Confirmed Signing with Link: [MTL] Mathieu Perreault signs with the Canadiens (1 year, $950k)

[Theodore450]

He's 100 percent a winger

Thought I remembered him playing C with the ducks.

 

[Theodore450]

He hasnt played centre since becoming a Jet in like 2013 or so.

That makes sense. I remember him as a C with the ducks. I knew you guys preferred him at LW but I thought that was because lowry is the perfect 3C

 

[HabsDood]

It says on wikipedia he was put on waivers by Montreal and claimed by Columbus who traded him a few years later.

Pretty sure we lost him on expansion draft early 2000.. Anybody?

 

[jetsforever]

I'll miss Perreault
At least he gets to play close to home

 

[Gabe Kupari]

That makes sense. I remember him as a C with the ducks. I knew you guys preferred him at LW but I thought that was because lowry is the perfect 3C

Perreault or perry as some call him has back issues that forced him to permanently move to wing.

 

[Sensinitis]

Are we rolling 5 lines ?

Toffoli - Suzuki - Caufield
Hoffman - Kotkaniemi - Gallagher
Drouin - Evans - Anderson
Byron - Paquette - Armia
Perreault - Poehling - Lehkonen

I know there's injuries and you need backup but those are all players who deserve to play every night

Paquette doesn’t deserve to play every night

 

[Pietrangelo]

As much as I’d like to look further into this and predict a trade coming, the more Bergevin thing to do would be to acquire all the wingers and just do nothing with them.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Paquette doesn’t deserve to play every night

And there's absolutely no way that Perreault isn't used every game. Short of injury or disastrous performance, he's going to play every game.

 

[Kimota]

Wow I thought he was a good player, that is cheap. Really he was one of the few decent Jets players against the Habs.

 

[Kairi Zaide]

Are we rolling 5 lines ?

Toffoli - Suzuki - Caufield
Hoffman - Kotkaniemi - Gallagher
Drouin - Evans - Anderson
Byron - Paquette - Armia
Perreault - Poehling - Lehkonen

I know there's injuries and you need backup but those are all players who deserve to play every night

Obviously, there will be injuries, as you say. Without them, though, I expect to see rotations between Evans, Paquette and Poehling, as well as between Perreault, Byron, Lehkonen and Armia. And maybe Drouin.

 

[Rockomax]

It says on wikipedia he was put on waivers by Montreal and claimed by Columbus who traded him a few years later.

It was a mistake from the GM. Something about not submitting names in time. He was not put on waivers willingly.

 

[MXD]

This is a very good deal for Perreault, but it also seems pointless.

 

[The90]

Its still a thing, whats not a thing is taking on albatross contracts because a player is French Canadian or massively overpaying a trade for a French Canadian.

I know what you’re saying. But if a French player is slightly inferior to an Anglo player, they’re taking that French player. But yes, it is a thing.

 

[HabsDood]

I know what you’re saying. But if a French player is slightly inferior to an Anglo player, they’re taking that French player. But yes, it is a thing.

What happened the last few years?

 

[Michoulicious]

Wow, 4 pages for another replacement forward signing. He's a Frolik 2.0 getting paid 950k, does not mean they will trade Drouin or Byron.

C'mon now.

 

[LMFAO]

Great deal at that price

 

[HabsDood]

@Tough Au Lit

 

[The90]

What happened the last few years?

What are you talking about?

 

[JianYang]

Wow, 4 pages for another replacement forward signing. He's a Frolik 2.0 getting paid 950k, does not mean they will trade Drouin or Byron.

C'mon now.

I think they would like to unload both of them, but they just don't have value for other teams at their respective cap hits.

 

[holy]

How’s this guy only getting paid that much? I always notice him against the Habs. Good ole French Canadien boy.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Wow, 4 pages for another replacement forward signing. He's a Frolik 2.0 getting paid 950k, does not mean they will trade Drouin or Byron.

C'mon now.

This is an awful take.

 

[Atoyot]

Wow, 4 pages for another replacement forward signing. He's a Frolik 2.0 getting paid 950k, does not mean they will trade Drouin or Byron.

C'mon now.

Swing and a miss. Frolik was done when he was signed by Montreal, Perreault could have filled in in the top 6 this past year without looking out of place. He's still a very good player and will drive possession regardless of where he's slotted in.

 

[Michoulicious]

I think they would like to unload both of them, but they just don't have value for other teams at their respective cap hits.

Yeah, but it's not like it's the Perreault signing that changes anything to the fact that Byron is overpaid.

 

[HabsDood]

What are you talking about?

We've been lacking francos for years, a lot.. And anyway we didn't won anything. Cool to have a few now.

 

[holy]

We could sign the Ayatollah to play wing for Barney the Dinosaur and it would get 5 pages, c’mon son.