With season-opening rosters due on Monday, Sunday was a very busy day on the waiver wire. Montreal added two players to that large list, placing defencemen Corey Schueneman and Madison Bowey on waivers.
The Habs had one last chance to get in the win column on Saturday night before the preseason game to an end but came up short as they fell 3-2 in overtime to Ottawa, ending the exhibition season with a ‘perfect’ winless record.
It was only a matter of time before the Habs added a defenceman off the waiver wire. That came on Saturday as the team claimed Johnny Kovacevic off waivers from Winnipeg.
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For the third time in four games, the Habs took on the Senators in preseason action, this time in Gander, Newfoundland. The end result was slightly different from their first two meetings; the score was 4-3 Ottawa this time instead of 5-4.
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The Habs looked disjointed again, but they were also facing a much more NHL-ready squad (again) as their struggles continued as they’ve yet to register a win in the preseason. On Tuesday, they fell 5-4 to a group from Ottawa that wanted to ramp up the physicality, a strategy that Montreal had little answer for.
With the regular season a little over a week away, the Habs trimmed down their roster by seven players on Tuesday, sending four to Laval and placing three others on waivers.
In a game that looked much like what is predicted for the Habs this season, the forwards looked uneven and the blue line looked like a disaster. Add in a bad goal allowed late and it came as no surprise that the Maple Leafs skated away with a relatively unchallenged 5-1 win on Monday night.
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