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.

The fiery forward shed the noncontact jersey Wednesday and was battling with teammates the way they're used to.

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.