A few days before the start of the Montreal Canadiens’ preseason schedule, which will begin on Monday, one can imagine what Martin St-Louis’ training will look like in the very first game of the season.
Even if the exercise may seem premature even before the traditional “Whites against Reds” intersquad game takes place, this Sunday, Jean-Charles Lajoie presented the composition of the lines he expects to see on the Bell Center ice on October 12 .
It should be remembered that there are no less than 74 athletes present at the club’s camp in Brossard, including nine goalkeepers.
“I have lots of puzzle pieces on offense and I like to make lines that, for me, swing. I was not able to compose it”, he explained in the preamble to his “Season ticket” to JiCFriday.
“Yesterday I finally found some interesting combinations. I modestly present to you my four potential lines for the Canadian for the inaugural match.
The design of “JiC” takes into account the injury of Paul Byron and has a surprising peculiarity: Juraj Slafkovsky, first overall choice at the 2022 auction, does not appear alongside Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield.
Besides, Sean Monahan and Kirby Dach on the same trio, anyone?
Finally, don’t tell Michael “Motley Crue” Pezzetta, but if it came down to Jean-Charles Lajoie, he would settle for a very limited role.
You can see it in the video above.