Kirby Dach will be watching from the press box — again — when the Canadiens honour former defenceman Andrei Markov before Wednesday’s game against the Winnipeg Jets at the Bell Centre (7:30 p.m., SN, RDS). Article content

Dach has watched far too many games from the press box since joining the Canadiens ahead of the 2022-23 season after a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks. Wednesday night’s game will be the 140th Dach has missed during the last four seasons — which is more games than he has actually played with the Canadiens — 132. Article content Article content

The 24-year-old has had reconstructive surgery twice on his right knee — the first to repair torn ACL and MCL ligaments suffered during the second game of the 2023-24 season and the second last February to fix a torn ACL

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