The Canadiens had been sitting in first place within the Atlantic Division with an 8-3 document after Tuesday night time’s 4-3 additional time win over the Kraken in Seattle.
The Canadiens wrapped up their four-game Western highway journey with a 3-1 document and will probably be again in motion Saturday when the Ottawa Senators go to the Bell Centre.
On this week’s Hockey Inside/Out Present, The Gazette’s Stu Cowan is joined by former Canadiens teammates and 1986 Stanley Cup champions Chris Nilan and Rick Inexperienced to debate what they realized in regards to the Canadiens — the youngest crew within the NHL — through the highway journey.
Nilan and Inexperienced additionally talk about why Martin St. Louis waited so lengthy to place rookie Ivan Demidov on the primary power-play unit and the way crew locker-room dynamics work.
Whereas Demidov stays the main candidate to win the Calder Trophy because the NHL’s high rookie, he may get competitors from teammates Oliver Kapanen and Jakub Dobes. Nilan and Inexperienced speak about what has impressed them most about Demidov and Dobes.
The panel additionally discusses the Canadiens’ determination to name up Owen Beck and Joshua Roy from the AHL’s Laval Rocket forward of Florian Xhekaj, who had a really spectacular coaching camp. Was it the best determination?
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