The Montreal Canadiens announced after their 4-1 loss to the Dallas Stars that 2014 first-round pick Nikita Scherbak will be sent down to the AHL on a conditioning stint. The season hasn’t gone his way yet as the team is 11 games and he’s yet to play a game.
A part of it ties to how Scherbak performed during the preseason. There were several forwards who stood out in the eyes of the Habs coaching staff, and he, unfortunately, wasn’t one of them. And even though he was named to the team’s roster at the start of the year, he’s been nothing more than an extra body during practice and a healthy scratch.