[EHM 2018-10-20] Habs 3 @ Oilers 2

Armia makes his Habs debut.

The lines were altered due to injuries and giving Armia a chance. It seems likely unless Armia thrives immediately that he'll be waived and sent to the IceCaps which will then bump Bowen to the Beast. Armia has some decent deking ability but it will be an uphill battle to prove his offense adds more to the team than Reaves physicality. Injuries could change everything.

Hischier(6)-Lehkonen(6)-Dadanov(9)
Domi(7)-Rychel(6)-Deslauriers(7)
Little(9)-Dawes(9)-Gallagher(8)
Byron(6)-Tatar(6)-Armia(6)
Valiev(6)-Weber(7)
Alzner(7)-Green(8)
Sergachev(7)-Honk(7)
Price(8)
Zenko(-)

Scratches: Ritchie(h); Shipachyov(IRL); Thornton (i); Reaves(h)

Domi took on Lucic and while a good fight, Lucic got the better of him. The top Edmonton players were kept off the score sheet but it was a close game. Valiev continues to struggle and gave the puck away right in front of Price for the Oilers second goal.

Brown's move to the ECHL is delayed because of errors in paperwork making him of Veteran status even though he isn't. This error (OOC: game glitch) may keep him in the SPHL for the season or make him tradebait. This unexpected issue may be why the Sens were eager to move him.