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You know the drill by now - discuss the early free agent signings around the league here. Any Montreal news gets its own thread. Sounds like Lundqvist to Washington will be announced as soon as the market opens up. He was free to negotiate upon being bought out so that one isn't much surprise. There's still some time to enter our UFA pool. We don't have many entries this year as I haven't been able to keep the ballot on the main page for long stretches with everything being crammed in from the draft to signing news. https://www.habsworld.net/2020/10/2020-habsworld-ufa-pool/

We had a red sweater photo for the last time so we'll do it again. Looking for Armia, Petry and Suzuki to play their hearts out for Gallagher. Montreal Canadiens: Tomas Tatar - Phillip Danault - Artturi Lehkonen Jonathan Drouin - Nick Suzuki - Joel Armia Max Domi - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Paul Byron Charles Hudon - Jake Evans - Alex Belzile Ben Chiarot - Shea Weber (Pitchfork part 1) Brett Kulak - Jeff Petry (Pitchfork part 2) Xavier Ouellet - Victor Mete Jesus Price Charlie Lindgren Philadephia Flyers: Michael Raffl - Sean Couturier - Jakub Voracek Joel Farabee - Kevin Hayes - Travis Konecny Claude Giroux - Derek Grant - Scott Laughton Connor Bunnaman - Nate Thompson - Tyler Pitlick Ivan Provorov - Robert Hagg Travis Sanheim - Philippe Myers Shayne Gostisbehere - Justin Braun Carter Hart Brian Elliott

Montreal Canadiens: Tomas Tatar - Phillip Danault - Brendan Gallagher Max Domi - Nick "Suzy" Suzuki - Jonathan Drouin Paul Byron - JES-peri Kotkaniemi - Artturi Lehkonen Alex Belzile - Jake Evans - Joel Armia Ben Chiarot - Shea Weber (Pitchfork part 1) Brett Kulak - Jeff Petry (Pitchfork part 2) Xavier Ouellet - Victor Mete Jesus Price Charlie Lindgren Philadelphia Flyers: Michael Raffl - Sean Couturier - Jakub Voracek Joel Farabee - Kevin Hayes - Travis Konecny Claude Giroux - Derek Grant - Scott Laughton Connor Bunnaman - Nate Thompson - Tyler Pitlick Ivan Provorov - Matt Niskanen Travis Sanheim - Philippe Myers Robert Hagg - Justin Braun Carter Hart Brian Elliott

Philadelphia Flyers (5-1-0) Projected Lineup Claude Giroux - Sean Couturier - Jakub Voracek Scott Laughton - Kevin Hayes - Travis Konecny James van Riemsdyk - Derek Grant - Nicolas Aube-Kubel Michael Raffl - Nate Thompson - Tyler Pitlick Ivan Provorov - Matt Niskanen Travis Sanheim - Phillipe Myers Robert Hagg - Justin Braun Carter Hart Brian Elliott Team Leaders G Scott Laughton (3) A Kevin Hayes (4) PTS Scott Laughton (5) +/- Phillipe Myers (+6) PIMS Nate Thompson (14) Scratches: Andreoff, Bunnaman, Farabee, Friedman, Frost, Gostisbehere, Lindblom (inj), Lyon, Ustimenko, Welinski, Zamula Montreal Canadiens (4-3-0) Projected Lineup Tomas Tatar - Phillip Danault - Brendan Gallagher Max Domi - Nick Suzuki - Jonathan Drouin Paul Byron - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Artturi Lehkonen Alex Belzile - Jake Evans - Joel Armia Ben Chiarot - Shea Weber Brett Kulak - Jeff Petry Victor Mete - Xavier Ouellet Carey Price Charlie Lindgren Team Leaders G Jesperi Kotkaniemi (4) A Byron/Domi/Gallagher (3) PTS Shea Weber (5) +/- Shea Weber (+6) PIMS Xavier Ouellet (14) Scratches: Fleury, Folin, Hudon, Juulsen, McNiven, Olofsson, Poehling, Primeau, Romanov, Weal, Weise Puck Drop: 3:00 PM EST TV: CBC, Sportsnet, TVAS, NBCSN Radio: TSN 690 FM 98.5

