For the second straight season, Torrey Mitchell found himself packing his bags on trade deadline day, this time leaving the basement-dwelling Buffalo Sabres to join a Stanley Cup-contending Montreal Canadiens roster.
There, he immediately — and, other than for a brief period while out with an arm injury, permanently — took over from a struggling Manny Malhotra on the fourth line. The move meant transitioning from the team-average zonal deployment he received in Buffalo to one of the toughest experienced by any forward post-deadline.
2014-15 Review
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