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Call of the Wilde: Youth is Served

September 20, 2017

By Brian Wilde

The Habs once again iced two lines that look like they might be together on opening night. Drouin with Pacioretty and Hemsky is the top line heading into the season right now. The third line of  Plekanec centering Lehkonen and Hudon also appears set for Buffalo October 5th. To the Wilde Horses we go….

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Brian Wilde has worked in hockey since he was 20. He was the rink side host for the Edmonton Oilers at CTV and Ottawa Senators for Sportsnet. He was also lead reporter on the Montreal Canadiens for 17 years at CTV Montreal.

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  • Michael Cordeiro says

    Didn’t see the game but from the highlights that I have seen tells me that Hudon is for real and will be staying.
    Great work Brian..
    Cheers

  • Nick Jurich says

    Pretty entertaining game, interested to see if any of the kids from tonight get an additional look for the back to back game vs NJ. Factoring in a couple injuries from the roster vs the Bruins I’m guessing it’s a possibility.

  • Trevor Birtch says

    43 shots? thats awesome! Hopefully they can keep that up come season. Great article Brian. I cant agree more that Lehkonen should be top 6. The kid is just too good and he will only get better if you surround him with better players and more ice time.

  • David Auger says

    …I’m outta place on this message board… No way to search for gifs!

    Great write up again, cannot wait for the season to start!

  • Jennifer LaPoint says

    NHL experience doesn’t necessarily equate to NHL caliber, however when you look at our team and see these AHL (and junior) guys ready to make the jump to the show in addition to our regulars, there’s no denying we have a team that can compete. It’s easy to get concerned about losing games in preseason but people need to keep in mind that we basically have 2 half powered teams that are on the ice each game right now. Once you take the better half of those teams and combine them, add in the 100% effort of the regular season, you have a team that will get the wins.

    • Brian Wilde says

      True Jennifer. I think the showing of Hudon and Mete is the big upside so far, albeit in the pre season. Still good though for sure. Drouin is going to be a wrecking ball on the power play too.