0-0-1 record Forwards Defence/Goalie Jake Guentzel - Sidney Crosby - Conor Sheary Jason Zucker - Evgeni Malkin - Bryan Rust Patrick Marleau - Jared McCann - Patric Hornqvist Zach Aston-Reese - Teddy Blueger - Brandon Tanev Brian Dumoulin - Kris Letang Marcus Pettersson - John Marino Jack Johnson - Justin Schultz Matt Murray Scratches Angello, Czuczman, DeSmith, A. Johnson, Joseph, Lafferty, Larmi, Rodrigues, Ruhwedel, Riikola, Varone Injuries Nick Bjugstad 1-0-0 record Forwards Defence/Goalie Tomas Tatar - Phillip Danault - Brendan Gallagher Jonathan Drouin - Nick Suzuki - Joel Armia Paul Byron - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Artturi Lehkonen Dale Weise - Max Domi - Jordan Weal Ben Chiarot - Shea Weber Brett Kulak - Jeff Petry Xavier Ouellet - Victor Mete Carey Price Scratches Evans, Fleury, Folin, Hudon, Juulsen, McNiven, Olofsson, Poehling, Primeau, Romanov Injuries Alex Belzile Puck Drop National TV Regional TV Radio 8:00 PM EST NBCSN, SN, TVA S ATTSN-PT TSN 690 | FM 98.5

0-0-0 record Forwards Defence/Goalie Jake Guentzel - Sidney Crosby - Conor Sheary Jason Zucker - Evgeni Malkin - Bryan Rust Patrick Marleau - Jared McCann - Patric Hornqvist Zach Aston-Reese - Teddy Blueger - Brandon Tanev Brian Dumoulin - Kris Letang Marcus Pettersson - John Marino Jack Johnson - Justin Schultz Matt Murray Scratches Angello, Czuczman, DeSmith, A. Johnson, Joseph, Lafferty, Larmi, Rodrigues, Ruhwedel, Riikola, Varone Injuries Nick Bjugstad 0-0-0 record Forwards Defence/Goalie Tomas Tatar - Phillip Danault - Brendan Gallagher Jonathan Drouin - Nick Suzuki - Joel Armia Paul Byron - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Artturi Lehkonen Dale Weise - Max Domi - Jordan Weal Ben Chiarot - Shea Weber Brett Kulak - Jeff Petry Xavier Ouellet - Victor Mete Carey Price Scratches Evans, Fleury, Folin, Hudon, Juulsen, McNiven, Olofsson, Poehling, Primeau, Romanov Injuries Alex Belzile Puck Drop National TV Regional TV Radio 8:00 PM EST NBC, SN, CBC, TVA S N/A TSN 690 | FM 98.5

Lines are based on practice units but there will likely be some changes. Teams can dress an extra forward and defenceman as well. Nylander - Matthews - Hyman Mikheyev - Tavares - Marner Robertson - Kerfoot - Kapanen Clifford - Engvall - Spezza Muzzin - Holl Rielly - Ceci Dermott - Barrie Andersen Tatar - Danault - Gallagher Drouin - Suzuki - Armia Byron - Kotkaniemi - Lehkonen Weise - Domi - Weal Chiarot - Weber Kulak - Petry Ouellet - Mete Price Puck drop is at 8 PM on Sportsnet and TVA Sports.

^ Just shouting out the pacific start time for my west coasters. Confirmed Habs lines: Tatar - Danault - Gallagher Kovalchuk - Suzuki - Armia Cousins - Domi - Lehkonen Poehling - Thompson - Weise Chiarot - Weber Kulak - Petry Scandella - Mete Price

For what seems like the 837th time this season, the conference-leading Senators will be taking on the Rocket. Somehow, there are still three more of these matchups to go. Lines based on last game. Formenton - Szwarz - Carcone Abramov - Norris - Batherson Labate - Chlapik - Archibald Kelly - Klimchuk - Baptiste Aspirot - Labrie Murray - Dougherty Lajoie - Jaros Gustavsson Veilleux - Blandisi - Jevpalovs Lucchini - Dauphin - Lynch Alain - Vejdemo - Cox Pezzetta - Pelletier - Waked Leskinen - Juulsen Olofsson - Brook Culkin - Lamarche Primeau Puck drop is at 7:00 PM EST. 91.9 Sports has the coverage in French and the game can be seen on RDS.

