For this month's Media Stories of the Month episode, we're joined by Safia Ahmad (@safs_onthego), the Media relations manager for Les Canadiennes, and Eric Engels (@ericengels), the Montreal Canadiens/NHL Insider at Sportsnet.
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Here's all the stories we covered in this episode:
Evander Kane adjusting to the Bay area, the story by Paul Gackle: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/10/racism-winnipeg-and-why-the-sharks-are-a-good-fit-for-evander-kane/
Georges Laraque dropped a tweet about Taylor Hall going to rehab a couple days ago: https://sports.yahoo.com/georges-laraque-apologizes-false-taylor-hall-rehab-rumour-203948908.html
The American Media and their validation of the Toronto Raptors, and how we as Canadians feels about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/torontoraptors/comments/83nko7/approval_from_american_media/
Women’s hockey: A ton of players are tweeting #OneLeague in favour of having one major hockey league for women. There’s also the struggle of maintaining interest in the women’s games in non-Olympic years: http://nationalpost.com/sports/hockey/one-womens-pro-hockey-league-is-the-goal-but-theres-no-clear-path-to-get-there
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2018/02/27/if-you-love-hockey-attend-a-non-olympic-womens-game.html
Hilary Knight joins Les Canadiennes, who are subsequently eliminated in Rd 1 of Clarkson Cup playoffs: https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/latest-news/2018/3/8/17098340/les-canadiennes-acquire-hilary-knight-cwhl-transaction