The Montreal Canadiens began training camp on Thursday and first hit the ice on Friday. With so many players returning from last season, there have not been many big surprises when monitoring the lines and defense pairings that have been put together to begin camp.
The top line of Tomas Tatar, Phillip Danault and Brendan Gallagher was wisely kept together. Jonathan Drouin, Max Domi and Artturi Lehkonen played together for stretches last season and have been put together once again for camp. Jesperi Kotkaniemi is between Paul Byron and Joel Armia, a trio that are familiar from their time together last season.