31-39 Habs vs 34-34 Preds (NHL.com lines) BROSSARD- Here's a look at the forward lines and defense pairings featured at Tuesday's morning skate at the Bell Sports Complex. Byron - Danault - Armia Hudon - Domi - Gallagher Lehkonen - Suzuki - Weal Vejdemo/Drouin - Evans - Weise Chiarot - Weber Kulak - Petry Ouellet - Folin Alzner Price Lindgren Julien on lines: "We're making changes to try to find something. It doesn't mean that they're good changes or that it's the answer," explained Julien, whose squad skated at their home rink downtown because of the annual team photo. "[Joel] Armia has been having some trouble lately. [Nick] Suzuki has hit a wall, which is normal given that he's played a lot of hockey the past year. We have to try making some changes." * Forsberg & Duchene have all of 87points between them this year and Forsberg only had 50pts last year (injury shortened), kinda thought he would be a big point producer, the way he started his career.

The Canadiens (31-29-9) visit Florida (33-26-8), with plenty of Habs fans guaranteed to be in the stands. The Habs' season looks to end early, but the Panthers aren't doing much better. Canadiens' projected lineup Artturi Lehkonen :: Phillip Danault :: Brendan Gallagher Charles Hudon :: Nick Suzuki :: Joel Armia Paul Byron :: Max Domi :: Jordan Weal Lukas Vejdemo :: Jake Evans :: Dale Weise Ben Chiarot :: Shea Weber Brett Kulak :: Jeff Petry Xavier Ouellet :: Christian Folin Charlie Lindgren Carey Price Scratched: Karl Alzner Injured: Jonathan Drouin (ankle) Tomas Tatar (upper body) Panthers' projected lineup Jonathan Huberdeau :: Aleksander Barkov :: Evgenii Dadonov Mike Hoffman :: Erik Haula :: Frank Vatrano Dominic Toninato :: Lucas Wallmark :: Brett Connolly Colton Sceviour :: Noel Acciari :: Mark Pysyk MacKenzie Weegar :: Aaron Ekblad Riley Stillman :: Anton Stralman Keith Yandle :: Mike Matheson Chris Driedger Sam Montembeault Scratched: Josh Brown, Aleksi Saarela Injured: Sergei Bobrovsky (lower body), Brian Boyle (upper body), Dryden Hunt (lower body) Current playoff probabilities (from The Athletic): Habs: 3% (projected to finish 23rd) Panthers: 21% (projected to finish 20th)

Lines are guesses with Vejdemo's recall and Tatar's injury. Lehkonen - Danault - Gallagher Byron - Suzuki - Armia Hudon - Domi - Weal Vejdemo - Evans - Weise Chiarot - Weber Kulak - Petry Ouellet - Folin Price Palat - Point - Kucherov Coleman - Cirelli - Killorn Goodrow - Johnson - Gourde Maroon - Stephens - Paquette Hedman - Cernak Sergachev - Shattenkirk Coburn - Bogosian (Ryan McDonagh may be ready to return.) Vasilevskiy

Laval travels to Cleveland for a pair of games against the recall-riddled Monsters. This is a set where they need to get four points in to boost their playoff hopes as the schedule gets a lot tougher afterwards. Jesse Ylonen is not expected to play in either game. Veilleux - Kotkaniemi - Lynch Lucchini - Blandisi - Jevpalovs Alain - Dauphin - Cox Pezzetta - Pelletier - Waked Olofsson - Brook Leskinen - Fleury Culkin - Lamarche Primeau (Lines are from last game) Vigneault - Barach - Fix-Wolansky Bittner - Thurkauf - Troock Fortier - Scott - Sherwood Moore - VanWormer - Gallant Johnson - Clendening Pravavessis - Simpson Karlsson - Somerby Vehvilainen Puck drop is at 7:00 PM EST for both games. 91.9 Sports has the coverage in French.

