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Here are the Montreal Canadiens news items, stories and content you may have missed on Friday.

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• Unfortunately for the organization, the Laval Rocket also dropped their playoff game, losing 6–2 to the Toronto Marlies. Laval actually established a 2–0 lead midway through the first period, but the Marlies’ four powerplay goals were too much to handle. [AHL]

• One of the main reasons the Canadiens have been able to keep up with the Lightning is because of the play on the team’s third line. Or is this his fourth line? Either way, Alexandre Texier, Kirby Dach and Zachary Bolduc are scoring at a first-line pace. [Caufield Among Finalists For Lady Byng Memorial Trophy]

• Caufield, one of the players who has struggled at 5v5, was quick to send his praise.

Cole Coffield on Bolduc-Dach-Texier’s Habs line today:

“They’ve been unbelievable. For them to be able to see the puck low low and see a lot of the puck in the O-zone, it definitely helps our whole team. I think everybody has stepped up in their own way and brought more… pic.twitter.com/FaqV2hy9po

– /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) 1 May 2026

• As for Bolduc, he is one of several young players in the province who were inspired by the experienced Brendan Gallagher.

When he was just a kid, Zachary Bolduc (left in photo) went to an autograph session in Trois-Rivières.

Who was giving autographs that day? Brendan Gallagher.

Today, not only are they teammates, but Zachary Bolduc told me this… pic.twitter.com/7BXNMB7HTj

– Anthony Martineau (@Antho_Martineau) 1 May 2026

• Gallagher is appreciative of the support he has received since returning to the lineup.

“I really appreciate the support I get from my peers!” -Gallagher pic.twitter.com/iWbaHIfT6o

– TVA Sports (@TVASports) 1 May 2026

• With all due respect to Henrik Lundqvist, the game clearly lacks respect for Jacob Dobbs. Sure, he’s a rookie, but you could argue he’s done just as good a job as the veteran Andrei Vasilevskiy.

.@HLundqvist Revealed his Eastern Conference hackings 👀 pic.twitter.com/X8pIEEZXN1

– NHLonTNT (@NHL_On_TNT) 30 April 2026

• big bill It truly epitomizes what it means to be a member of the Montreal Canadiens.

Apparently after being named the first NHL Conn Smythe winner on this day in 1965:

Initially Jean Beliveau did not like the trophy very much nor was she very keen on having photographs taken with it, as it was a silver replica of the Maple Leaf Gardens. https://t.co/aHY4VtnDZp pic.twitter.com/3Laa5oKALw

– /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) 1 May 2026

• Noah Dobson skated on Friday, and by all accounts, it looks like he’s as close as possible to returning to the lineup. There were also some whispers that he was almost cleared to play in Game 6.

noah dobson on ice #hubs Morning skate after missing the first five games of the playoff series vs. the Lightning due to a thumb injury. pic.twitter.com/2rmifJ6dOw

– Stu Cowan (@StuCowan1) 1 May 2026

• Juraj Slafkowski decided to take a shot at Max Crozier, who was taken out of the lineup for Game 6.

Juraj Slafkowski on running into the Lightning’s Max Crozier in Game 4 today:

“He got a good hit. Good for the guy. He doesn’t play a lot so maybe that makes him play a little more. Gotta take it, it doesn’t matter if I get a hit or anything, it’s (about) how I come back. I just… pic.twitter.com/0NRLsMnSO7

– /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) 1 May 2026

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• Everything is being evaluated with the New Jersey Devils for GM Sunny Mehta, until they don’t. On Friday, Mehta made his first change as Devils GM, who has control of hockey operations. [New Jersey Devils]

• Mehta will face big decisions this summer as he decides on five key New Jersey Devils pending free agents – including a big ‘maybe’. Priority No. 1 for Mehta should be to lock up Nico Hischier as soon as he’s eligible, however, he has one year left on his deal. It would not be wise to keep it hanging for long, but the time is there. [New Jersey Devils]

• The Ottawa Senators have kept Brady Tkachuk under contract for two more seasons, and trade rumors are heating up. Tkachuk’s future with Ottawa remains in doubt, despite captain’s recent comments regarding trade rumors [Ottawa Senators]

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F1’s last chance to figure things out before the real action begins did not disappoint on Wednesday – especially for Scuderia Ferrari.

Charles Leclerc walked fastest in the morning. On lap seven Lance Stroll’s car stopped and went into the gravel. Lewis Hamilton looks more optimistic than in the last two years. And Aston Martin gave everyone another reason to worry.

