After Tuesday night’s loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs it was expected that the Montreal Canadiens would be pruning their roster a bit more ahead of their final preseason game on Thursday. They did just that this morning, cutting four players and assigning them to the Laval Rocket of the AHL.
The Canadiens have released the following players from training camp:
Must clear waivers before being assigned to Laval:
M. Pezzetta
Assigned to Laval:
G. Bourque
G. Fairbrother
R. Harvey-Pinard— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) October 6, 2021All of Michael Pezzetta, Gabriel Bourque, Gianni Fairbrother, and Rafaël Harvey-Pinard made positive impressions but ultimately are too far down the depth chart to make an impact at this time.