Although they are approaching the playoffs and in good standing, it seems that the Montreal Canadiens are far from establishing what they want their full lineup to look like. They still a revolving door on the bottom defensive pairing as well as the fourth forward line.
Neither of those rotations are major points of concern, as they are simply depth moves that don’t have much ability to hurt the team. The most crucial experiment lies with the top three forwards in Max Pacioretty, Alexander Radulov and Alex Galchenyuk. Ever since those three returned to playing on the same line, their production declined.