MONTREAL Montreal Canadiens fans already jonesing for more hockey can circle Oct. 13 on their calendar. On Thursday, the National Hockey League released the schedule for the upcoming 2021-22 season and the Habs will open their season on the road against the Toronto Maple Leafs. It will be the latest match up in an ancient rivalry that was recently renewed, with the Canadiens coming back from a 3-1 series deficit to upset the heavily favoured Leafs in the first round of the playoffs. Their first game at home will be against the New York Rangers on Oct. 16. The Habs played every regular season game to an empty Bell Centre last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Fleury, whose brother Cale was the Kraken s pick from the Montreal Canadiens, scored four points (three goals, one assist) in 47 games with the Ducks and Carolina Hurricanes this season, including three points (two goals, one assist) in 12 games after he was acquired by Anaheim in a trade April 12. The 25-year-old has scored 27 points (seven goals, 20 assists) in 179 regular-season games with the Ducks and Hurricanes and two goals in 17 Stanley Cup Playoff games. Selected by Carolina at No. 7 in the 2014 NHL Draft, he has one season remaining on a two-year contract he signed Oct. 27, 2020.
Rosen s analysis: Fleury was Seattle GM Ron Francis first pick as a general manager when Francis was with Carolina. He never developed into an NHL regular with the Hurricanes, which is a big reason they traded him to the Ducks. But Fleury is still young for a defenseman and has size (6-foot-3, 208 pounds). He can become a restricted free agent after next season, so
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Calgary Flames captain Mark Giordano (5) skates up the ice during the third period of NHL action against the Ottawa Senators, in Ottawa on Monday, March 22, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick July 21, 2021 - 9:21 PM
Mark Giordano has known for a while that leaving the Calgary Flames was a possibility.
For weeks, he s regularly discussed the potential move with Flames general manager Brad Treliving. Still, the 37-year-old defenceman was pretty emotional Tuesday night when he received official word that he had been picked by the Seattle Kraken in the NHL expansion draft.
He thought about his teammates in Calgary and how he d spent his entire 15-season NHL career with the Flames. He thought about the uncertainty of joining a brand-new franchise, one where the roster hadn t yet been announced.