"Other players like Alex Belzile and Rem Pitlick were also be ineligible for the AHL Playoffs, as they’d had to have been put on waivers on Thursday at 2 p.m. in order to be eligible.
Both having played more than ten games since last going through waivers, Belzile and Pitlick would have had to go through waivers, ..."
"Initially, the Canadiens also wanted to paper Justin Barron, but, due to suffering an injury in Thursday night’s game against the L.A. Kings, the NHL refused the transaction; as you cannot demote injured players, even if it’s only on paper."
The Montreal Canadiens were able to paper Rafaël Harvey-Pinard and Jesse Ylönen to the AHL, but had the NHL nix their plans for Justin Barron. Although the Canadiens are not very likely to make the playoffs this season, the Laval Rocket are in prime position to make some noise again this year in...
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