Josh Anderson isn't seriously hurt, but he's questionable for tomorrow's game. Ducharme also said that it's possible he'll rest some key players if the Jets beat Vancouver tonight.

— Eric Engels (@EricEngels) May 11, 2021

If the players coming out of the lineup are forwards, Ducharme is doing a great job trying to bring the habs under investigation by the NHL.

Although I guess he could switch a D out for Gustafsson without arousing suspicion/potentially breaking the laws of the CBA.

I don’t think he’s ever going to be a top 4 D, but he should definitely be a good option for the 6th or 7th D next year.

So Toronto it is. It’ll be interesting to see who’s out of the lineup tomorrow. I’d expect Anderson or Tatar at forward come out of the lineup, since they appear to be a bit banged up. No D have shown signs of injury, so I guess Petry might be scratched, as he is our most important D.

The Canadiens recalled defenseman Xavier Ouellet and forward Jesse Ylönen from the AHL’s Laval Rocket. Both of them are available to play in tonight’s game against Edmonton. #GoRocket #GoHabsGo

— Rocket de Laval (@RocketLaval) May 12, 2021

looks like anderson will probably get his rest and ylonen will get to play in his first nhl game

Let’s go! So pumped to see Jesse play!
Although I guess this means that at least 2 of our D (other than Weber) are beat up, since otherwise Ouellet wouldn’t be able to play. (This also means that Gustafsson is playing today)

I wonder what number Ylönen will wear today? He wore 56 at development camp, 26 for Laval (but that’s obviously taken), and 72 everywhere else. I’d love for him to get 72, but knowing Bergevin it’ll be 13 or 36. (The 2 lowest available numbers) Or even 20/25, since neither Poehling nor Fleury are on the team right now.

Edit: And he better have the accent on his name. They didn’t do it Frolík, but Ylönen probably has a better chance, because they did it in Laval.

It always annoys me when French players don't have the accent so i understand that feeling.

Basically any name without the accent is annoying. Like how hard is it to spell someone’s name correctly? The good news is that it seems to be getting more common lately that they get the names correct, whereas it was extremely uncommon some years ago when Michael Frolík was starting his career.

Cayden Primeau affrontera les Oilers d'Edmonton à 17h aujourd'hui. Charlie Lindgren devrait lui servir en tant qu'adjoint. Ce sera confirmé au point de presse de Dominique Ducharme dans quelques minutes.

— Anthony Marcotte (@anthonymarcotte) May 12, 2021

Alright, now we’ve gone too far. For Lindgren to be on the bench that would mean that Allen is injured. Which he has shown no outward sign of up to now. It seems like the habs are playing with fire in regards to who is actually injured, and it could land them in serious trouble if the NHL catches on.

LOL. So this is what the habs roster looks like right now:

Armia - Suzuki - Caufield
Tatar - Kotkaniemi - Perry
Byron - Evans - Lehkonen
Frolík - Belzile - Ylönen
Kulak - Chiarot
Romanov - Ouellet
Gustafsson - Merrill
Primeau
Lindgren

Scratches:
Allen (Injured)
Anderson (Injured, Upper-Body Injury)
Danault (Injured, Concussion)
Edmundson (Injured)
Petry (Injured)
Price (Injured, Concussion)
Staal (Injured)
Toffoli (Injured)
Weber (Injured, Upper-Body Injury)

Taxi Squad:
Blandisi (Injured, Knee Injury)
Pezzetta (Injured, Facial Fracture)
Poehling (Injured, Wrist Injury)
Teasdale (Injured, Knee Injury)

Injured Reserve:
Gallagher (LTIR, Fractured Left Thumb)
Drouin (LTIR, Personal Leave of Absence)

So they ''created'' injuries to Allen, Toffoli, Staal, Edmundson

And Petry.

Oh well he wasn't listed in the previous post so that's why i forgot about him

Well that is my fault. Thanks for pointing that out.

So in the end, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Nick Suzuki are the only players who will end up playing 56 games this year.

Caufield and Suzuki have been doing good tonight

10 of the 20 players in the lineup today have played for the Rocket at some point. (Kotkaniemi, Caufield, Evans, Belzile, Frolík, Ylönen, Kulak, Ouellet, Primeau, Lindgren) Which I’d assume is the most that have ever played for Montréal in the same game.

Here’s a phenomenal article, written by Tyler Toffoli:

I Was Meant To Be a Hab

Great Article, i've always been a Toffoli fan since i watched him play for the Ottawa 67's and now he's helping to lead my favourite NHL team.

That's amazing. Yes sir Mr. Perry, honestly I could see it.

👀 Shea Weber #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/Hg9Xjfrhv9

— Here's Your Replay ⬇️ (@TheReplayGuy) May 13, 2021

So it looks like Shea Weber and Brendan Gallagher are buddies in having left thumb injuries.

Shoutout to you for someone not being blocked by that guy

At this point in time, since I know this will come up more and more as we approach playoffs, Jonathan Drouin is not expected to return with the Canadiens this season. He remains on personal leave from the club.

— Eric Engels (@EricEngels) May 14, 2021

I know I'm not supposed to be angry at Drouin, but why couldn't he of went on leave before the TD so we could at least replace him? I don't think we ever see him play another game for the Canadiens

Maybe wait until we find out the reason before judging him. Also, I don’t think the habs would have or should have added a forward at the deadline if they knew they wouldn’t have Drouin.

It's honestly pretty ridiculous. The French Media pretty much demands we have a french presence on this team, but then criticize literally everything that player does on and off the ice.