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Habs Daily: Lane Hutson Is Quadzilla, Prospect Contracts

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Montreal Canadiens prospect Lane Hutson

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

Montreal Canadiens News

Smaller players have to adapt to thrive in the NHL. Martin St-Louis and Yvan Cournoyer are two players who had to build up their leg mass to carve out ice against bigger opponents, and top prospect Lane Hutson is following suit. A recent picture highlighting his gigantic quadriceps has led to fans giving him the nickname ‘Quadzilla’. [Top Canadiens Prospect Lane Hutson Has Gigantic Legs]

The Habs did not offer an entry-level contract to Rhett Pitlick, and it’s unlikely they’ll give one to Ty Smilanic. The standards have been raised in recent years due to an influx of young, talented players acquired via a their many, many draft picks. It’ll become a common occurrence as the team continues to collect picks and prospects.  [Montreal Canadiens Likely To Allow More Prospects To Walk]

The President’s Cup will be hosted by the Royal Montreal Golf Club next month, giving Habs players a perfect opportunity to mingle with PGA members as they close out the golf season. [Canadiens]

This should come as no surprise as he’s already proven he’s a great athlete, but Nick Suzuki is also quite adept at playing golf with non-regulation equipment.

Meanwhile, Kent Hughes is taking in some summer hockey action at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup. It’s never too early to get a hard start on your work.


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Fortunately for all currently involved, the Penguins will not go through a scorched-earth financial crisis and rebuild this time. And that’s probably the best scenario for keeping Sidney Crosby: hope. [Pittsburgh Penguins]

After adding Oliver Kylington on Monday, the Colorado Avalanche now sit seven or eight deep on defence, depending on how you feel about Sam Malinski. Sure, a lot of those defencemen are very similar, as all but Josh Manson and Calvin de Haan are puck-moving defencemen who lack size, but the organization is deeper on defence today than they were a week ago. [Colorado Avalanche]

The Florida Panthers were so impressed with Gracyn Sawchyn following their prospect showcase in Estero last summer that coach Paul Maurice started the youngster out with some of the big guys at the start of training camp.  [Florida Panthers]

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