Habs Pick up Glen Metropolit On Waivers
The Montreal Canadiens have acquired former Bruin/Flyer Glen Metropolit on wiavers today after Philly sent him and Ossi Vaananen on waivers to make cap space for the eventual return of Daniel Brière.
Although Metropolit is a centreman, he is not necessarily the impact player the Habs have been needing/searching for all season. They picked up Janik yesterday in the Bégin trade and Metropilit today.... All Habs fans must be wondering if these are small parts of an eventual bigger announcement.
Please read on for the full Habs press release.
Montreal Canadiens General Manager Bob Gainey announced today that forward Glen Metropolit was claimed off waivers from the Philadelphia Flyers.
“I indicated yesterday that one of the needs we had identified for our team was to acquire a centreman to add depth in the middle and complete our group of centremen consisting of Saku Koivu, Tomas Plekanec, Maxim Lapierre and Kyle Chipchura. The opportunity presented itself over the last few hours when the Flyers placed Glen Metropolit on waivers. Glen is a seasoned veteran who played very well against us in last year’s playoffs against the Bruins. We are very pleased to have him on our roster,” indicated General Manager Bob Gainey.
Metropolit, 34, amassed 14 points (4 goals, 10 assists) and served 15 penalty minutes in 55 games with the Philadelphia Flyers this season. Since 1999-2000, Metropolit registered 127 points (39 goals, 88 assists) with a plus-13 rating and 111 penalty minutes in 317 career regular-season games in the NHL, with Washington, Tampa Bay, Atlanta, St. Louis, Boston and Philadelphia. In 2005-06, the centreman was the National Swiss League’s top scorer with 63 points (24 goals, 39 assists) in 44 games with the HC Lugano.
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