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Kirby Dach to start camp as second center

Originally posted on Dose.ca | Last updated Sep 17, 2025 12:57 PM ET

The cat’s out of the bag: Martin St-Louis said on Monday that he already knew who his second center would be to start the season . But this morning, he did: Kirby Dach.

Kirby Dach will start camp in the role of second center. Martin St-Louis has just confirmed it

– J-F Chaumont (@JFChaumontLNH) September 17, 2025

Of course, that doesn’t mean it will be the case for the whole camp and for the first game of the season. But right now, he’s the one in that chair, and it’s up to him not to lose it. He’ll have to earn his ice time, and we can probably expect Ivan Demidov to be there and Patrik Laine alongside him. Zachary Bolduc is also an option, of course, but in light of the coach ‘s comments on Laine, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him on the top-6 – especially knowing that the Finn doesn’t have a bottom-6profile . #MeilleureVersionDePatrikLaine[content-ads]

#Habs Martin St-Louis: “for me, what I see with the amount of work he put in in the summer, we might see the best version of Patty Laine.”

– Priyanta Emrith (@HabsInHighHeels) September 17, 2025