(Columbus) The menage a trois in front of the Canadian net is part of the major issues of 2023, not very far behind the strike movement in the public sector and the rantings on the need or not for a third link in Quebec.
This menage a trois is deplored by many, but it appears that it also has its advantages.
Wednesday at noon, 98.5 colleague Martin McGuire learned that Cayden Primeau was returning to Montreal this afternoon. Explanation from Martin St-Louis, during his morning meeting with journalists: Primeau will be the starting goalie for the Habs on Thursday, at the Bell Center, against the Florida Panthers.
Until then, CH must do battle with the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday evening. The team will then return to Montreal, but the players will not be home until 2 a.m. Except Primeau who, if he doesn’t hang his feet at the Miami Deli, will get a good night’s sleep.
“Obviously, when you come back late, you go to bed late,” noted defender Kaiden Guhle, in a press scrum at the hotel where the Habs are staying. After a match, I don’t go to bed right away anyway, because it takes me a while to fall asleep. This night’s sleep will probably benefit him. It is a benefit for him. »
Samuel Montembeault will defend the Habs net, and we now understand that Jake Allen will be his assistant, in what has been a perfect goalie rotation since November 12.
The Canadian will thus conclude a series of five straight games on the road, although the team had returned to Montreal between the meetings in Boston and Anaheim. The Montrealers won two of the four duels in a landslide, and suffered clear defeats in the other two matches. Under the circumstances, coming home with a positive record would be an early Christmas present for them.
“I want to see 20 guys in the equation. We can’t just have two or three guys. I want their actions to demonstrate that they really want to finish the trip on a high note. »
