The Canadian may not have qualified for the playoffs but with the team’s season ending, many fans are already looking forward to the start of next season to see the organization’s young prospects progress and potentially carving out a place with the big club.
This is particularly the case for defenders Lane Hutson And Logan Mailloux who were able to demonstrate what they could do at the end of the season, giving a clear impression that they were both ready for the NHL.
On the other hand, one detail could work against them: Their contract.
Those who have an entry contract in their pocket, they will have to compete against players who, if they are sent back to the American League, will have to go through waivers.
If we rely on the situation of Cayden Primeau earlier this season, we can immediately predict that team management will not accept losing an asset by placing him on waivers. This is why the analyst Stéphane Waite offers a solution.
During a recent appearance on the airwaves of 98.5 Sports, the former Canadiens goaltending coach shared what he would do if he were GM. He claims that the player he would target would be Justin Barronwho shared the last season between Laval and Montreal.
“Lane Hutson has exceptional talent and is going to be a special player. But our problem at the start of the season is going to be a guy like Justin Barron. He’s on the verge of making the team but he has to go through waivers . But if we send him on waivers, he’s gone, that’s clear and clear! So I would have him start the year in Montreal to show him that he has a good start to the season and there we go. ‘trade. Then you bring Hutson back to Montreal for the rest of the season. I have no problem with Lane Hutson playing a month in Laval.
– Stéphane Waite
It would therefore not be surprising to see a young player like Hutson or Mailloux start next season in the American League even if their place is in the NHL, while Kent Hughes manages to create a place for them with the team.
