Montreal Canadiens: a major announcement is imminent

It always feels good to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs on home ice, even if it's in a warm-up game. On Monday night, Martin St-Louis's men showed great character, and that will be crucial for what's to come.

The players and management are going on a closed retreat to Mont Tremblant, but there are still 31 players on the team.

According to my colleague William Nadeau, of the Habs and NHL site, it's a safe bet that there will be some cuts before the departure for Mont Tremblant.

The goal of this closed retreat is to build team spirit, and Monday's game was a good prelude to that. However, there's no room for players who won't make the team, unfortunately.

So we may soon find out whether youngsters like Logan Mailloux, Emil Heineman and a few others are really part of the CH's plans for this season.

To be continued in the coming hours.

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