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Inside today's Locked on Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens got another rude awakening at the hands of the LA Kings on Thursday night, dropping their second game of the year to the California club. While the Habs came out strong, and looked like a much more composed team, the Kings simply overwhelmed them once again. Are the moral victories good enough to keep morale high or should we still be expecting more from the team right now?

Arber Xhekaj played his first game in around a month on Wednesday night for the Laval Rocket after being sent down. The Rocket continued their losing streak, and it kicked off a wave of panic surrounding Xhekaj. Neither host seems to understand why there is suddenly a lot of uncertainty around the undrafted defender, and as always want everyone to just take a deep breath and relax right now.

Finally, it's the Friday Mailbag, headlined by Scott drafting his All-Decade team!

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Segment 1: Habs-LAK preview
Segment 2: Is Marty the coach of the future?
Segment 3: Habs All-Decade Team exercise update

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Inside today's Locked on Canadiens

The NHL announced the expected salary cap for next season is going to rise by just over four millions dollars, providing a nice boost in potential cap space for teams around the league. With some new extensions kicking in for the Canadiens next year, and some bigger contracts coming off the books it means the Canadiens might finally be able to move into the next steps of rebuilding. What does the Habs cap situation look like going into next year with the rising cap?

Then it's Three Up, and Three Down!

Despite the big win on Monday over Seattle, Scott has had some concerns about player deployment going into the rest of the season. Even with Slafkovsky moving to the top line, Martin St. Louis has defaulted to veterans in that spot, and both hosts wants to see more of the young blood given those chances as the rebuild progresses. Also, the Laval Rocket have lost seven straight games and despite each game being close, the results aren't going their way. Is the lack of consistent goaltending the problem, or is something else holding the team back?

On the upside of things, Samuel Montembeault has cemented himself as the guy in net for the Montreal Canadiens. With a 4-1-0 record and quietly settling in as one of the most underrated goalies in the league, Montembeault finds himself firmly on the up list this week. Joining him is a pair of Habs forwards who have been under an insane amount of pressure this year to produce in Josh Anderson and Juraj Slafkovsky. The points aren't rolling in quite yet for both, but the process towards improvement is showing plenty in both players, especially Slafkovsky. For Anderson his newfound patience is showing, and has seemingly put him on the right track to getting his season in order.

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The Montreal Canadiens beat the Seattle Kraken. We discuss the game, Josh Anderson's first goal of the year, Juraj Slafkovsky's excellent play, and more. Arber Xhekaj has been removed from IR and sent to Laval. What does this mean for the defense of both the Habs and the Rocket? And finally, is an in-season tournament a good idea for the NHL?

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Inside today's Locked on Canadiens

It was a busy end of the week for the Montreal Canadiens and their fans with both good news and bad news across the board. First was the new contract for goaltender Samuel Montembeault, signing for three more years at 3.15 million a season. Scott and Laura think that this puts an end to the trade rumours surrounding Montembeault, but will throw gas on the fire for the other two netminders still on the depth chart.

Then the bad news came quickly, as Alex Newhook left the game against the Florida Panthers with a lower body injury after being checked into the side of the net. Newhook needed help to get off the ice, and was revealed to be out for at least the next three months with a high ankle sprain. The hosts debate if the team needs to add a forward in a possible goalie trade in the coming week.

Finally, despite a respectable 1-1-1 record on the week the Canadiens failed to impress overall and it's leaving the hosts frustrated. They want to see Martin St-Louis give more opportunities to players like Jesse Ylönen instead of promoting veterans who are at their ceiling already. With four games this upcoming week, what would be a successful week for the Habs against a group of tricky teams?

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On today's special Friday Mailbag episode, we are joined by Jerome Berube, Director of Hockey Scouting at HockeyProspect.com and we ask him a variety of listener questions on various topics such as:
-Lane Hutson's brother Cole
-Are there any Slovak players to watch this year?
-What players from the QMJHL stand out this year?
-What Habs prospect is likely to get traded in the next couple of years?
And more, including about the experience of scouting hockey.

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