Canadiens' Joel Armia clears waivers and is probably going headed to Laval

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Not surprisingly, no different NHL workforce claimed Joel Armia after the Canadiens positioned him on waivers Sunday.

Armia cleared waivers at 2 p.m. Monday. The 30-year-old ahead has two seasons remaining on his four-year, US$13.6-million contract with an annual salary-cap hit of $3.4 million. Armia will really earn US$4.8 million this season and US$3.8 million subsequent season.

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Canadiens defenceman Gustav Lindström was additionally positioned on waivers Sunday and cleared on Monday. Lindström, 24, has a one-year, US$950,000 contract. Each gamers will possible be despatched to the AHL’s Laval Rocket.

If Armia is shipped to Laval, the Canadiens would obtain US$1.15 million in buried cap aid, which means his cap hit can be US$2.25 million.

Former normal supervisor Marc Bergevin signed Armia to his contract in the summertime of 2021, shortly after the Canadiens had superior to the Stanley Cup closing earlier than shedding to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Armia had a disappointing common season that 12 months, with 7-7-14 totals in 41 video games, however performed higher through the playoffs on a fourth line with veterans Eric Staal and Corey Perry, posting 5-3-8 totals in 21 post-season video games.

Since signing his massive contract, Armia has 13-15-28 totals in 103 video games over the past two seasons, together with a minus-22 differential.

At 6-foot-3 and 216 kilos, Armia has measurement and he additionally has loads of ability, which is why the Buffalo Sabres chosen him within the first spherical (sixteenth total) of the 2011 NHL Draft. The Finnish ahead is a person of only a few phrases and comes throughout as an enormous, quiet, shy man. Sadly, he too typically performs like an enormous, quiet, shy man, seeming to lack drive and willpower.

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