Waived: [MTL] F Joel Armia, D Gustav Lindstrom waived by the Canadiens (cleared)

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Montreal Canadiens place Joel Armia, Gustav Lindstrom on waivers | TSN

The Montreal Canadiens have placed forward Joel Armia and defenceman Gustav Lindstrom on waivers on Sunday.

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[HabsAddict]

Hughes is serious about either produce or get lost.

 

[TT1]

rip 1 man Armia

 

[Junohockeyfan]

Hughes, i respect you. Have fun in Laval Yoelle!

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

Wasnt' Lindstrom the supposed center piece of the (2nd) Petry deal?

 

[HuGo Sham]

Wasnt' Lindstrom the supposed center piece of the (2nd) Petry deal?

no

 

[Jeune Poulet]

More evidence that Yzerman just grabbed Hughes by the ankles in the Petry trade.

 

[JianYang]

Armia hasn't been the same since he got covid before the 21 cup final.

He's either been injured or useless since.

Wasnt' Lindstrom the supposed center piece of the (2nd) Petry deal?

No, there is no centerpiece in the 2nd petry deal. The habs could have dragged it out and got a better deal, but it seems to me that they were content to oblige petry to go back home and get things resolved before his kids had to go back to school.

I think from the Habs standpoint, this trade was more of a stamp on the type of organization that Hughes wants the Habs to be to be rather than the actual assets coming back.

 

[BargainBinSpecial]

Armia hasn't been the same since he got covid before the 21 cup final.

He's either been injured or useless since.



No, there is no centerpiece in the 2nd petry deal. The habs could have dragged it out and got a better deal, but it seems to me that they were content to oblige petry to go back home and get things resolved before his kids had to go back to school.

I think from the Habs standpoint, this trade was more of a stamp on the type of organization that Hughes wants the Habs to be to be rather than the actual assets coming back.

Nah, Petry had zero value. Period, even at 50% retained. He was terrible with the Pens last season. At 35, there weren't any takers. The Wings took a chance and the Habs did him a favour by allowing him to return home.

 

[Michael Farkas]

He was terrible with the Pens last season

Negative

 

[Jared Dunn]

Wasnt' Lindstrom the supposed center piece of the (2nd) Petry deal?

He was always a warm body with a slight hope of being a bottom pairing D. They just wanted to do right by Petry, the value in the whole Petry ordeal was getting a 2nd back and dumping Hoffman without paying for the privelege

 

[Oddbob]

Not surprised by Lindstrom waived. He was a low budget 6th-7th on Detroit and was glad he was gone.

 

[Jared Dunn]

Wasn't sure they'd have the sack to waive Armia, dude sucks and this pretty much seals a buyout in the offseason. Then watch him go be productive elsewhere for league min

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Wouldnt mind armia on a vet min deal.

 

[JianYang]

Nah, Petry had zero value. Period, even at 50% retained. He was terrible with the Pens last season. At 35, there weren't any takers. The Wings took a chance and the Habs did him a favour by allowing him to return home.

If it were just about tangible assets, I'd retain petry until closer to the deadline. Thats when a contender could come knocking if they have injury problems. But this wasn't about maximizing their tangible return.

I think he can still be a fine as a #4, although hopefully there are better options on the PP.

The risk right now is his age, but no, he's not "terrible".

 

[HockeyVirus]

Respect to Habs for waiving Armia. Wasn't an easy choice to do it but the right one, he has been horrid for a while.

 

[Junohockeyfan]

Wouldnt mind armia on a vet min deal.

You don't wanna do that. Armia is not the same player as before. He's slow and useless.

Respect to Habs for waiving Armia. Wasn't an easy choice to do it but the right one, he has been horrid for a while.

I didn't think Hughes had it in him but he did it. Armia was given all kinds of chances and was useless in every preseason game.

 

[General Fanager]

Respect to Habs for waiving Armia. Wasn't an easy choice to do it but the right one, he has been horrid for a while.

I agree. Its been coming for awhile now and its time to make place for the younger guys.....

 

[HabsAddict]

Wouldnt mind armia on a vet min deal.

No you wouldn't. The guy is mailing it in and his increasable 14 point effort wont be missed.

We have too many kids that need developing and they certainly don't need a vet to show them how to ice graze.

 

[biturbo19]

Not messing around with Armia. Can only loaf around and count on your big contract/salary to keep you in the lineup for so long i guess.



I'd definitely still take a flyer on Lindstrom from a Canucks perspective. Concerning that he's now backed his way out of the roster for the Canadiens as well as the Red Wings last year. Most likely he just doesn't have it. But he's not terribly far removed from showing quite a bit of promise...as exactly the sort of bigger, stay-at-home RHD that Vancouver badly needs. He's surely better than Juulsen and he's got way more experience than McWard.

 

[26Mats]

Wasnt' Lindstrom the supposed center piece of the (2nd) Petry deal?

Jokes on the rest of the league for not beating the shitty Detroit offer. The rest of the league missed out.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

He hasn't looked happy since the cup run. Feels like he is kind of a loner in the room at this point given that he is one of the older players and doesn't care about providing leadership. He always looks disinterested in the team activities

 

[Albatros]

Wasn't sure they'd have the sack to waive Armia, dude sucks and this pretty much seals a buyout in the offseason. Then watch him go be productive elsewhere for league min

If he gets his money I'd expect him to rather go to Switzerland.

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

Armia is such a sad case. So many way that he can apply himself to be a really useful player, and he's taken those avenues for maybe 6 months of his career and completely coasted otherwise

 

[EveryDay]

Lindstrom is not that bad, he's just not great at anything.

I suspect he's getting claim.