The Canadian will be in action this evening. For the occasion, Samuel Montembeault and the team will face the Chicago Blackhawks.
The Rocket is also in action. Earlier in the evening, he will face the Abbotsford Canucks.
And why are we going to follow this match with great attention? Because three NHL general managers will be present. Kyle Dubas (Penguins), Bill Armstrong (Utah) and Don Sweeney (Bruins) will be at Place Bell to watch players from the Rocket and Canucks farm club.
Well, it’s easy to make connections with Laval. Maybe players will be traded when Kent Hughes guts his club to win a Stanley Cup in 2025 (not).
More seriously, there is Cayden Primeau who will be in net and even if he was not claimed on waivers a few days ago, some teams would perhaps like to see him in action. After all, if he gets his confidence back, he could help teams in the NHL.
We sometimes saw some flashes of him in the big league…
Do the Penguins, Bruins and Utah need reinforcements in goal? But if they were really interested, I don’t think asking the American for $890,000 would have been a big risk. It’s more the fact that the club would have taken a contract and not exchanged any in return.
It should be mentioned that the visitors are also interesting to watch play. More and more, Canucks players are linked in trade rumors and some general managers would certainly like to see the players from the farm club to offer a small package to Patrick Allvin, who has just placed Elias Pettersson’s name on the injured list.
There are several reasons for the presence of NHL GMs at Place Bell for an AHL game. The most plausible: they were all in Ottawa for the World Championship and given that Laval is 2h30 from the Canadian Tire Center and that no CMJ match is on show this evening, they may have decided to continue their hockey trip to Quebec…
In burst
– An away goal for Michael Hage.
– Super.
– Oliver Kapanen has been playing well since returning to Sweden. [TVAS]
– Bravo.
– Eventually.
– Ah good.
