Camp Begins with Physicals + Media Day

Let the Drive for 25 commence!

With the team checking in for physicals and media stuff today, we'll bring you updates as we get them like we did for the Golf Tournament on Wednesday.

If you missed it, HERE is the roster of players invited to training camp.

DAY UPDATES:

9:41 AM - In preparation for their eight preseason games, the Canadiens will be split into three clubs this weekend. Thanks to JFChaumont on Twitter, we have the first details on the division (lines listed below are just for illustrative purposes):

(or see rosters HERE from Hockey Inside/Out including players' numbers; Alexei Yemelin takes Sergei Kostitsyn's old #74, Raphael Diaz is #61, Jeff Woywitka takes Mike Komisarek's #8, Brian Willsie #56, and Mike Blunden #45)

TEAM A

Mike Cammalleri - Tomas Plekanec - Erik Cole

Brian Willsie - Louis Leblanc - Alexander Avtsin

Mike Blunden - Dustin Walsh - Alain Berger

Olivier Archambault - Ben Winnett - Dany Masse

Andrei Markov - Alexei Yemelin

Hal Gill - Yannick Weber

Jarred Tinordi - Mark Mitera

John McFadden - Morgan Ellis

Carey Price

Robin Gusse

TEAM B

Max Pacioretty - Scott Gomez - Brian Gionta

Aaron Palushaj - Olivier Fortier - Brock Trotter

Etienne Brodeur - Philip DeSimone - Andrew Conboy

Ian Schultz - Phillippe Lefebvre

Jaroslav Spacek - Josh Gorges

Raphael Diaz - Brendon Nash

Olivier Dame-Malka - Darren Dietz

Joe Stejskal - Zack Fitzgerald

Peter Budaj

Robert Mayer

TEAM C

David Desharnais - Lars Eller - Andrei Kostitsyn

Mathieu Darche - Michael Bournival - Brendan Gallagher

Travis Moen - Andreas Engqvist - Ryan White

Hunter Bishop - Gabriel Dumont - Joonas Nattinen

Alex Henry - P.K. Subban

Nathan Beaulieu - Jeff Woywitka

Frederic St-Denis - Tony Dehart

Jordon Southorn

(ouch! poor P.K.!)

Nathan Lawson

Peter Delmas

The split is encouraging for Habs fans who saw the lines shaping up in a similar way as I did, something like:

Mike Cammalleri - Tomas Plekanec - Erik Cole

Max Pacioretty - Scott Gomez - Brian Gionta

David Desharnais - Lars Eller - Andrei Kostitsyn

Travis Moen - Ryan White/Andreas Engqvist - Mathieu Darche

It also seems like a good move to have Andrei Markov, Alexei Yemelin, and Alexander Avtsin all on the same team (and no, not just for the first name alliteration). That should be a help with Yemelin's transition and Avtsin's continued adaptation to North America.