From the bunch, in Montreal, we’re closely watching Jake Evans and Joel Armia. We know that the two upcoming free agents are the best trading chips the Canadiens have… and we can wonder if ...

The Montreal Canadiens' strong penalty kill made them a potent force last year. They had the most penalty kills in the regular season with a total of 208 and were ranked in terms of percentage with 80 ...

Will Jake Evans sign a contract extension with the Canadiens? Will he be traded? Will he be traded along with Joel Armia to increase the return value? The answer from here… a week. It doesn’t ...

He did, however, settle in nicely on a line with fellow pending UFA Jake Evans and rookie Emil Heineman. The trio was an effective forechecking weapon for Coach Martin St-Louis throughout the year.

Evans delivered the eventual game-winner to put Montreal up 3-1 with 1:32 left in the second period. Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov answered 26 seconds later, but Joel Armia and Brendan Gallagher ...

And here, you’ll understand that I’m talking about Christian Dvorak and Joel Armia. Both veterans played on the ... And with ...

With Joel Armia on one wing and rookie Emil Heineman on the other, Evans masterfully pivoted the Canadiens' fourth (and sometimes third) line.

Joel Armia is no longer with the Canadiens. The veteran will continue his career in Los Angeles after signing a two-year contract ($2.5 million per year) with the Kings. But it wasn’t because he no ...

I have a feeling that Kent Hughes is going to treat Armia’s case like Jake Evans’: here’s a contract that’s take it or leave it, and we won’t really go any higher than that.

So, in warm-up, we kept an eye on everything… and noticed a change: Ivan Demidov took his reps with Jake Evans and Emil Heineman. Joel Armia was with Patrik Laine and Alex Newhook.

But it was Joel Armia who was with them. As the first trio is untouched and Christian Dvorak’s is not either, this means that Patrik Laine practiced with Jake Evans at center – and Oliver Kapanen.

With Joel Armia on one wing and rookie Emil Heineman on the other, Evans masterfully pivoted the Canadiens' fourth (and sometimes third) line. Much of his offensive production was down to the ...