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There’s a glut of defencemen at Canadiens training camp and for two of the players battling for a spot on the roster, exhibition games can’t come soon enough.

Greg Pateryn, who finished last season with the big club, is trying to cement his position on the blue line, while Jarred Tinordi is anxious to get back into a game after seeing his 2014-15 season end early with a wrist injury that required surgery.

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Both were on Team A Monday at the Bell Sports Complex in Brossard and, as luck would have it, Pateryn and Tinordi formed one of the defensive pairings.

Mark Barberio is another defenceman in the mix for one of the final roster spots on a blue line already manned by P.K. Subban, Andrei Markov, Jeff Petry, Alexei Emelin, Nathan Beaulieu and Tom Gilbert.

While it’s still unclear who will suit up Tuesday night when the pre-season kicks off with a game against the Maple Leafs at the Bell Centre(7:30 p.m., TSN4, RDS, TSN 690 radio), they will probably both see game action this week as the Canadiens play four games in five nights.