Red Wings-Canadiens morning skate Tweets: forward lines appear to be set, defense in flux, Gibson vs. Dobes tonight

Updated 2x at 10:49 AM: The Detroit Red Wings open their 100th campaign against the Montreal Canadiens this evening (7 PM EDT on FanDuel Sports Network Detroit/TSN2/RDS/97.1 FM). Montreal lost last night in the form of a 5-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, and while the Canadiens won’t hold a morning skate, they’re scheduled to speak with the media at 11:45 AM today.

Jakub Dobes will start opposite John Gibson in the crease tonight, and it appears that all of Emmitt Finnie, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard and Axel Sandin Pellikka will make their NHL debuts this evening.

MLive’s Ansar Khan was the first to post a morning skate Tweet this morning:

The French-language media is in town, too…

Also:

Update: The morning skate continued…

Update #2: Mats Sundin, really?

Update #3: The Habs’ media corps took an interest in the Wings’ skate as well:

In English…

Axel Sandin-Pellikka, a right-handed defenseman whom some saw ahead of David Reinbacher in the 2023 draft, will make his NHL debut tonight against the Canadiens.

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