MONTREAL, QC - OCTOBER 10: Jesperi Kotkaniemi Montreal Canadiens Nick Suzuki (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
Montreal Canadiens young centres are going to be key to team success.
Montreal Canadiens teams were lacking depth on centres for nearly two decades. After trading Pierre Turgeon and Vincent Damphousse in the late 1990’s, the Habs were constantly weak at the pivotal position.
There was a brief reprieve during their centennial season when Saku Koivu, Tomas Plekanec, Robert Lang and Maxim Lapierre provided nice depth down the middle, but an injury to Lang after 50 games left them relying on Glen Metropolit for offence from the third line.