The Montreal Canadiens have sent forwards Jesse Ylönen and Rafaël Harvey-Pinard to the Laval Rocket ahead of their game against the Arizona Coyotes.
Defenceman Gianni Fairbrother, who had been on the Rocket roster, has also ended his COVID-19 quarantine and will be back to practice with the team. The Rocket are scheduled to practice Monday morning.
With Josh Anderson and Paul Byron approaching a return, the Canadiens were running out of roster space meaning that NHL roster space was becoming very limited.
The Rocket will welcome the three players, as it will almost double the number of NHL contracted players available to them.