Montreal Canadiens: Possible lines and pairings at the Red vs. White Scrimmage
By Omar L
The Montreal Canadiens will be holding their Canadian Tire Red vs. White Scrimmage and the lineups are set for the afternoon game.
It’ll be Montreal Canadiens teammate vs. Montreal Canadiens teammate Sunday afternoon. The Canadian Tire Red vs. White Scrimmage is a fun event at training camp that allows the players to get in some playing time before the preseason begins.
Since the on-ice sessions began on Friday, the entire 66-player camp roster has been split into two groups (A and B) with a smaller Group C. Team’s Red and White will coincide with those groups respectively (with a tweak here and there), but not everyone is taking part. The Habs site released what the lineups will be for each team.
Team A (Red)
Forwards
Michael Chaput, Phillip Danault, Jacob de la Rose, Nicolas Deslauriers, Byron Froese, Brendan Gallagher, Charles Hudon, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Artturi Lehkonen, Hunter Shinkaruk, Tomas Tatar, and Lukas Vejdemo.
Defence
Karl Alzner, Simon Despres, Noah Juulsen, Victor Mete, David Schlemko, David Sklenicka, and Rinat Valiev.
Goaltenders
Charlie Lindgren and Michael McNiven.
Team B (White)
Forwards
Jeremiah Addison, Kenny Agostino, Joel Armia, Will Bitten, Paul Byron, Max Domi, Jonathan Drouin, Alexandre Grenier, Michael McCarron, Matthew Peca, Nikita Scherbak, and Nick Suzuki.
Defence
Jordie Benn, Josh Brook, Cale Fleury, Brett Lernout, Xavier Ouellet, Jeff Petry, and Mike Reilly.
Goaltenders
Antti Niemi and Carey Price.
Keeping in mind that this is a fun intrasquad game, we also can’t ignore the impact this event has had on roster decisions. Mete stood out at development camp and the Rookie Tournament last year, but it was at this game where we first saw him pair up with Shea Weber. Additionally, we got a glimpse of the chemistry between Hudon, Lehkonen, and Plekanec after the former had that hat-trick.