The infirmary to start the season is getting a little smaller as the Habs announced on Thursday that they have placed defenceman Gustav Olofsson on waivers.  This comes on the heels of suffering a shoulder injury at the beginning of training camp.

Strap on your seatbelts, because the Canadiens, with their speed game and their youth, will be fun to watch, playoff spot or not. They are a team on the rise.

The Habs narrowly missed the playoffs last season and have opted for continuity and the hope of continued development over a big splash to try to change that fate. Will that be enough to make the postseason in 2019-20?

Following Saturday’s win against Ottawa, Montreal had three cuts still to make.  Two of those have come in the form of Charles Hudon and Charlie Lindgren who were placed on waivers on Sunday.

The Habs took a big step towards finalizing their roster as they announced that defencemen Karl Alzner and Xavier Ouellet plus forwards Matthew Peca, Phil Varone, and Dale Weise have been placed on waivers. They all cleared on Friday and were assigned to Laval.

The Canadiens played their penultimate game of the preseason on Wednesday night, heading to Toronto to take on the Leafs. The mixture of Habs regulars and hopefuls were unable to generate anything against Toronto’s full NHL lineup, dropping the game by a final of 3-0.

In a game that featured very little excitement, many Habs who had impressed so far found themselves with performances that fell short. The result was the Habs first defeat of the preseason on Monday night, a 3-0 outcome against a Maple Leafs squad that featured very little of their actual NHL roster.

The Habs played their first road game of the season on Saturday night and put forth a dominating performance in Ottawa, leaving with a convincing 4-0 victory.

The past few days have not been kind to the Habs on the injury front.  The team announced that Ryan Poehling is out indefinitely with a concussion while Michael McCarron will miss six weeks with a groin injury.