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 <a href='https://www.habsetlnh.com/equipe-lnh/canadiens-de-montreal/Le-Canadien-sur-le-point-de-proceder-a-une-importante-annonce' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>William Nadeau, of the Habs and NHL site</a>, 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. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/HabsInHighHeels/status/1709021972934332866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1709021972934332866%7Ctwgr%5E0ba534c5855a056685e3e2158ce109965c1faace%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.habsetlnh.com%2Fcanadiens-de-montreal%2FLe-Canadien-sur-le-point-de-proceder-a-une-importante-annonce'> </a></blockquote></div>