At some point, the Habs will need to name a captain. But with no one really being ready to step into that role just yet, the team is right to go without one for the time being.

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.