Highly touted blueline prospects Lane Hutson, Logan Mailloux, David Reinbacher look to crack Montreal Canadiens lineup
The Montreal Canadiens made room for their young defensive talent this summer by moving two established players.
David Savard and Mike Matheson are the only defencemen on the team with more than 115 games of NHL experience. Third-year Kaiden Guhle is also guaranteed a spot on the blue line.Jayden Struble, Arber Xhekaj and Justin Barron will likely have an edge over Hutson, Reinbacher and Mailloux at training camp. But the three highly touted rookies have profiles that suggest they could become top players in the NHL, whereas the other three are more likely to remain in supporting roles.
“It’s great being able to get some hard practices, some battles and then some games on the weekend under our belt. We’re pushing each other out here.” “My game is more complete. I think it’s the most complete it’s ever been,” Mailloux, of Belle River, Ont., said. “I think I can still play my offensive game, but I think that I can play against anyone defensively and bring a physical side to the game, and be able to transition pucks, and do that on a nightly basis.Mailloux, who played one game with the Canadiens late last season, said he worked on refining certain aspects of his game over the summer.
The 5-foot-10, 162-pound Hutson played the last two games of the season for the Canadiens last spring after finishing his college career at Boston University.
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