The 2020-21 hockey season is unlike any other. The taxi squad means that some immediate replacements for the NHL roster are not even playing in the American Hockey League. However, for the Montreal Canadiens, that isn’t necessarily the case.
The taxi squad, other than Michael Frolik, Charlie Lindgren, and others on off days, has been a place for healthy scratches or injured players with the Laval Rocket.
That means that should the Canadiens — who have been relatively healthy this season — need some reinforcements, they will be coming from the Rocket. Through eight games, and a 5-2-1 start, we have an idea of who may be the options who are ready for the jump to the NHL.