The fears that the Montreal Canadiens were losing their energy heading into the Four Nations break were well founded.

In today’s links, Ivan Demidov passes Kirill Kaprizov, pondering what the Canadiens should do at the deadline, and Matthew Tkachuk is pumped for the 4 Nations.

Clearly, Martin St-Louis wants to send messages tonight. A few minutes before the game in San Jose, Patrik Laine saw his ...