Shunned by the Montreal Canadiens because he didn’t see to eye to eye with Michel Therrien, P.A. Parenteau enters the Toronto Maple Leafs organization as a positive possession player and potential offensive threat.
His worth was undervalued in Montreal but he will be deployed in more favorable situations in Toronto under Mike Babcock. The HERO chart from Domenic Galamini shows Parenteau to be – generally – a second line player.
Parenteau isn’t the goat of the NHL like some people would have you believe.