The Montreal Canadiens look smarter every day, thanks to the strong play by Paul Byron. The speedy, undersized winger was plucked off waivers from the Calgary Flames at the start of last season.
Don’t ask me why the Flames decided they didn’t need Byron when they had Brandon Bollig on the roster. At least it was the Canadiens who benefited from the stone-age-thinking (at least in the hockey world) of the Flames who wanted to keep an enforcer handy.
Today, Byron finds himself on the Canadiens top line. Playing with Alex Radulov and Alex Galchenyuk was not expected from Byron when he was on waivers 13 months ago.