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> When Crosby met with reporters following the Penguins’ loss to the Flyers, he said that he would be taking a year-by-year approach to the rest of his career. It’s the first time he’s ever spoken of his career in such a short-term window.

> “I said year to year because of where the team is at,” he said. “It just makes sense, whether it’s our cap, who we have coming in and out, just to have that flexibility. It’s important.”

> “Yeah, I’m saying year to year based on contracts,” he explained. “It just seems to make sense. I mean, it could change. We’ll see. Kyle (Dubas) and I haven’t even talked about it. But I’ll talk with Pat (Brisson) and Kyle later this summer. We’ll talk about it and do what makes sense. If it does make sense to sign for a couple of years, then we’ll do that.”

> Crosby isn’t thinking about himself, which is pretty typical for him. Rather, he said, he’s thinking about the Penguins and how he can help them prosper in the coming seasons. They made the playoffs for the first time since 2022 this year, and the upward trajectory has him thinking big things before his career concludes. More than anything, he’s putting the team first.

> Signing shorter contracts, Crosby has concluded, gives Dubas more options and the Penguins more flexibility moving forward.

Incredible feat.

Absolument personne n’est surpris de ça.

> Le président-directeur général de Tourisme Montréal, Yves Lalumière, avait d’ailleurs déclaré que Montréal devait pouvoir s’appuyer sur une offre d’hébergement «diversifiée et complémentaire pour répondre aux besoins variés des visiteurs, particulièrement en période de pointe».

> «Les résidences de tourisme font partie de cet écosystème: près de 25 % des visiteurs préfèrent séjourner dans ce type d’hébergement», a-t-il souligné. «Il s’agit de reconnaître que la réalité d’une métropole quatre saisons exige une flexibilité mieux adaptée et encadrée à l’année. Il en va de notre capacité collective à accueillir le monde et à faire rayonner Montréal, tout en visant des ajustements équilibrés, respectueux de la qualité de vie des résidents.»

Énorme est le bon terme.

Good for him.

> “Keith Jones actually reached out to me after he heard one of my games, and he said, ‘Don’t do anything else. You’re right where you’re supposed to be,’” Johnson told The Inquirer. “For as long as he did TV, that was a good compliment.”

> Now, deep into his first year calling playoff hockey, Johnson is a “natural” on television, said play-by-play man Bob Wischusen. “There was hardly any learning curve with him.”

> “I’m asking a lot of questions I already know the answers to, but I have to ask them, because I know a lot of people that are watching don’t know,” Johnson said. “That’s a hard part as well. Sometimes I feel like I’m asking a stupid question, but it’s not stupid, because a lot of people find it interesting.”

C’est bien, il tient son bout.

> “Si l’annonce est pour priver des gens qui sont déjà ici, je vais être le premier à me soulever et à dire que c’est incomplet”, a-t-il lancé mercredi matin en mêlée de presse à l’hôtel de ville.

> Le maire n’a pas caché sa frustration dans ce dossier au courant des derniers mois en critiquant les gouvernements provincial et fédéral. En janvier, le maire estimait qu’à Québec environ 13 000 personnes sont en attente et pourraient devoir partir d’ici deux ans.

> Le premier magistrat de la Ville “fait confiance à la première ministre” sur le fait qu’elle va “respecter son engagement”. “Son engagement, pour moi, n’était pas corrélé à un nombre, mais à une situation de gens qui sont ici, qui ont accepté d’immigrer en connaissance de cause et pour lesquels on a changé les paramètres”, mentionne Bruno Marchand.

> “Ça peut pas être de dire "en juin-juillet on a atteint le seuil et vous pourrez peut-être avoir des nouvelles l’année prochaine"”, tranche-t-il. En répétant qu’il attendait l’annonce officielle, le maire espère que Québec obtiendra une part importante du gâteau. “Si on y va avec une répartition asymétrique, ça pourrait balancer. Maintenant, je n’ai pas d’échos à savoir s’ils sont prêts à aller vers ça et est-ce que c’est possible”, a-t-il ajouté.

Haha no way. Hide your phones.

> Stauffer also suggested the Oilers may be hiring former Red Wings coach Mike Babcock, who was recently hired and then resigned from the Columbus Blue Jackets before the 2023-24 season. Some Columbus players complained Babcock was delving into areas of personal privacy where he had no right to inquire.

> Did Lawton see Babcock as an option? “I would think so. I would think someone with (Oilers GM Bowman) Stan’s background would certainly have to have a lot of thoughts about that. Right. (Stan) has gotten a second chance. I don’t think that that was anything necessarily given. I think Stan worked at it. I think he deserved to get a second chance. Can I say that about Mike? I know Mike, and I really like him. I think he’s a good human being.

> Lawton then referenced Babcock’s troubles in Columbus. “I know this business can be cruel. One wrong word, one wrong interaction with a player in today’s world is enough to set you back. There’s been a number of coaches and other people in management where it’s happened to.”

> Stauffer suggested veteran coaches like Peter Laviolette and Craig Berube would also be in the mix.

> Many wondered if that performance would cost Tuch in his next contract, as one of the NHL's most significant potential free agents. But his agent emphatically pushed back on that theory.

> "I guarantee you it doesn't change a single thing as far as how he's viewed across the market," Scott Bartlett told ESPN on Tuesday.

> Tuch, 30, is in the last year of a seven-year, $33.25 million contract he signed with the Vegas Golden Knights in 2018. He was acquired by Buffalo in the Jack Eichel trade in 2021. Should he choose not to re-sign with the Sabres, Tuch will be one of the most coveted forwards in a thin unrestricted free agent market, having tallied over 30 goals in three of his past four seasons in Buffalo. He was the team's third-leading scorer this season with 66 points in 79 games (33 goals, 33 assists).

> Le coeur du litige est l’obtention, pour les ingénieurs, d’une «enveloppe sectorielle» destinée à certains groupes jugés prioritaires par le gouvernement, comme les infirmières et les enseignants. Cette enveloppe permettrait d’aller au-delà de l’augmentation salariale de 17,4 % sur cinq ans qu’ont obtenue l’ensemble des employés de l’État.

> M. Martin plaide que les ingénieurs devraient être considérés comme un groupe prioritaire par le gouvernement, compte tenu de l’état des infrastructures.

> Les deux autres points qui étaient en litige, à savoir l’aménagement des bureaux et le télétravail, ont marqué des progrès, fait-il valoir.