Habs News: Montreal Canadiens, NHL, Trade Deadline, Kent Hughes, Jeff Gorton, Artturi Lehkonen, Brett Kulak, Andrew Hammond, Justin Barron, Nate Schnarr, William Lagesson

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NEXT GAME: FLA @ MTL

The Montreal Canadiens will play the fifth game of their six-game home stand on Thursday as they take on the Florida Panthers. It will be the first game for Ben Chiarot in a Panthers jersey as he takes on his former teammates.

Puck drop is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET. on March 24th at the Bell Centre.

Watch for our full game day preview available on Wednesday afternoon. Post-game we will publish a comprehensive game recap.

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Trade Deadline Day

Andrew Hammond

Canadiens acquired forward Nate Schnarr from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for goaltender Andrew Hammond.

Schnarr is a 23-year-old centre who was drafted by the Arizona Coyotes in the third round (75th overall) of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. Schnarr came to the Devils in 2019 from the Coyotes as part of the Taylor Hall trade.

Schnarr has 13 goals, 13 assists for 26 points in 43 points for the Utica Comets this season. He is a former junior hockey teammate of Nick Suzuki with the Guelph Storm. Schnarr will join the Laval Rocket.

Brett Kulak

Canadiens acquired defenseman William Lagesson, a conditional second-round pick in 2022, and a seventh-round pick in 2024. from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for defenseman Brett Kulak.

Montreal will retain 50 per cent of Kulak’s salary for the remainder of the 2021-’22 season.

Lagesson is a 26-year-old defenceman who was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the fourth round (91st overall) of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. Lagesson has split time this season between the Oilers and the Bakersfield Condors of the AHL.

Lagesson has four assists for four points in 30 games for the Oilers this season.

The condition on the Oilers second-round pick is as follows: if the Oilers reach the Stanley Cup Final, the pick will become a second-round selection in 2023.

Artturi Lehkonen

Canadiens acquired defenceman Justin Barron and a 2024 second-round pick from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for forward Artturi Lehkonen.

Montreal will retain 50 per cent of Lehkonen’s salary for the remainder of the 2021-’22 season.

Barron is a 20-year-old defenceman who was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in the first round (25th overall) of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Barron captained the Halifax Mooseheads of the QMJHL in his final year of junior hockey.

Barron has five goals, 15 assists for 20 points in 43 games with the Colorado Eagles of the AHL this season. He will join the Canadiens on Wednesday for practice in Brossard.

Ben Chiarot and Tyler Toffoli

Leading up to the trade deadline, the Canadiens also traded defenceman Ben Chiarot and forward Tyler Toffoli.

Already added to the stable are prospects Tyler Smilanic and Emil Heineman, veteran Tyler Pitlick, a first-round pick in 2022, a first-round pick in 2023, a fourth-round pick in 2022, and a fifth-round pick in 2022.

Forward Lines / Defence Pairs / Goalies

These were the forward lines, defence pairings and goaltenders for the Canadiens 3-2 overtime loss to the Bruins on Monday:

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Josh Anderson
Rem Pitlick – Laurent Dauphin – Mike Hoffman
Jonathan Drouin – Christian Dvorak – Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta – Jake Evans – Paul Byron

Alexander Romanov – David Savard
Joel Edmundson – Jeff Petry
Corey Schueneman – Chris Wideman

Jake Allen – Sam Montembeault

Injury Update

On Monday’s game day skate, Canadiens defenceman David Savard was wearing a non-contact jersey. But with the trade of defenceman Brett Kulak to Edmonton prior to the trade deadline, Savard was pressed into service for the game against the Bruins.

Here is the Canadiens current injury list:

Kale Clague (upper-body)
Brendan Gallagher (lower-body/illness)
Ryan Poehling (upper-body)
Tyler Pitlick (undisclosed)
Carey Price (knee)
Shea Weber (multiple injuries)

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