Fantasy Focus: Jonathan Drouin
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It has been a rough few seasons for Jonathan Drouin who has struggled to stay healthy. Now, as he enters a contract year, can he rediscover his scoring touch and become a consistent contributor?
It has been a rough few seasons for Jonathan Drouin who has struggled to stay healthy. Now, as he enters a contract year, can he rediscover his scoring touch and become a consistent contributor?
We can scratch Jake Allen off the list of potential trade candidates by the Habs this season as the team announced on Saturday that they’ve signed him to a two-year contract extension.
With Laval’s training camp on the horizon, a long list of cuts was expected. Those cuts came on Friday as the Habs trimmed their camp roster by 23 players.
After a pair of losses, the Habs looked to secure their first win of the preseason on Thursday as they hosted Winnipeg. They had a late lead but weren’t able to hold on, falling 4-3.
The Habs played their first road game of the preseason on Wednesday in Toronto. With a very limited roster, they weren’t able to muster up much as they fell 3-0.
On Monday, the Habs made their first of what will be many cuts at training camp as they sent four players back to their respective junior teams, bringing the number of players at camp down to 71.
Generally, the exhibition season is one to passively keep an eye on. Maybe there’s a prospect or two to get a look at and a battle or two to watch for but all in all, it’s not worth getting excited about. And yet, I’m actually looking forward to these next couple of weeks.
After three seasons where things didn’t go according to plan for Kirby Dach’s development, Chicago decided it was time to move on as they moved him to Montreal at the draft. Will the Habs be able to unlock his potential this season?
The Habs have amassed quite a bit of depth on the right wing when it comes to their NHL team but does that depth extend to the rest of their system as well? Our positional look across the organization concludes with a look at their right-shot options.
The Canadiens have released their invitation list to training camp and while there aren’t any surprises in terms of late new additions or tryouts, there may be some surprise in how many players were invited as a total of 74 players will be taking part.