The Montreal Canadiens have re-claimed Samuel Blais off waivers after he was placed on there by the Toronto Maple Leafs and sent him to the Laval Rocket.
Blais was a member of the Canadiens in the pre-season but the team put him on waivers where he was claimed by Toronto and his former coach with the St. Louis Blues, Craig Berube. Blais played eight games with Toronto, scoring a goal and adding two assists.
The Canadiens were the only team to claim Blais, so they could assign him straight to the American Hockey League’s Laval Rocket where he will replenish some of the organizational depth that injuries have taken away.
Montreal could have also kept him in the NHL for a maximum of 10 games played or 30 calendar days without needing waivers to send him back down. These limits are cumulative if he gets recalled and sent down multiple times before hitting either limit.
With Blais, the Canadiens were at 23 active players so they did not need to make a decision right away, but with a healthy group on a Western road trip, they felt it was the right move to not need him in the NHL at this time.
