Preseason: Canadiens @ Leafs - Sept. 19th, 7:00pm - SN1

[CarltonTheBear]

First preseason game of the year, with the Leafs expected to ice a heavy NHL roster including Bobrovsky starting in net. McKenna is also expected to make his Leafs preseason debut.

Of course the other half of the Leafs training camp roster will be in Montreal (with Daniel Alfredsson serving as head coach) at the same time going up against the other half of Montreal's training camp roster.

 

[Bender]

I'm wondering if it will be NHL roster vs. minor leaguers in both cases....

 

[YYZ]

I'm wondering if it will be NHL roster vs. minor leaguers in both cases....

Rules say the team needs to ice eight players with a minimum 100 NHL games played.

 

[herman]

I'm wondering if it will be NHL roster vs. minor leaguers in both cases....

They will play their NHL heavy teams at home for their fans, so that’s the expectation, which is not too different than when the games were held on different nights.

 

[cw]

Rules say the team needs to ice eight players with a minimum 100 NHL games played.

Marlies have at least six:
Johnson
Lettieri
MacEwen
Myers
Pezzetta
Shaw

EDIT: a player who played 30 NHL games the previous season also counts as a veteran - even if they have not played 100 NHL games. Ditto for goalies or goalies who also backed up during 50 games last season.

Veterans are only allowed to play 2 games. So Stolarz could be a 7th for the Marlies to get two full games in. I didn't see anyone else on the Marlies who qualified with 30 NHL games last season. Since only 20 players can play in a preseason game, at least 1 of 3 from the 23 man NHL roster would be able to play for the Marlies squad to get the 8th veteran. They'll probably play all three beyond the 20 man NHL roster with the Marlies to get them in games.

 

[herman]

This is why I think some bubble vets at the bottom of the NHL roster will be served notice by assignment to the away team to see if they can carry in elevated minutes with less help, and some promising prospects will get a spin to gauge fit with the NHLers (Koblar, Danford > Joshua/Lorentz, Stecher/Blankenburg)

 

[cw]

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Looks like the rosters will be somewhat split with NHLers and Marlies on both
NHL goalies and more NHLers in the Toronto game (13 NHLers)
8 NHLers in the game in Montreal

Rielly and Joshua are not on either game roster

 

[herman]

home team looks fun! Lineup guess

Knies-Matthews-Roslovic
McKenna-Tavares-Nylander
Quillan-Koblar-Nansi
Lorentz-Groulx-McEwan

McCabe-Tanev
Andrae-Raddysh
Rifai-Danford

Bobrovsky
Stolarz


@ MTL

Cowan-Paul-Sissons
Brisson-Blueger-Duhaime
Tverberg-Shaw-Letierri
Pezzetta-Rybinski-Johnstone

EkmanLarsson-Stecher
Mermis-Blankenburg
Chadwick-Smith

Akhtyamov
Hlavaj

Marlies are very stocked on righties

 

[Joe S.]

Rielly and Joshua are not on either game roster

I think Rielly is fighting something and will miss most of camp.

 

[bustaheims]

I think Rielly is fighting something and will miss most of camp.

He joined the main group yesterday, but he’s clearly not at full speed/in game shape right now. He’ll probably get into a game against Ottawa.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2101318731238420732

https://twitter.com/x/status/2101337477264949665