Les Canadiennes de Montreal opened their pre-season with half of the 20 players in the game being newcomers to the team, including seven forwards and both goaltenders.
That places more importance on the exhibition season as the team has four games and to get all the new players on track for the October 17th season opener.
"There’s definitely an adjustment," said Canadiennes forward Kim Deschênes. "The team is more or less set but we don’t have our system in place yet. We’re pretty much starting from scratch so I’m looking forward to the next few weeks.