Quick Hits from around the league: Former Montreal Canadiens general manager Pierre Gauthier has joined the Chicago Blackhawks as director of player personnel, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday. Jamie Langenbrunner has inked a one-year contract extension with the St. Louis Blues. The deal is reportedly worth $1.25 million, but he could end up making an additional $250,000 if he meets [...]

Patrick Roy will not be the next General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens. According to Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune, Pierre Gauthier‘s old job will reportedly go to Marc Bergevin, recent assistant General Manager with the Chicago Blackhawks. The former Blackhawks defenseman joined the club’s front office seven years ago. Confirming Bergevin as the selected candidate, both Bob McKenzie and Darren Dreger of TSN [...]

Francois Gagnon of La Presse reports that NBC commentator and former NHL on TSN analyst Pierre McGuire had an interview with the Montreal Canadiens for their vacant General Manager post. While it wasn’t known if the talks were done in person or over the phone or whether McGuire met with Canadiens owner/president Geoff Molson or adviser Serge [...]

ESPN.com’s Pierre LeBrun confirms the Montreal Canadiens have relieved Pierre Gauthier of his duties. Canadiens President Geoff Molson will hold a press conference at 11:45 a.m. to discuss the move. Gauthier had held his current position since February 8, 2010, when he replaced Bob Gainey. The Canadiens finished eighth in the Eastern Conference that season. Last season, [...]

March 19:  The Ottawa Sun’s Bruce Garrioch throws in another name in the ring to possible replacements if Pierre Gauthier is fired. Garrioch likes NBC analyst Pierre McGuire. Garrioch writes, “He has a strong relationship with Habs owner Geoff Molson, is bilingual and has been a finalist for two General Manager posts Minnesota and Tampa.” March [...]

In its sixth year on the agenda at the annual March meeting of the NHL’s 30 general managers, hybrid icing now has some support and could be considered for a rule change recommendation this year. At least 20 managers have to vote in favor in order for the General Managers to bring a rule change [...]

Quick hits from around the league: Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston  Globe tweeted to Expect Tuukka Rask update late afternoon. Not surprised if he’s played last game of year. After he was hit with a shot, x-rays on Zach Parise‘s left hand revealed no broken bones. According to Rich Chere of the Star-Ledger, the Devils’ captain should be good to [...]

At yesterday’s Montreal Canadiens’ game, scouts from a third of the league were in attendance, tweeted Montreal Gazette’s Dave Stubbs: the St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Pittsburgh Penguins, Columbus Blue Jackets,Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings, Calgary Flames, Phoenix Coyotes,Ottawa Senators, Minnesota Wild and Toronto Maple Leafs. It makse sense that so many teams where in attendance, the Habs are going into seller’s mode very soon, and [...]

The Montreal Canadiens appear to be in seller’s mode but RDS’s Mario Tremblay writes, there are a handful of guys who aren’t going anywhere “Erik Cole, Max Pacioretty, Tomas Plekanec, Rene Bourque, David Desharnais and PK Subban will not go anywhere. The club is stuck with Tomas Kaberle.” That leaves the likes of Andrei Kostitsyn, Chris Campoli, Hal Gill and Travis Moen, among others, as potential trade targets. Now, [...]

According to CBC.ca’s Elliotte Friedman, Pierre Gauthier is likely the next to go there may already be a preferred candidate as replacement for Gauthier. Apparently there’s a “belief around the NHL” that Habs owner Geoff Molson is trying to convince Bob Gainey to return. Gainey served as Habs’ GM and occasional coach from 2003 until he resigned [...]