The Montreal Canadiens have been battling the injury bug lately, with rugged, consistent right winger Brendan Gallagher out long term with broken fingers, Torrey Mitchell on the shelf and Alex Semin out with what is probably an injury made up by coach Michel Therrien so he doesn’t have to play the Russian forward.
With the injury ward filling up, and a plethora of forwards on the sidelines all at once, the Habs have called up several forwards from the St. John’s Ice Caps of the American Hockey League. Bud Holloway, Christian Thomas and Sven Andrighetto have all suited up for the Habs in the past two weeks after starting the year in the minors and Daniel Carr has also been recalled by the big club, though he is yet to play with the Habs.