Rick Stephens

And the prize here is to get a goaltender, that being Hunter Shepard.

Hunter Shepard, 30 years old, but he is a winner, was part of the Washington Capitals organization.

He won two Calder Cups.

with the Hershey Bears.

He was also a member of UMD, University of Minnesota Duluth, and won a couple of NCAA championships.

This really solidifies the goaltending position in Laval.

Why is that?

Here's a hint.

Jacob Fowler's not going back there anytime soon.

So this was a good move to help LaValle for the rest of the regular season and into the playoffs.

The future considerations is interesting.

Did you see the tweet by Puckpedia who said, we are no longer using the term future considerations.

We are saying it like it is for free.

Yeah.

In that game versus the Toronto Maple Leafs, he left due to an illness, didn't play against Ottawa, and will be back in the lineup, practiced on Friday and in the lineup on Saturday versus the Sharks.

And that top line will welcome him back.

Yeah, this is, as we said, the Canadians, last week we said the Canadians have a logjam of forwards and a difficult decision.

Alex Texier came in when Cole Caulfield was out, played quite well, and they would like to keep him in the lineup.

And that means someone else has to sit.

And in this case,