Lines are from last game as lineup news isn't known yet. Tatar - Danault - Gallagher Lehkonen - Suzuki - Armia Byron - Domi - Weal Hudon - Evans - Weise Chiarot - Weber Kulak - Petry Ouellet - Folin Price Lee - Barzal - Eberle Beauvillier - Nelson - Komarov Dal Colle - Pageau - Bailey Martin - Brassard - Clutterbuck Greene - Pulock Toews - Mayfield Leddy - Boychuk Varlamov

Svechnikov - Aho - Teravainen Foegele - Staal - Williams Niederreiter - Trocheck - Necas Dzingel - Martinook - McGinn Edmundson - Slavin Gardiner - van Riemsdyk Fleury - Skjei Nedeljkovic Tatar - Danault - Gallagher Lehkonen - Suzuki - Armia Byron - Domi - Weal Hudon - Evans - Weise Chiarot - Weber Kulak - Petry Alzner - Folin Lindgren (confirmed starter)

After getting doubled up by Rochester yesterday, Laval is in Utica tonight to take on a Comets team that just beat the Marlies by 4 on Friday night. Jesperi Kotkaniemi's availability for this one is not yet known. (Lines are from last game) Veilleux - Poehling - Lynch Lucchini - Dauphin - Jevpalovs Alain - Vejdemo - Cox Pezzetta - Luchuk - Waked Olofsson - Brook Leskinen - Lamarche Culkin - Fleury McNiven (Lines are from last game's +/- data) Boucher - Camper - Baertschi Lind - Hamilton - Bailey Goldobin - Gadjovich - Perron Malone - Stevens - Stevenson Juolevi - Rafferty Chatfield - Blujus Brisebois - Sautner DiPietro Puck drop is at 7:00 PM EST. 91.9 Sports has the coverage in French.

I don't have time to do a full GDT but what's left of Laval is in Rochester to take on the Americans tonight.

After a brutal road trip, Laval did well at home last week. Now, they're back on the road again and start with a game against the conference-leading Senators. Hudon - Kotkaniemi - Lynch Dauphin - Poehling - Lucchini Veilleux - Vejdemo - Alain Pezzetta - Luchuk - Jevpalovs Olofsson - Brook Halbert - Lamarche Culkin - Fleury Primeau Formenton - Szwarz - Carcone Abramov - Norris - Batherson Labate - Klimchuk - Archibald Kelly - Chlapik Lajoie - Labrie Wolanin - Dougherty Murray - Corrado Aspirot Daccord Puck drop is at 7:00 PM EST. 91.9 Sports has the coverage in French.

33-28 Canucks vs 29-35 Habs Should be a pretty even game. Evans called up to fill in for Thompson I assume. Byron 3pts in3gms since back, Tyfolli 4pts in 2gms with Canucks Price starting 10th straight NHL.com lineups Canucks projected lineup J.T. Miller -- Elias Pettersson -- Tyler Toffoli Tanner Pearson -- Bo Horvat -- Loui Eriksson Antoine Roussel -- Adam Gaudette -- Jake Virtanen Tyler Motte -- Jay Beagle -- Brandon Sutter Quinn Hughes -- Christopher Tanev Alexander Edler -- Troy Stecher Oscar Fantenberg -- Tyler Myers Thatcher Demko Louis Domingue Scratched: Zack MacEwen, Jordie Benn Injured: Jacob Markstrom (lower body), Brock Boeser (ribs), Josh Leivo (kneecap), Micheal Ferland (concussion symptoms), Tyler Graovac (lower body) Canadiens projected lineup Tomas Tatar -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher Jonathan Drouin -- Nick Suzuki -- Joel Armia Paul Byron -- Max Domi -- Artturi Lehkonen Jordan Weal -- Jake Evans -- Dale Weise Ben Chiarot -- Shea Weber Brett Kulak -- Jeff Petry Karl Alzner -- Christian Folin Carey Price Charlie Lindgren Scratched: None Injured: Victor Mete (lower body), Xavier Ouellet (concussion)

