It is not improving for the Canadian. Already decimated, the team announced that they had added the names of Jake Evans and Alexander Romanov to the list of players subject to the COVID-19 protocol.
Evans and Romanov are the sixth and seventh CH members added to this list in the past four days. The others are Paul Byron, Cayden Primeau, Louie Belpedio, Gianni Fairbrother and Brandon Baddock.
Unable to recall players, the Habs could therefore play the game on Saturday afternoon, against the Florida Panthers, with incomplete training.
Dominique Ducharme is due to meet the media at 11:15 am to take stock of the situation.