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Habs Daily: Matheson’s Save, Laval Rocket, Vinzenz Rohrer
Here are the Montreal Canadiens news items, stories, and content you may have missed on Tuesday.
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ICYMI: No one can dispute the Habs enjoyed a successful season, at least relative to the expectations from most fans. However, the playoff appearance has raised the bar, which means Kent Hughes and Co. will have to maintain an upward trajectory in the next few seasons. To do so, they’ll need to fix a few glaring issues, including the current dearth of centre options. [Montreal Canadiens Summer Shopping List – Team Needs]
Montreal Canadiens defenceman Mike Matheson made an excellent save during Team Canada’s 5-3 win over Sweden at the 2025 World Championship. It was an important win for Canada, as they were fresh off a 2-1 loss against Finland on Monday. Fellow Hab Emil Heineman was held off the scoresheet for Sweden.
Elite minder of nets Mike Matheson with the save of the tournament for Team Canada 🇨🇦
— /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) May 20, 2025
Prospect Vinzenz Rohrer had another solid game for Austria. The 20-year-old scored twice as Austria beat Latvia 6-1 at the World Championship. With the two-goal effort, the hard-working forward now has four goals and two assists in seven games.
Habs prospect Vinzenz Rohrer with his 4th goal at the World Championship for Austria 🇦🇹 today, who advance to the quarterfinals.
He now has 4 goals & 2 assists for 6 points in 7 games. pic.twitter.com/SecExpkcAz
— /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) May 20, 2025
The Laval Rocket are set to play Game 3 of the North Division Final. Laval and the Rochester Americans will play the final three games of the series at Place Bell, which should give Montreal’s farm team a significant advantage, as the fans in Laval tend to create a very intense atmosphere for the home team. [Flo Hockey]
Emil Heineman used his excellent shot to help Sweden beat France by a sore of 5-0 at the World Championship.
Emil Heineman gets a great shot on net and Sweden leads 2-0.
Absolutely destroyed the water bottle. #Mensworlds pic.twitter.com/GmMxqTPbVo
— Steven Ellis (@SEllisHockey) May 17, 2025
I know the Toronto Maple Leafs want to avoid hearing they’re a team without grit, grind, or greatness, but their latest motto is not doing them any favours. Jokes aside, the Leafs really need to stop obsessing over the past and look forward to the future, but that’s never easy to do when half the teams in the Eastern Conference have recently eliminated them from the playoffs in a very embarrassing manner.
Craig Berube meeting media today. Players to follow.
Berube with some opening remarks. Talks about how much he enjoyed coaching this team. The buy-in from players was excellent, he said. Obviously nobody happy with Game 7 but he’s proud of the many good things they did this year pic.twitter.com/4IcTIfZ3iS— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) May 20, 2025
National Hockey Now Network
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ trade acquisitions this season were names that rightfully didn’t generate much excitement. Salary dumps, spare parts, and second chances rather than established veterans with predictable production comprise general manager Kyle Dubas’s transaction list. [Pittsburgh Penguins]
Nathan MacKinnon was interviewed after a World Championship game and grew frustrated with the line of questioning from a reporter.[Colorado Avalanche]
By the sound of it, New Jersey Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald plans to be aggressive this summer. He wants to add, but he can only do that if he’s going to subtract some current contracts. Some changes to no-move/trade clauses as of July 1st make that task a touch easier. [New Jersey]