28-35 23rd place Habs vs 21-40 29th ranked Sens; not much more needs to be said. NHL.com lines Tatar - Danault - Gallagher Drouin - Suzuki - Armia Byron - Domi - Kovalchuk Lehkonen - Thompson - Cousins Weise - Weal Chiarot - Weber Kulak - Petry Alzner - Folin Price Lindgren

27-35 Habs vs 37-22 Caps Got bad feeling we will see a 6th loss in a row..BUT

After picking up three of four points against Manitoba, Laval hosts Toronto this afternoon in a huge divisional game. Both teams are part of a four-team group separated by two points or less for the final playoff spot in the division. The Marlies are ahead of Laval and have games in hand on everyone (they've played three fewer than the Rocket) so this is a critical game for them. Cayden Primeau will get his second start in less than 24 hours. (Lines are from their last game with some guesses as they've made a couple of trades since then.) Agostino - MacMaster - Aberg Wilson - Gaudet - Korshkov Baptiste - Elynuik - Read Pooley - Conrad - Veronneau Kivihalme - Duszak Gravel - Kapla Rubins - Hollowell Hutchinson (Lines are from last game with some guesses due to Blandisi and McEneny's injuries and Alzner's recall.) Hudon - Kotkaniemi - Evans Dauphin - Poehling - Lynch Veilleux - Vejdemo - Alain Pezzetta - Peca - Lucchini Olofsson - Brook Halbert - Fleury Culkin - Lamarche Primeau Puck drop is at 3:00 PM EST. 91.9 Sports has the coverage in French.

After a road trip that was an unmitigated disaster, Laval returns home to host Manitoba for a pair of games. (Lines are from their last game.) Poirier - Spacek - Griffith Vesalainen - Gustafsson - Lipon McKenzie - Suess - Reichel Pederson - Maier - White (this is former Hab Ryan White, for anyone interested) Schilling - Nogier Stanley - Kovacevic Oligny - Gawanke Comrie (Lines are a guess with Evans returning and Varone/Barber also coming back from their benchings) Hudon - Kotkaniemi - Evans Peca - Poehling - Barber Varone - Vejdemo - Alain Veilleux - Dauphin - Lynch Alzner - Fleury Olofsson - Lamarche McEneny - Brook Kinkaid (confirmed starter for Wednesday) Puck drop is at 7:00 PM EST on Wednesday and 7:30 PM EST on Friday. 91.9 Sports has the coverage in French. Friday's game is also on RDS.

It's a battle of the team that wants wins and isn't getting them vs a team that doesn't want wins but seems to have no issues beating Montreal. Will both teams get their way or neither of them? Tune in tonight at 7:30 to see for yourself. Projected Montreal Lines: Tatar - Danault - Gallagher* Drouin - Suzuki - Armia Lehkonen - Domi - Kovalchuk Byron - Thompson - Cousins Chiarot - Weber Kulak - Petry Ouellet - Mete Price * - game-time decision Projected Detroit Lines: Mantha - Larkin - Fabbri Athanasiou - Filppula - Bertuzzi Helm - Nielsen - Glendening Perlini - Ehn - Abdelkader Daley - Green Nemeth - Lindstrom Bowey - Biega Bernier

This ugly road trip (1 point out of 4 games so far) mercifully comes to an end for Laval today as they're in Providence to take on the Bruins (Lines are from last game.) Hudon - Kotkaniemi - Lynch Peca - Poehling - Barber Varone - Vejdemo - Alain Veilleux - Dauphin - Waked Alzner - Fleury Olofsson - Lamarche Leskinen - Brook McNiven (Lines based on last game's +/- data.) Carey - Studnicka - Lantosi Woods - Gaunce - Senyshyn Koppanen - Frederic - Hughes Fitzgerald - Steen - Shen Vaakanainen - Kampfer Zech - Petrovic Zboril - Didier Lagace Puck drop is at 3:05 PM EST. 91.9 Sports has the coverage in French.