The Montreal Canadiens weren’t done after trading Brett Kulak and Artturi Lehkonen on deadline day, shipping Andrew Hammond to the New Jersey Devils for Nate Schnarr.
Hammond was initially acquired in a trade with the Minnesota Wild and played four games with the Canadiens, starting three of those and finishing with a 3-0-0 record and a .920 save percentage.
With Jake Allen returning from injury and news that Carey Price was making slow progress to return to the NHL, the starting tole was going to be filled by one of those two, and the team also has Samuel Montembeault playing well enough to serve is a backup role.