Question concerning Caro-Kann Main-line

I've recently decided to start using the Caro-Kann defense against 1. e4. I've read a lot of theory and also played some games with it, both online and irl. In the Main-line I've decided to play the modern approach with 7... Nf6 instead of 7... Nd7 intending to develop my queenside knight to c6 instead of d7.

However I was wondering. Can't white avoid this line by spicing up the move order a little bit?

Isn't this sidestepping the modern line with 7... Nf6?

6...h6 must be wrong. You follow a main line, but white has avoided weakening himself by moving his h-pawn and simply saves a tempo. It also fails to develop a piece.

If you read my comments below, you would understand that I never intended to play 6.. h6. I'm just using it as an example to demonstrate the need of playing Nd7 in order to keep my bishop and therefore white sidesteps the variation I intend to play with a later Nc6.

But you can also play 6...e6 or 6...Nf6. Yes, white can play Ne5xg6 but that doesn't seem particularly great to me. It's just another sideline.

6...h6 isn't a bad move, it's a losing one after 7.Ne5 Bh7(?) 8.Qh5. Since none of the 7...Bh7 alternatives is less than awful, one may bury 6...h6 for good.

Of course you can play 6...Nf6 or 6...e6 instead of 6...Nd7, but still...

May I ask why you are trying to reinvent the wheel? Wanting to play a Caro Kann without ...Nd7 is like wanting to play a Dragon without ...g6.

Actually i'm not trying to reinvent the wheel. I was watching a video with GM Nigel Davies where he recommended the line with Nf6, so I decided that I wanted to play it. I was merely wondering if playing Nf3 before h4 sidestepped this variation. with this said I'm not trying to avoid Nd7 at any cost, just asking of curiosity. So my alternatives are to either play the classical variation with Nd7 or to give up my light squared bishop, which wouldn't be bad for black?

White can effectively force the exchange of the LSB for a knight by 6.Nh3, or alternatively 6.Bc4 followed by Ne2 (the former seems a tad more accurate). But this is not that scary IMO, Black has decent counterplay.

Basically, yes, since what you're really asking is whether you can save your bishop in the 4...Bf5 line while also refusing to play the move that will save your bishop in the 4...Bf5 line.