With 67 players invited to training camp this season, the Montreal Canadiens and Laval Rocket certainly have a healthy depth headed into this season, correcting for their shortcomings from last year. The Canadiens’ ECHL affiliate, the Brampton Beast, was stripped of all players under contract with the Canadiens organization by late October to fill the ranks higher up in the organization.
The majority of this newfound depth comes from the 10 players signed to AHL contracts, three more than the Canadiens normally would have heading into a season, in order to ensure appropriate depth.