The Columbus Blue Jackets travel to Montreal for their first road battle against the Eastern Conference of the season. The Montreal Canadiens and Blue Jackets puckdrop is at 7pm on Bally Sports Ohio and Bell.

The Canadiens have made quite the shakeup to the roster for the present and future of the franchise. This is a new breath of fresh air for the youngest rising teams in all of hockey.

In

Alex Newhook has been acquired via trade from the Colorado Avalanche in a multi-piece trade.

Tanner Pearson was acquired via trade from the Vancouver Canucks in a multi-piece trade.

Gustav Lindstrom was acquired from the Detroit Red Wings in a multi-player trade.

Nathan Legare was acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins via the Erik Karlsson blockbuster.

Forward Phillipe Maillett signed

Defender Brady Keeper signed

Forward Lias Andersson signed

Forward Jakob Novak acquired via trade from the Ottawa Senators.

David Reinbacher was drafted 5th overall in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft.


Out

Mike Hoffman was moved to San Jose in the Karlsson blockbuster.

Jeff Petry came to Montreal in the Karlsson blockbuster, but was flipped to Detroit for Lindstrom to get his kids in school.

Casey DeSmith came to Montreal in the Karlsson blockbuster, and was flipped to Vancouver for Pearson before the season started.

Chirs Tierney joined the Devils.

Denis Gurianov did not sign a qualifying offer and signed with Nashville.

Joel Edmundson was dealt to Washington at 50% salary retained.

Vinzenz Rohrer signed in Europe

Otto Leskinen signed in Europe

Frederic Allard signed in Sweden

Gianni Fairbrother moved to Colorado in the Newhook deal.

Alex Belizile signed with the Rangers.

Anthony Richard moved to Boston.

Jonathan Drouin reunited with Nate MacKinnon in Colorado.

Rem Pitlick moved to Pittsburgh in the Karlsson blockbuster.

Madison Bowey signed in the KHL

Joel Teasdale signed with Iowa (AHL).

Paul Byron retired.

This young and hungry team is having a good start to the season, and Cole Caufield is leading the way with 6 points in 6 games. The healthier players in Sean Monahan and Tanner Pearson are not too far behind after missing most of last season. Jake Allen has not lost in regulation just yet, but they’ve had the young legs out.

With a loss, this will be the first time the Habs will be under 0.500 at home this season.

Kirby Dach is already out of the season after a torn ACL/MCL from the Blackhawks game. Brutal loss for a top 3 pick. David Savard was also recently placed on LTIR. This will be quite the dilemma for the Canadiens’ chemistry.

Projected Lineups

Montreal Canadiens

Cole Caufield—Nick Suzuki—Josh Anderson
Rafael Harvey-Pinard—Alex Newhook—Juraj Slafkovsky
Tanner Pearson—Sean Monahan—Brendan Gallagher
Michael Pezzetta—Jake Evans—Jesse Ylonen

Michael Matheson—Justin Barron
Jordan Harris—Jonathan Kovacevic
Arber Xhekaj—Gustav Lindstrom

Jake Allen
Samuel Montembault

Scratched - Joel Armia, Cayden Primeau
Injured - Kirby Dach, David Savard, Christian Dvorak, Kaiden Guhle, Chris Wideman, Carey Price

Columbus Blue Jackets

Johnny Gaudreau—Boone Jenner—Jack Roslovic
Alexandre Texier—Adam Fantilli—Emil Bemstrom
Kirill Marchenko—Cole Sillinger—Justin Danforth
Dmitry Vokornov—Sean Kuraly—Mathieu Olivier

Zach Werenski—Damon Severson
Ivan Provorov—David Jiricek
Jake Bean—Erik Gudbranson

Elvis Merzlikins
Spencer Martin

Scratched - Adam Boqvist, Andrew Peeke, Kent Johnson

Injured - Patrik Laine, Daniil Tarasov


Players to Watch

Montreal - Cole Caufield — leading point scorer for the Habs.

Columbus - Ivan Provorov — 3 game point streak, 5 assists in 6 games. No goals yet.


Predicted Final Score


MTL - 2

CBJ - 3

OT

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