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I know we shouldn't worry too much about the results of a warm-up game, but today was a disaster for the Montreal Canadiens. But today was a disaster for the Montreal Canadiens.There was the 7-2 defeat at the hands of an ordinary club, but more importantly, there were three ugly updates concerning three important Canadiens defensemen. The good news? Everything points to the fact that it's not as bad as last year's game against Toronto. TheCanadiens have announced that Noah Dobson (who didn't play in the third) and Kaiden Guhle(who didn't play at all) are dealing with a groin injury. David Reinbacher (who missed the last few minutes of the game) is also being assessed. In short, day-to-day for everyone.
Noah Dobson and Kaiden Guhle both have groin injuries and will be re-evaluated.
Reinbacher is also being evaluated daily – Anthony Martineau (@Antho_Martineau) September 26, 2025
That's what the Canadiens announced. Martin St-Louis, for his part, said he wasn't too worried about his players, who don't seem to be too seriously injured at the moment. If that's the case… all the better.
Habs coach Marty St. Louis tonight on the injuries (Guhle & Dobson day-to-day with groin injuries, Reinbacher still being evaluated):
“We just keep going. I don't think it's serious stuff so I'm not too worried about it.” pic.twitter.com/e2XEMqZi63– /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) September 26, 2025
We know that Martin St-Louis wants his club to be ready for the start of the season by having a big camp. Let's just say that today, for the first time in camp, the club didn't take any steps forward.Quite the contrary.There will be some adjustments to make (we'll have time to talk about them tomorrow) and we'll have to make sure that the guys on the blue line are able to play. Because what we saw tonight, that can't happen.
'prolongation'
The other day, I said that Mike Matheson earned points by not playing, given that David Reinbacher's performance demonstrated that the process of developing a top-4 defenseman is loooooong. But tonight, the Québécois clearly earned points… by playing. And I'm not just saying that because he scored.Mike Matheson gets one back for the Habs. Nick Suzuki with the primary assist. #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/mWgb8G7sn8
– Marc Dumont (@MarcPDumont) September 25, 2025
In reality, Matheson had to play with Dobson, Guhle and Reinbacher on the top-4. And at the end of the game, he was one of only four defensemen on the ice with three AHL guys. I've said it many times this summer: those who want to trade Matheson don't realize that he's a great defenseman who keeps everyone in their seats. I've mentioned at times that without Matheson, the club is one injury away from having Kaiden Guhle (who is injury-prone) have Arber Xhekaj or Jayden Struble on their top-4. Matheson is important to this club .
