After every Montreal Canadiens game this pre-season, we will look at a few players whose stock goes up or down. This doesn’t mean that they are favoured to make the opening night roster or not, but simply that their outlook is on the rise, or not.
Entering the season, I struggled with the Canadiens depth and made Thompson my defacto 13th forward. I just didn’t think he had enough in him to earn a regular spot. Against the Devils on Monday, and even in the Red vs. White scrimmage, he has shown a lot more offensive instincts than I remembered him showing last season.