One player who is a prime candidate for the second-line right spot is Morgan Geekie. If Geekie ends up winning the role at the start of the season, captain Brad Marchand certainly won't have any issues playing on a line with him.

After Tuesday’s game, coach Jim Montgomery said he’s looking for penalty-killers. He gave Poitras and Justin Brazeau a shot at it and they did reasonably well. How well a young player does in a role like that, no matter how glamorous it may or may not be – could be the difference between a player making the team or not.