Welcome to the first day of the second Bahrain test. In three weeks, everyone will head to Melbourne for Round 1 of the 2026 Formula 1 season.

So, what have we learned so far from the second week of testing on Wednesday?

ferrari looks like ferrari

Charles Leclerc set the fastest time of the morning – 1:33.739 – putting him three-tenths of a second ahead of reigning world champion Lando Norris. Mercedes teenager Kimi Antonelli finished third, once again finishing tenth.

For fans new to the sport: three-tenths in F1 is like daylight. But time sheets don’t always tell the truth. Teams run different fuel loads and tire compounds during testing, and no one shows everything they’ve got. Think of it like the NFL preseason – starters don’t play a full game.

What was harder to hide was the difference in the rest of the field. Williams’ Alex Albon was fourth, almost two full seconds behind Leclerc. Haas driver Esteban Ocon told reporters the midfield was “seconds away” from the front. In a race over 50 laps two seconds of lap time is the difference between fighting for points and fighting for survival.

Ferrari,McLaren,Mercedes. All three of them looked like they were working on a different level. again.

Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton seems like a different person

Ferrari split the day between the drivers, so Hamilton’s track time came in the afternoon. But he spent the morning talking to the media and what he said was worth listening to.

Last year was the worst year of his career. He joined Ferrari from Mercedes – a move considered the most important chapter of his historic career – and spent the entire season without a podium. For the seven-time world champion, this is no slump. This is a crisis. He didn’t like the car, his relationship with engineer Riccardo Adami broke down and he spent 2025 as a man driving someone else’s machine.

“Last year, we were locked in the car that I eventually inherited,” Hamilton told reporters. “It’s a car that I’ve been able to develop on the simulator for the last 8-10 months, and so I feel like a bit of my DNA is within it, so I’m more connected.”

On his headspace: “I’ve really spent a lot of time this winter rebuilding, refocusing, really getting my body and mind to a better place,” he said.

🚨 | Hamilton is happy so far: “The performance of the car so far really excites me. Working with this new generation of cars is a very different experience; we are trying to learn everything from scratch, in real time.”

“Last year, I had to race a car whose baseline I… pic.twitter.com/spqR8pOJeQ

– La Gazzeta Ferrari (@GazzetaFerrari) 18 February 2026

He is 41 years old. He has been rejected before. And Ferrari’s car looked so fast on Wednesday that their optimism may have been based on something real.

Aston Martin Just Can’t Catch a Break

On Wednesday afternoon, Lance Stroll’s AMR26 lost drive going into Turn 11. Honda’s power unit dropped to neutral. The car turned around. After seven rounds the walker climbed out.

red flag. Flatbed tow. The day is over.

This is not a one-time thing. During the first test last week, Aston Martin logged fewer laps than any other team. Stoll estimated that the car was four to four and a half seconds behind the pace. This is not an interval that you will complete in three weeks.

The AMR26 is the first car built under Adrian Newey, who left Red Bull last year in one of the biggest moves in recent F1 history. Newey designed four consecutive championship-winning cars at Red Bull, so expectations were high. But the car’s aggressive aero concept is believed to be causing cooling problems for the Honda power unit, which is already suspected to be short on power.

Fernando Alonso, who managed only 28 laps on Wednesday morning, said during the first test that Newey “has not forgotten how an F1 car is designed.” This is probably true. Getting the thing to last an entire afternoon is a different problem altogether.

Red Bull and Cadillac are also in trouble

Was an Aston Martin company. Red Bull rookie Isak Hadjar managed only 13 laps after suffering a coolant pressure problem. He is still sixth fastest, suggesting that the RB22 has the pace beneath the headache. But 13 laps isn’t much to push forward.

American team Cadillac also struggled in its first F1 season. Their driver, Sergio Pérez, the same man who was released by Red Bull, suffered sensor problems which caused him to lose the entire first hour. Not a productive morning, at the track, for both Red Bull and Cadillac.

what really matters

The 2026 rules are the biggest reset F1 has seen in years. New power units. Active aerodynamics, where wing elements automatically adjust depending on speed to balance drag on straight lines with downforce through corners. No one has ever raced it. Every team is still learning.

More than two testing days left. Then it’s Melbourne.

Looks like Ferrari has got them together. Aston Martin has the most ground to make up. Everything else is still being sorted out.

The Australian Grand Prix is ​​on March 8. Answers are coming.

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