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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
Michigan beating the University of Minnesota 5-1.
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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
A little bit of a spanking on Friday night.
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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
So, Hage, tremendous season continues.
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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
12 goals, 20 assists for 32 points in 23 games.
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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
And another one who's on the regular rotation, Alexander Zharovsky over there in the KHL.
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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
Apparently everybody wanted to score game-winning goals this week.
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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
Now, last week, you will recall that we mentioned Habs goaltending prospect Mikus Vatsvanaks was released by the Newfoundland Regiment in the queue because...
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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
There was a whole bunch of trading, particularly of goaltenders, going on in the QMJHL last week.
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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
That left Vatsvanak's kind of fourth tier for the regiment, so they released him.
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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
You'll also remember that we mentioned that next season he's committed to the University of Maine and the NCAA.
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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
So what do you do between now and then?
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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
Um, switching gears to the AHL, uh, before we get to how the Laval rocket has, uh, performed this week, uh, we knew already that, uh, head coach Pascal Vincent, uh, is going to be coaching the North division all-stars at the AHL all-star classic, uh, because at the cutoff date Laval was sitting at the top of the division, uh,
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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
But the AHL has also announced the full rosters for players for the 2026 AHL All-Star Classic.
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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
That is going to be held this year in Rockford, Illinois, February 10th and 11th.
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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
And they have pretty hefty representation this year.
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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
So including the head coach, there will be four Laval representatives at the AHL All-Star Classic this year.
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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
That is a tremendous feat and really great for them.
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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
In terms of games, eh?
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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
Not so great.
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Roster Pressure: The Canadiens Toughest Lineup Decisions | Canadiens Connection ep 383
In fact, they lost every game they played this week.