Habs Christmas Break Report

[LastWordArmy]

With the Christmas break started, the Montreal Canadiens sit with a three-point lead over the second-place Ottawa Senators in the Atlantic, while also holding a game in hand. While a few weeks ago the Canadiens were first in the league, it has changed massively in part of the injuries that the team is enduring. In the last month, the Habs haven’t been the same team with the loss of star centre Alex Galchenyuk. As well, as powerplay specialist Andrei Markov who is listed as day-to-day. The other injuries to the team include Greg Pateryn, Andrew Shaw, and David Desharnais. Desharnais and Galchenyuk both have the same prognosis which should keep them out of the lineup for another month.

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[Mike Hasselhoffman]

Good read.

I'd like to see Lehkonen get a shot with Galchenyuk and Radulov as well, maybe we could see something like this when fully healthy:

Lehkonen - Galchenyuk - Radulov
Pacioretty - Danault - Gallagher
Byron - Plekanec - Shaw
Desharnais - Mitchell - Carr

 

[Teufelsdreck]

With the Christmas break started, the Montreal Canadiens sit with a three-point lead over the second-place Ottawa Senators in the Atlantic, while also holding a game in hand. While a few weeks ago the Canadiens were first in the league, it has changed massively in part of the injuries that the team is enduring. In the last month, the Habs haven’t been the same team with the loss of star centre Alex Galchenyuk. As well, as powerplay specialist Andrei Markov who is listed as day-to-day. The other injuries to the team include Greg Pateryn, Andrew Shaw, and David Desharnais. Desharnais and Galchenyuk both have the same prognosis which should keep them out of the lineup for another month.

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Their medical prognoses are the only thing Galchenyuk and Desharnais have in common. The Habs could withstand the absence of Desharnais for the remainder of the season.