MONTREAL READY TO REPEAT
September 28, 2015
Sebastian Collberg and Alex Galchenyuk will line up together, leading the Canadiens offense
Montreal Canadiens Line-Up
Max Pacioretty (84 PWF) -
C Alex Galchenyuk (88 PLY) - Sebastian Collberg (85 SNP)
Jonathan Drouin (87 SNP) -
A Tomas Plekanec (86 PLY) - Justin Williams (83 SNP)
Valentin Zykov (80 PWF) - Sean Couturier (80 TWF) - Louis Leblanc (81 PLY)
Alex Burrows (81 TWF) - Blake Geoffrion (79 TWF) - Ryan White (77 TWF)
Brandon Prust (77 TGH), Maxim Lapierre (78 GRN)
Josh Morrissey (87 OFD) - P.K. Subban (87 TWD)
A Josh Gorges (83 DFD) - Yannick Weber (84 OFD)
Jarred Tinordi (78 DFD) - Carlo Colaiacovo (81 TWD)
Carey Price (90 HYB)
Dustin Tokarski (82 HYB)
Despite being the top offensive trio on the team, Jonathan Drouin, Alex Galchenyuk, and Sebastian Collberg won't be on the same line.
Drouin has not seemed to fit with the other two, even though Michel Therrien has given the combination a decent amount of time to gel together.
With Louis Leblanc finally making the jump to the big leagues on a permanent basis, fighter Brandon Prust has been pushed down the depth chart.
Jarred Tinordi was also promoted and will slot in on the third pairing, with free agent signee Carlo Colaiacovo, while logging penalty kill minutes.
Hamilton Bulldogs Line-Up
Anthony Mantha (66 PWF) - Perttu Lindgren (75 PLY) - Nikolay Zherdev (74 SNP)
Richard Hejduk (70 PLY) -
A Michael Bournival (75 TWF) -
C Brendan Gallagher (77 TWF)
Charles Hudon (65 TWF) - Alexander Johansson (79 TWF) - Adam Erne (65 TWF)
Kurt Etchegary (60 TGH) - Alex Saulnier (63 PLY) - Allain Saulnier (63 SNP)
Brady Vail (70 TWF), William Carrier (65 TWF), Patrick O'Sullivan (76 PLY)
A Nathan Beaulieu (73 OFD) - Dalton Thrower (75 TWD)
Jordan Subban (59 OFD) - Rafael Diaz (75 OFD)
Alexei Emelin (77 DFD) - Viacheslav Afinogenov (64 TWD)
Justin Peters (78 HYB)
Laurent Brossoit (67 HYB)
Ken Appleby (58 HYB)
With plenty of forwards with Hamilton, Marc Bergevin will likely look to make a few minor trades in order to maximize prospect development.
Dustin Tokarski graduated to a full-time job with Montreal, while Justin Peters was demoted to the minors. He will shoulder the load, with Brossoit getting the odd game here and there.
Pre-Season
Home|Score|Away
MTL|
6 - 2
|OTT
BUF|
1 - 4
|MTL
TOR|
2 - 4
|MTL
MTL|
4 - 3
|BOS
I missed a lot of the playoffs last year, and I want to prove myself in the postseason this time around.
A lot of last year's group is still with the team, and we have the chance to make it far again.
- P.K. Subban
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