LAVAL, QC, CANADA - FEBRUARY 22: Michael McNiven (Photo by Stephane Dube /Getty Images)
There wasn’t a whole lot of note to take from this year’s list of NHL players who had filed for Arbitration, yet the Montreal Canadiens nonetheless found themselves with one such player.
Not Jesperi Kotkaniemi, as has been widely discussed and debated over the past few weeks (with the former 2018 third overall pick still unsigned), rather, Laval Rocket goaltender Michael McNiven. It goes without saying that this was a bit of a strange move from the 6’01 netminder, as McNiven has yet to secure a full-time role at the AHL level, let alone the NHL one.