A 7th ROUND PICK??? What a steal.

So now that the moves are over for the habs, I’m going to guess the numbers of the new additions:

#13 - Cole Caufield
#22 - Jon Merrill
#56 - Erik Gustafsson

Caufield wore #13 at the world juniors, Gustafsson has worn #56 his entire career, and every number Merrill has ever worn is taken in Montréal, so I’m just guessing he’ll be given the lowest available number.

Can we say the Habs Lowkey had an elite TD?

Staal (3rd liner) for 3th + 5th
Merrill (#5 defender) for 5th
Gustafsson (#6/7 defender) for 7th

Those are some great pick ups. While it might not help us, we got those players for super good value.

Staal was a 3rd and a 5th, but yeah the habs had a great trade deadline.

Fixed it

Merrill is wearing #28, and Gustafsson is wearing #32. It appears that Bergevin’s love for small numbers strikes again.

In Dan Robertson voice:
“KULAK!”

Brett Kulak scores his first goal in over 2 years, and it’s against his former team.

Watching the game in french for the first time in like forever, god the game description is awful.

The Canadiens have recalled forward Cole Caufield from the AHL’s Laval Rocket to the taxi squad. Goaltender Cayden Primeau has also been recalled on an emergency basis by the club. #GoRocket #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/vjXOPTXlwf

— Rocket de Laval (@RocketLaval) April 16, 2021

Just as I expected. Because of the postponements for the Rocket, over the next 2 weeks Montréal plays 8 games while Laval only plays 1. Even if he doesn’t get into the lineup at all, it would benefit Cole more to practice with the big club than just sit around waiting for Laval’s games.

And on the negative side of this tweet, it looks like Carey is still out for the time being.

The post-trade deadline regular recall limit of 4 players from the AHL to the NHL is still in effect, so it will be interesting to see if Caufield gets called to the Habs or stays on the taxi squad. https://t.co/YwDjUwKO5K

— Andrew Zadarnowski (@AZadarski) April 16, 2021

Interesting thing that I forgot about until now. This shouldn’t be a problem, since the only non-emergency call-ups should be Caufield. And at our full roster + Caufield the habs are still under the ACSL. And it’s unlikely Ouellet gets called up once he’s sent down, since we have 8D ahead of him, and Primeau and Evans can both be called up as emergency exceptions if need be. (Or if we go over the ACSL for one day it isn’t the end of the world)

F Cole Caufield will wear jersey number 22 for the Montréal Canadiens. Number last worn by Dale Weise in 2019-20. #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/GhBZ2IaJxE

— NHL Jersey Numbers (@NHLNewNumbers) April 16, 2021

Not 13. I’m surprised. I’m going to have to get used to this.

Chiarot’s back and playing with Weber. Kulak is playing with Romanov, and Ouellet is out. Everything else is the same as Wednesday.

So back to original D pairings, they worked... for about the first 10 games

Jake Allen’s posts are on track to be the 1st star of the game tonight.

Price is back! This also means that Caufield can play at any point without the team going over the cap.

Well that was a very unfortunate bounce.

Also, the white on Price’s mask keeps making me think he’s Primeau when seeing him from a distance.

I'm going to start rooting against this team. Losing is best for the fans and the overall success of the team. It's clear this team isn't anywhere near being a contender.

New Coach, New GM, hell, even a new owner would be best.

can someone explain the recall situation and why we cant play caufield?

Ducharme is okay but Bergy has been here for about 10 years and done nothing significant

Actually I think Bergevin has done very well with what he's allowed to do. I'm sure he knows that a proper rebuild lasts longer than 1 year. I blame the Molsons and their "win now at all cost and lose in the 1st round" mentality.

As much as I'd love Bergevin to stay as GM during a rebuild, there's no way in hell Geoff would allow it

Does Geoff Molson even know what a rebuild is

The team is only allowed 4 regular recalls post trade deadline OR 3 regular recalls during the regular season, and an unlimited amount in the playoffs. Because the habs used 3 of their recalls in cap manoeuvring moves on deadline day, calling up Caufield without an injury would mean that Evans can’t be called up unless there are less than 12 healthy forwards on the team. (Including in the playoffs)

so if berg were to call up either caufield or evans, one of them would be stuck on the taxi squad for the rest of the year?

Yes, unless there are injuries. And by not using up a call up on either of them it gives the team maximum flexibility in the playoffs, when the games mean the most.