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Practice: Joe Veleno and Jayden Struble should be left out (again)
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Practice: Joe Veleno and Jayden Struble should be left out (again)
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Today, the Canadiens travel to Chicago to take on the Blackhawks. This will be the last road game for Martin St-Louis' troupe before they play their first game at the Bell Centre this season. Remember that, so far, the club has been defeated by the Maple Leafs, then Yzerplatted the Red Wings. The club has a 1-1-0 record… and with a game against the poor Blackhawks, the opportunity is there to go home with a record above .500. That said, in these first two games, Joe Veleno and Jayden Struble have been left out. At practice this morning, Veleno and Struble were still practicing as extras, while the trios and duos remained unchanged, so expect Veleno and Struble to be left out once again.

This isn't a huge surprise in light of the club's dominant win over the Wings. So we probably don't want to change a winning formula… even if Veleno and Struble will eventually deserve to play games.Sooner or later, they'll get the opportunity to do so.Note that in front of the net, we're still expecting a change: Samuel Montembeault will get the start despite Jakub Dobes' brilliant performance on Thursday.And when you note that the Habs have at least one day of rest between each of their next six games, you have to expect the Québécois to be in front of the net for the majority of them. He's still the #1 goaltender in town, after all.

In short, we shouldn't see any changes to the line-up tonight, except for the one in front of the net.Veleno and Struble will continue to have to be patient.

'Overtime'

– Here's the Blackhawks line-up for tonight. Kirby Dach's little brother, Colton, is on the first line.

– Please note.

– Too bad.

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