After placing Charlie Lindgren and Charles Hudon on waivers on Sunday, the Montreal Canadiens were left with 24 healthy players still at training camp; one more than the allowed 23 to begin the season. Today, the team annouced that Ryan Poehling has been assigned to the Laval Rocket of the AHL.
Les Canadiens ont annoncé aujourd’hui que l’attaquant Ryan Poehling a été cédé au Rocket de Laval.
The Canadiens have assigned forward Ryan Poehling to the AHL Laval Rocket today.— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) October 1, 2019He had a very strong pre-season, outperforming some of the veterans he was in direct competition with, but in the end the decision was made to send a waivers-exempt player to the AHL rather than risk losing a more senior member to another teams through the waivers process.