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Kaiden Guhle absent tonight | Jakub Dobes in the net

Originally posted on Dose.ca | Last updated Mar 27, 2025 3:03 PM ET

Martin St-Louis spoke this morning, ahead of tonight’s game.

First of all, we knew that the Canadiens intended to have Jakub Dobes play either tonight or tomorrow. And finally, it’s tonight, in Philadelphia, that the goalkeeper will play.

This means that Monty will play in Carolina, on Friday – and probably on Sunday, in Florida.

Jakub Dobes gets the start for the Habs tonight vs the Flyers. His first start in two weeks since March 12th.

Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/rUOzU2OFBc

— /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) March 27, 2025

Meanwhile, he will be able to rest and Dobes will have the mandate to face, on paper, the worst team on the schedule this week. Will the strategy pay off for the club?

We’ll see.

Note that Dobes will face a club that will play under the orders of Brad Shaw, since John Tortorella, the former Flyers coach, was fired. The announcement was made this morning.

Will this make the task more difficult for Dobes and the rest of the team?

But we were especially watching to see if Kaiden Guhle would be able to return to the game. It was a long shot and it wasn’t exactly predictable, but the question still arises.

And finally, he won’t play tonight. We don’t know if he’ll play this week.

Martin St. Louis says Dobes is starting. No Kaiden Guhle

— Eric Engels (@EricEngels) March 27, 2025

Also, as we were talking about Martin St-Louis’ press conference, the subject of John Tortorella was brought up. He says he doesn’t like to see someone lose their job and that it can hurt.

However, he doesn’t want to judge (especially his comments about his desire to lead a last-place team) since he doesn’t have all the information at hand.

Martin St. Louis on John Tortorella:
“For sure. Torts had a big impact on my career. He’s a good person, and it’s never fun to see anyone lose their job. Sometimes it hurts even more when you know the person.”
On whether or not he was surprised following Tortorella’s comments…

— Eric Engels (@EricEngels) March 27, 2025

Overtime

– Good listening.

Podcast de @passion_mlb avec @SebasBerrouard pour mettre la table pour la saison

Nos invités? @marcgriffinRDS et Alain Usereau https://t.co/ZE3TSYd5Yj

— Charles-Alexis Brisebois (@Charles__Alexis) March 27, 2025

– Signature in Laval.

Le Rocket de Laval a annoncé avoir accordé un contrat d’essai professionnel à l’attaquant Mark Estapa.

The Laval Rocket signed forward Mark Estapa to a professional tryout contract. pic.twitter.com/SP9WiZb3k0

— Rocket de Laval (@RocketLaval) March 27, 2025

– What do you think?

Les Amateurs de sports I Samuel Montembeault connaît une petite baisse de régime, mais José Théodore ne jure que par lui, comme il l’explique à @LangloisMario.https://t.co/gNBVZivZ9y

— 98,5 Sports (@985Sports) March 27, 2025

– He needs to get back on track.