Montreal Canadiens fans are not the only ones worrying about more potential injuries in the team's last pre-season game tonight against the Ottawa Senators, the coach is as well.
It seems like training camp started ages ago but the end is now in sight, there are only four days left before the puck drops on the 2024-25 season.
Today, the Canadiens will be heading to Ottawa to take on the Senators in their last pre-season game. After what transpired on Tuesday night though, it's somewhat worrying to ice a lineup close to what the team should look like on Wednesday. Cleary this is also how coach Martin St-Louis feels:
With everything that happened so far, priority is to start healthy for Wednesday. I don't know what our lineup will be like tomorrow. I'd like to know what Ottawa thinks as well. we'll see tomorrow. It's been a very emotional camp and not just for us but for the whole league, it's a shame to lose players. I don't know yet but I'd like us to start healthy on Wednesday.
Asked if he would consider asking Travis Green what he has planned for tonight, he answered:
Yeah I asked Kent [Hughes] to see if he could speak to Staios [Senators GM Steve Staios] about that.
Whether or not Hughes is successful testing the waters with Staios, there will be no morning skate today but the coach will speak to the media around 11:00 AM ET. By the, St-Louis should have a better idea what is lineup should look like. Watch this space for updates.
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