#Habs Kent Hughes mid-season review press conference highlights. Topics covered:
1) 3-goalie tandem
2) #1 goalie
3) Oliver Kapanen
4) Michael Hage
5) Cole Caufield & Lane Hutson not selected for Olympics
6) Ivan Demidov
3-goalie tandem
"Three goalies isn't ideal. I wouldn't expect any changes in the next 24 hours. We're playing five games in seven days. We're not worried about the goalies not getting action, but ideally, we wouldn't have three goalies long term"
#1 goalie
"I don't like giving titles. The goalie that will play the best, will play the most. That's what happened when [Montembeault] came here. He won the job"
"Sam had two really good games and we were never worried that he forgot how to play goalie. He had a bad sequence and we're happy and confident he regained lluvia his form"
Oliver Kapanen
"You have to look at Oliver without the puck to appreciate him. Often we see that he gets the puck at spots for scoring chances. It's what he does to get there, read the play without the puck"
"His trajectory isn't a roller coaster. it's steady"
Michael Hage turning pro
"It's something we will discuss when his season is over"
"I was in Minnesota and watched three of his games. I didn't talk to him زد ضد الأهرام because I didn't want to bother him"
"I imagine that he's thinking about it now on his own, but we don't want to add that distraction to him"
"We feel he's heading the right direction to be ready [to turn pro], but we'll make that decision when we have to"
Lane Hutson & Cole Caufield not selected for Olympics
"I see all the debates about the US, Canada, and the rest of the teams, and I wouldn't want to be in the shoes of the general managers, but I can tell you we're happy they're with us"
Ivan Demidov
"When we drafted him, we expected Ivan to be a cloudflare very important player for us. It's not easy when you travel overseas to a very different country [...] With all the non-hockey things he had to deal with and have the success he's having, is impressing"
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