As is usually the case, Monday’s preseason contest against Toronto was not very exciting. However, the team’s would be second line had a huge night as they hit the back of the net three times and combined for 10 points in a 5-2 victory.
There are plenty of wildcards heading into the 2021-22 season. One of those will certainly be head coach Dominique Ducharme as he runs training camp for the first time and looks to learn from some choices that didn’t work out as well as he had hoped in the playoffs.
Montreal’s first preseason game is in the books and it was not a particularly pretty one as they fell 4-1 to Toronto on Saturday night. Tyler Toffoli had the lone goal for the Canadiens in the losing effort.
When training camp started, Mike Hoffman was a notable absentee. At the time, he was ruled as doubtful to take part in camp while he was undergoing testing on his injury. The results of those tests have been revealed and Hoffman is expected to miss the next four weeks.
The Habs have added some depth on the back end as on Friday, they announced that they have signed defenceman Sami Niku to a one-year, two-way contract.
Last season was arguably the best of Jeff Petry’s 11-year NHL career. With the Canadiens needing even more from him in 2021-22, will he be able to step up again and how will that affect his fantasy value?
Having three ‘Clydesdales’ is still pretty good but when it comes to Montreal’s defence corps, not having Shea Weber in the fold is going to be a big loss to their back end.
With Rookie Camp now complete following a 5-3 win over the CIS All-Stars, the Habs have revealed their roster for training camp. A total of 70 players will be taking part.
There will be another new face in training camp as the Habs announced on Monday that they’ve inked veteran defenceman Cody Goloubef to a PTO deal.
Kaiden Guhle hasn’t been drawing comparisons to future Hall of Famer Shea Weber. But how close exactly is Guhle to Weber looking at their stats in junior hockey?