▁def enc emen ▁Tom ▁Gilbert , ▁Jeff ▁Pet ry , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Nathan ▁Be a ul ieu . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁magnitude ▁of ▁s idel ined ▁players , ▁many ▁prospect s ▁had ▁gained ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁draw ▁select ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁line up , ▁with ▁Michael ▁Mc Car ron , ▁Morgan ▁Ell is , ▁Jo el ▁Han ley , ▁Dar ren ▁Diet z , ▁Daniel ▁Car r , ▁Charles ▁Hud on , ▁Bre tt ▁L ern out , ▁Ryan ▁John ston , ▁and ▁go alt ender ▁Charlie ▁Lind gren ▁all ▁making ▁their ▁respective ▁N HL ▁deb uts ▁at ▁some ▁point ▁throughout ▁the ▁season . ▁ ▁The ▁latter ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁Canad iens ' ▁season ▁saw ▁them ▁face ▁their ▁worst ▁sl ump ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 9 - 4 0 ▁season . ▁With ▁this , ▁Montreal ▁missed ▁the ▁play offs ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁since ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁No ▁Canadian ▁team ▁in ▁the ▁N HL ▁made ▁the ▁play offs ▁that ▁year , ▁mark ing ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁since ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁that ▁all ▁Canadian ▁teams ▁in ▁the ▁N HL ▁did ▁not ▁qual ify ▁for ▁the ▁post season . ▁ ▁Stand ings ▁ ▁Sch edule ▁and ▁results ▁ ▁Pre - season ▁ ▁Reg ular ▁season ▁ ▁Player ▁statistics ▁Final ▁stats ▁ ▁Sk aters ▁ ▁Go alt enders ▁ ▁† Den otes ▁player ▁spent ▁time ▁with ▁another ▁team ▁before ▁joining ▁Canad iens . ▁St ats ▁reflect ▁time ▁with ▁Canad iens ▁only . ▁ ‡ Tr aded ▁mid -