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PHT Morning Skate: Guy Lafleur believes Gallagher should be the Habs’ next captain

Montreal Canadiens v Florida Panthers

SUNRISE, FL - MARCH 29: Brendan Gallagher #11 of the Montreal Canadiens stretches at the bench prior to the game against the Florida Panthers at the BB&T Center on March 29, 2014 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Brendan Gallagher

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PHT’s Morning Skate takes a look around the world of hockey to see what’s happening and what we’ll be talking about around the NHL world and beyond.

The Montreal Canadiens played the 2014-15 season without a captain after Brian Gionta signed in Buffalo as a free agent. Habs legend Guy Lafleur believes when the club does appoint a new leader it should be forward Brendan Gallagher wearing the ‘C’.

“A captain shouldn’t be chosen on the amount of goals he’s going to score,” Lafleur told the Montreal Gazette. “That guy (Gallagher) really impressed me every night I saw him play. He’s aggressive, he wants to win. He gets some bad shots from opponents, he takes a lot of hits and there’s not too many guys on the team that work like he does.” (Montreal Gazette)

With salary cap issues looming, Mike Milbury discusses the potential roster turnover the Chicago Blackhawks face.

Red Wings’ prospect Tom McCollum proving his worth with the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins in the Calder Cup playoffs. (Detroit Free Press)

Newly hired Flyers’ coach Dave Hakstol owes the University of North Dakota $100,000 for taking NHL gig. (Grand Forks Herald)

The Montreal Canadiens brass has been out at the Memorial Cup this week watching, among others, prospect goaltender Zach Fucale. The Habs front office won’t be happy with the performance they saw from Fucale on Wednesday night. The 20-year-old was pulled after allowing four goals on 25 shots and his Quebec Remparts fell 4-0 to the Rimouski Oceanic. (Sportsnet)

Here’s another look at the Blackhawks’ 5-2 win in Game 6 on Wednesday night:

With Matt Beleskey scoring 45 seconds into overtime in Game 5 on Monday night, The Hockey News takes a look at the fastest five playoff overtime winners. (The Hockey News)

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