Wake With Elias: Malhotra to Toronto

Canucks News

• The big news of the day is the departure of assistant coach Manny Malhotra, who has left to fill an assistant position with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Malhotra has served as an assistant to Travis Green for the past three years and spent parts of three seasons with the Canucks as a player between 2011 and 2013.

• Some thoughts from Rick Dhaliwal on the pending UFAs the Canucks face:

• Pierre LeBrun on Loui Eriksson trade talks:

• Brock Boeser had some comments on trade rumours from his Zoom call with the media [CanucksArmy]
• A profile on Kevin Bieksa’s rising profile throughout the playoffs [The Athletic]
• And why Travis Hamonic could be the right fit for Quinn Hughes [The Canuck Way]

NHL News

• The Tampa Bay Lightning are your Eastern Conference Champions, after defeating the New York Islanders 2-1 in overtime of game six. The Lightning will play the Dallas Stars in the Stanley Cup Final [NHL.com]
• The 2020 World Juniors are set to take place from within the Edmonton bubble [CanucksArmy]
• The latest 31 Thoughts column from Elliotte Friedman [Sportsnet]
• And a look at how the Lightning got to be where they are now [TSN]