2023-08-16 19:16:32
Nine days has lasted the return of Jeff Petry to the discipline of Montreal Canadiens after the participation of the tricolors in the three-way operation that led to Erik Karlsson from San Jose to Pittsburgh, possibly the most interesting player trade of the summer.
An issue that does not come as a surprise to the most astute analysts, since Kent Hughes He had already expressed that he was not particularly interested in a return of Petry after his signing with Pittsburgh in the summer of 2022 in an operation after the player’s transfer request, without forgetting that he was not offered on the Canadiens’ social networks the traditional welcome message that is published to celebrate the incorporation of any new player, which presaged that his time in Montreal was an intermission for a future operation.
And that future has already become the present after the announcement of the exchange that involves the Detroit Red Wings, that incorporate the veteran 35-year-old defender into their squad, while the Canadiens receive the defenseman, who will turn 25 at the start of the following season, Gustav Lindstrom and a conditional fourth-round pick for the 2025 Draft. In turn, the Canadians retain fifty percent of the salary that remained after the previous operation with the Penguins in the contract that remains with the player, signed in 2020 and ending in 2025. Summarized, the Wings and the Canadiens assume $ 2,343,750 against his salary cap, leaving the remainder for the Penguins, $1,562,500.
looking for his place
Petry returns to his home statesince he is a native of Ann Arbor, and he is expected to help the team with the seniority and experience acquired in his 14 seasons playedace, and occupies a place in the defensive staff in which Lindstrom was already the seventh man and was destined to watch most of the season from the stands.
Gustav Lindström | Foto: NHL.com
With this operation, endorsed by Montreal scouts, the swedish defender reaches a place where he will have more opportunity to play and deploy his gameor characterized by the ability to remove the pill from its own area.
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