Fansided · Oct 12, 2016
Montreal Canadiens Finalize Opening Night Roster
The Montreal Canadiens made their final roster adjustments before the 2016-17 National Hockey League season gets underway. The Habs will take on the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night to open the campaign, and have a much different looking roster than one year ago.
The 2015-16 version of Habs opening-night lineup was headlined by Tomas Plekanec, Max Pacioretty and Brendan Gallagher on the top line. Also featured was newcomer Alex Semin in the top six, with Lars Eller and Alex Galchenyuk. PTO invite Tomas Fleischmann was on the third line with David Desharnais and Dale Weise, while Torrey Mitchell centered the fourth unit with Devante Smith-Pelly and Brian Flynn.