Habs Headlines: Banking on Juraj

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• The Canadiens are banking big time on Juraj Slafkovsky. [Montreal Gazette]
• Slafkovsky: ‘I feel like we’re building something really special’. [Montreal Canadiens]
• Slafkovsky wanted to get this deal done ASAP. [La Presse | RDS]
• The Habs have hired Lauri Korpikoski as a player development coach based in Europe, and moved Alex Burrows to the role of player development consultant. [Montreal Canadiens | La Presse]
• Burrows’ move is a perfect compromise. [RDS]
• A lack of big names lends an interesting flavour to the Habs’ upcoming development camp. [La Presse | RDS]
• Jacob Fowler wants to take his time when it comes to his journey towards the NHL. [La Presse]
• Kent Hughes remains confident that he can get free agents to sign with Montreal in the future. [Montreal Gazette]

Around the league and elsewhere

• Ten lessons that we learned from the first day of free agency. [The Athletic]
• The winners and losers of day one of free agency. [The Athletic]
• The St. Louis Blues have signed forward Pavel Buchnevich to a six-year, $48 million contract extension with an AAV of $8 million per season. [TSN]
• Day two of free agency brought a host of more minor transactions across the league. [TSN]
• NHL free agency shows the advantage that teams in states with no income tax have. [Sportsnet]
• Former Los Angeles King and now Washington Capital Matt Roy quells locker room concerns about Pierre-Luc Dubois: ‘He’s a great teammate’. [RMNB]
• The top five most surprising undrafted players from the 2024 Entry Draft. [The Hockey Writers]
• After a second consecutive draft where no QMJHL players were selected in the first round, where is Quebec Hockey going wrong? [Radio-Canada]