Here are your daily links from the Habs and around the league including the decision to scratch Alex Semin, Mike Condon's intense summer training, and Jeff Petry reflects on being dealt from the Oilers to the Canadiens.
- Alex Semin might be the Habs' scapegoat after their first loss of the season, but as Olivier Bouchard explains, he isn't the problem. [L'Actualite]
- Darren Dreger suggests that the Habs can afford to trade the young defensemen sitting in the press box. [TSN 690]
- Mike Condon has had a meteoric rise over the past few seasons, and part of the preparation for an NHL career was working out with a mixed martial artist who helped him in a variety of ways.