Marner to miss
Toronto Maple Leafs
game against Montreal Canadiens due to injury
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner will miss tonight’s game against the Montreal Canadiens due to a lower-body injury.
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner will miss tonight’s game against the Montreal Canadiens due to a lower-body injury.
Marner, 26, has 25 goals and 76 points in 62 games this season.
Canadiens Giving Jacob Perreault a Second Chance
The day before the trade deadline, the Montreal Canadiens made a minor league prospects trade to bring in hometown boy Jacob Perreault in exchange for former 2020 second-round pick Jan Mysak.
For general manager (GM) Kent Hughes, a trade like this is not earth-shattering; as a matter of fact, it barely registered, even in hockey-mad Montreal, but it has the potential to make an impact at the American Hockey League (AHL) level.
Canadiens Newest Perreault
Jacob is the son of former Canadiens forward Yanic Perreault, a veteran of 859 games – 224 of which were with Montreal, and the older brother of New York Rangers prospect Gabe Perreault. With Laval in a battle to earn a playoff position, his addition is expected to offer some much-needed offensive skill.
Perreault is a pure offensive forward who has mobility and an excellent shot. Offensively, he seems a perfect fit, with his mobility, deceptive movements in the offensive zone, and his shot. He skates low to the ice, which helps the 5-foot-11, 192-pound right-winger keep on balance when playing in traffic or along the boards. He is a deceptive player, using his first step to catch
defenders off balance when changing directions or a spin move along the boards to reverse the flow of play. He plays a style that fits within the Canadiens’ system. He is a winger with some speed adept at playing in transition but is also a strong, controlled zone entry-style player. When he has control of the puck, he is cool and calm, and once he is in the offensive zone, his offensive IQ allows him to play off other skill players to generate scoring chances.
