Habs Daily: Rookie Camp Invites And Omissions, Number Changes

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

Montreal Canadiens News

The Habs announced the 23-player list of prospects invited to the team’s rookie camp, which begins this week. Owen Beck, Lane Hutson, Logan Mailloux, and David Reinbacher headline a very strong group of NHL hopefuls.  [Canadiens Rookie Camp List Overflowing With Talented Prospects]

Despite the significant amount of talent attending camp this year, there are some notable omissions from the Canadiens’ roster list this year that won’t be attending rookie camp for various reasons. [The Biggest Omissions From Canadiens Rookie Camp]

Prospect Quentin Miller is expected to be in Montreal for the rookie camp, but a recent shoulder injury could lead to missed time for the 19-year-old goaltender. [Le Soir]

Once upon a time, Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher took to the ice with No.73, rather than his current No.11. He’s one among many Habs players who ended up changing their numbers throughout the years.  [A History Of Montreal Canadiens Jersey Number Changes]

It’s never a bad time for Ivan Demidov highlights.

Demidov est passé bien près de marquer son premier but de la saison, mais son tir est venu frapper le poteau à la gauche du gardien (voir clip #2) pic.twitter.com/LWTnfRO5Nq

— MasterHockey (@MasterHockey_) September 8, 2024

National Hockey Now Network

The presumptive denials that Sidney Crosby could play for anyone else but the Pittsburgh Penguins are beginning to soften. After a summer of waiting for news of the new contract, training camp and the slip-n-slide of the 2024-25 NHL season are nearly upon us. [Pittsburgh Penguins]

We’re a week into September and the New Jersey Devils still have some business to take care of before the start of training camp. Or, they hope it’s done before it begins. Veterans will report to camp on September 18th — which will also be the first day of on-ice training camp activities. Dawson Mercer, despite his young age, is expected to be part of that group. That is, however, unless he doesn’t sign a contract. [New Jersey Devils]

Things should be different for the Washingotn Capitals this year. Former general manager Brian MacLellan added forwards Andrew Mangiapane and Pierre-Luc Dubois through trades, to hopefully add more goals to the mix. [Washington Capitals]