Montreal Canadiens

Training: A Clue About Who Will Be in Goal Tomorrow
Charles-Alexis Brisebois
Training: A Clue About Who Will Be in Goal Tomorrow
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For the past few weeks, we've gotten used to seeing Jakub Dobes play once a week.

Logically, his turn should come up soon, since he hasn't played since November 5 against the Mammoth. It will actually be a week tomorrow.

And judging by practice—where Dobes looked like the No. 1 goalie (despite the three-goalie rotation) in terms of how duties were assigned—we expect to see the European between the pipes tomorrow night in Boston.

As my colleague Marc-Olivier Cook said on the sidelines during practice, it's his turn. And it's true: if we want to keep him fresh and ready, he needs to play.

And that's true even though he hasn't managed a save percentage above .900 even once since September.

Logically, we can also assume that the Canadiens will want to save Jacob Fowler for Saturday night's big game, when the Avalanche are in town. Since the second week of the season, Saturday night games have been his. And he often plays at home.

And even though Dobes stayed with the guys after practice, I expect him to play tomorrow.

With Samuel Montembeault seemingly nearing a return (he must not have suffered a setback since the Habs haven't said anything about it), it won't be easy to divide up the goalies' ice time.

We say this because he was with the regulars today.

Even if the Quebec native has to head to Laval to get back in shape—he hasn't played a regular-season game since March 6 against the Ducks—he should be back up top quickly.

And the team will be back to a three-man rotation.

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