Hilary Knight loves to play hockey. It’s why she is one of the few players to return to professional hockey after the Olympics, as she will this Sunday when Les Canadiennes take on the Calgary Inferno.
But this isn’t a decision she just made. She actually made the decision “a while ago” so that Montreal was able to add her to their reserve roster to make her eligible for this season.
And while she didn’t commit to anything past the final game of the regular season (she will miss Saturday’s game) and playoffs, she has - like so many others since the signing was announced on Thursday - thought about the prospect of playing with Canadiennes captain Marie-Philip Poulin at some point down the road.