Canadiens place Joel Armia and Gustav Lindström on waivers

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The Canadiens introduced Sunday afternoon that ahead Joel Armia and defenceman Gustav Lindström had been positioned on waivers.

Different NHL groups have till 2 p.m. Monday to assert both participant.

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Earlier than follow Monday morning in Brossard, the Canadiens introduced they had been sending ahead Emil Heineman and defenceman Mattias Norlinder to the AHL’s Laval Rocket.

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The Canadiens are actually all the way down to the 23-man NHL roster restrict forward of their first regular-season sport Wednesday in Toronto in opposition to the Maple Leafs (7 p.m., SN, TVA Sports activities, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM)

The Canadiens now have 13 forwards, seven defencemen and three goalies on the roster. Usually, groups go along with 14 forwards, seven defencemen and two goalies. The Canadiens will maintain three goalies since Cayden Primeau must clear waivers earlier than being assigned to Laval.

It’s unlikely Armia will likely be claimed by one other group since he has two extra seasons left on his four-year, US$13.6-million contract with an annual salary-cap hit of US$3.4 million. The 30-year-old has solely scored 20 objectives over the past three seasons and had 7-7-14 totals in 43 video games final season.

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The Canadiens acquired Lindström from the Detroit Crimson Wings this summer time, together with a fourth-round decide on the 2025 NHL Draft, in trade for defenceman Jeff Petry. The 24-year-old Lindstrom had 1-7-8 totals in 36 video games final season with the Crimson Wings. He has a one-year, US$950,000 contract.

If Armia and Lindstrom clear waivers they’ll seemingly be assigned to the Rocket.

When requested throughout coaching camp concerning the stress on Armia to earn a spot on the 23-man roster to begin the common season, head coach Martin St. Louis mentioned: “I believe he sees that there’s a number of guys pushing. For him, the one factor he can do is management what he can.”

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In Saturday night time’s 6-4 win over the Senators in Ottawa, Armia had no factors and one shot in 15:32 of ice time and was minus-2 within the Canadiens’ ultimate pre-season sport. He additionally took a foul penalty for holding with 22 seconds left within the second interval and the Canadiens main 3-2.

NHL groups have till 5 p.m. Monday to make their ultimate cuts.

Right here’s how the Canadiens’ 23-man roster appears.

Forwards (13): Josh Anderson, Cole Caufield, Kirby Dach, Jake Evans, Brendan Gallagher, Rafaël Harvey-Pinard, Sean Monahan, Alex Newhook, Tanner Pearson, Michael Pezzetta, Juraj Slafkovsky, Nick Suzuki, Jesse Ylönen.

Defence (7): Justin Barron, Kaiden Guhle, Jordan Harris, Johnathan Kovacevic, Mike Matheson, David Savard, Arber Xhekaj.

Goalies (3): Jake Allen, Samuel Montembeault, Cayden Primeau.

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