity allow for quick, crisp passing plays, and solid creation off the steal & cycle.

Anticipates opponsing rotations & decisions extremely well. 2/9 pic.twitter.com/t3KXMFm4ST

— Hadi Kalakeche (@HadiK_Scouting) July 4, 2024

The 2024-25 season will provide Brendan Gallagher with a chance to pass several notable franchise players in both games played and goals scored. As a reminder, the rumours of Gallagher’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. [Veteran Brendan Gallagher’s Value To The Montreal Canadiens]

Brendan Gallagher will have the opportunity this coming season to pass some pretty impressive Montreal Canadiens names of the past for games played and goals scored. pic.twitter.com/0zKM0BQbhD

— Andrew Zadarnowski (@AZadarski) July 4, 2024

Speaking of Gallagher, he was at the Canadiens development camp in Brossard, providing a veteran presence for the many young prospects in attendance.

It’s great to see Brendan Gallagher meeting the prospects at the Habs development camp today. pic.twitter.com/mu7xoFNSfJ

— /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) July 4, 2024

National Hockey Now Network

• New Jersey Devils General Manager Tom Fitzgerald addressed the media on the last day of development camp and following free agency. He had a lot to say. [New Jersey Devils]
• General manager Steve Yzerman persuaded Patrick Kane to stay in Detroit, traded two veterans, brought in two goalies with NHL experience, signed a noteworthy role player and landed a six-time 30-plus goalscorer. And he may not be done. [Detroit Red Wings]
• After receiving his qualifying offer over the weekend, forward Bobby Brink agreed to a new two-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday worth $3 million in total, carrying an AAV of $1.5 million. [Boston Bruins]