Canadiens Daily: St. Louis, Slafkovsky, Waivers, Bob Gainey

With 15 healthy forwards on the main roster, the Montreal Canadiens will need to decide what to do with Juraj Slafkovsky:

Martin St. Louis details Juraj Slafkovsky’s growth

Canadiens will lose their waivers priority

That, more Montreal Canadiens, NHL news, and NHL trade rumours in the latest MHN Canadiens Daily:

Montreal Canadiens

With 15 healthy forwards on the main roster, the Canadiens will need to decide what to do with Juraj Slafkovsky: send him to Laval or make room by waiving a veteran.

Head coach Martin St-Louis gives his thoughts on Juraj Slafkovsky’s progress this season:

Cole Caufield and Christian Dvorak drove the Canadiens’ offence last week, but it was the play from a rookie pairing that impressed the most.

The Canadiens will lose their waiver priority as of November 1, with the 2022-2023 NHL standings now deciding the new order.

Canada Hockey Now

CGY: The crappy jokes are flying after Calgary Flames head coach Darryl Sutter dropped a bomb in his post-game press conference on Saturday night.

National Hockey Now

NYI: First-year head coach Lane Lambert made some questionable decisions regarding his personnel management early this season as he tried to kickstart this New York Islanders team.

BOS: As the calendar turns into November and the Boston Bruins head out on a three-game road trip to start the month, is Linus Ullmark their No.1 goalie?

PGH: Drew O’Connor got word Sunday evening that the Pittsburgh Penguins had a spot for him on their major-league roster.

PHI: The Philadelphia Flyers are off to a hot start this season, and a big reason for that is goaltender Carter Hart.

WSH: With Washington Capitals forward TJ Oshie out with an injury out and the team in need of a top-6 winger, all eyes are on Connor McMichael.

FLA: With Aaron Ekblad out of the Florida Panthers lineup the past few weeks, the opportunity has come for a couple of defencemen to step up and help fill those skates.

DET: The Detroit Red Wings have seen their depth challenged before they could even hit the 10-game mark of the season, and they’re somehow still afloat.

VGK: The Vegas Golden Knights have assigned goaltender Laurent Brossoit to the Henderson Silver Knights of the AHL for a conditioning stint.

SJS: Erik Karlsson is having one of the best starts to the season in his career for the San Jose Sharks.

DAL: Dallas Stars reflect on Bob Gainey’s quiet greatness.