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Defenceman David Schlemko, who has yet to play a game with the Canadiens after suffering a broken hand in training camp, took part in Tuesday’s practice and said afterward he’s ready to play.

When asked if there’s a possiblilty Schlemko could be in the lineup Wednesday night against the Ottawa Senators at the Bell Centre (7:30 p.m., SN, RDS, TSN Radio 690), Julien said: “Possibility. I think I still have to make some decisions there tomorrow. Obviously, somebody’s going to have to come out if he goes in, so certainly not an easy decision at this point.”

It wouldn’t be a shock if rookie defenceman Victor Mete sits out Wednesday night to make a spot for Schlemko. Mete only had 6:11 of ice time against the Blue Jackets.

“In all honesty, we’d love for him to have more minutes,” Julien said about Mete. “I think he’s capable of more minutes and we’ve seen situations like last night where Petry had a lot of ice time. I think part of it is we need to find some ice time for (Mete). He may not be the guy that you want all the time against other team’s top lines, but we can certainly put him in situations where his ice time could be a little bit more because he’s not playing bad. He’s actually a guy that skates the puck well offensively and then carrying the puck out of our end he’s actually pretty good. He’s capable of playing more minutes … that much I’ll admit.”