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11 shots, just 1 from the defense. Smart to follow up on the rebound on his goal. Big 5-on-3 PK.

Just hope both #97 & 29 have off-games and a couple of Habs remain HOT (#14/48).

Sharks Holding Luke Kunin Out For Trade Purposes Kraken Holding Out Brandon Tanev For Trade Purposes (Are Armia & Savard playing tonight?) https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/

Would adding Rantanen, if could arrange new contract 1st, be worth it, or past his best before date soon? Am sure would be costly, but would look good in a Habs jersey.

road trip

The Canadiens | Jake Evans had packed his boxes | La Presse "Emil Heineman only learned it once on the plane. "I could hear the guys, but I didn't know who they were talking about. Then I knew it was Jake. I gave him a tope there when he got on board!" said the Swede, after the Canadiens' practice on the auxiliary ice at Rogers Place. "Everyone was happy. We organized a team dinner last night, all the players were there," added Samuel Montembeault."

Lots of Reinbacher plays get noted. Pairing of he and Engstrom seem to work well together, from the game reports anyways. https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/laval-rocket-utica-comets-2025-03-05-ahl-recap-score-highlights-david-reinbacher-dazzles-laurent-dauphin-logan-mailloux-adam-engstrom/ "... In fact, the only thing able to slow down the forecheck was the pairing of Reinbacher and Adam Engström who finally pushed the play to the other end of the ice, with Reinbacher nearly banking in a second goal off a Utica skate in front of goal." "...It was again the Reinbacher-Engström tandem flustering the Comets in the offensive zone, with Reinbacher directing the flow of offence like a seasoned vet."

Jake Evans went from packing up his apartment to finding permanence with the Canadiens - The Athletic “I think there’s a fine line,” Evans said after practice Wednesday. “I play pretty hard, and I do want to be respected and get somewhat fair value. But at the end of the day, the last few days, our whole apartment was packed up and stuff got real. Stuff picked up quick with management, and my wife and I realized that everything is great here, so why try and leave and chase extra dollars? Again, it’s great money. I can’t complain.”

But, what about a realistic player though?

Rocket Weekly: Starting March on a good note – HabsWorld.net "Emil Heineman, Lane Hutson, and Arber Xhekaj are the other waiver-exempt players on the roster but it’s unlikely any of them will go down. With Beck being an obvious paper candidate, the intrigue for me on Friday on this front will be what happens with Dobes. On the surface, he seems like a logical candidate to go down but the more I think of it, the more I think they might not do it, even with Laval being in line for what they hope is a long playoff run. We’ll see what happens soon enough." Utica Comets @ Laval Rocket Wednesday, March 05, 2025 | TheAHL.com | The American Hockey League 3-1 Rocket mid 2nd period. 4-1 mid 3rd Xhekaj 1a 1 shot 1 fight

Who do Jets have that fit the Habs?

Armia said publicly earlier in year he wants to remain with the Habs. Is there room for him and couple rookies in the bottom six? Seems unlikely, dosent it?

Kapanen 0pts 2 shots 20:49 ; 20+minutes the last 4 games

Why? Toss away assets for what reason?

1st take, i like him staying. I think better than just a 2nd rd pick and will make Suzuki happy to see he him not dealt away.