{"id":139579,"date":"2023-08-15T13:52:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T17:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=139579"},"modified":"2023-08-15T13:52:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T17:52:13","slug":"montreal-canadiens-part-ways-with-veteran-defenceman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/08\/15\/montreal-canadiens-part-ways-with-veteran-defenceman\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Canadiens Part Ways With Veteran Defenceman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/petryje01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-07_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Petry<\/a> has been involved in a trade once again. After being reaquired by the Montreal Canadiens in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/karlser01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-07_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erik Karlsson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/08\/06\/san-jose-sharks-trade-erik-karlsson\/\" target=\"_self\">trade<\/a>, he is now being shipped out. Montreal is sending Petry to the Detroit Red Wings and will receive Gustav Lindstrom and a draft pick. This is great for Montreal as they capitalize on a return once again for the veteran defenceman.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Canadiens have acquired defenseman Gustav Lindstr\u00f6m and a conditional 4th-round pick in 2025 in exchange for defenseman Jeff Petry.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoHabsGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#GoHabsGo<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lHHWmrnsf6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/lHHWmrnsf6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Canadiens Montr\u00e9al (@CanadiensMTL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanadiensMTL\/status\/1691506161944502279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Petry Traded to the Red Wings<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Jeff Petry trade makes sense for both parties. This is the second time in a handful of years that Petry has been traded by the Canadiens. The first move was shipping him out for free defensemen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mathemi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-07_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Matheson<\/a>. It is safe to say that trade benefitted Montreal in a good way. Matheson plays a similar style, but is much younger. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Given that Montreal is striving to get younger, parting with an older Petry for assets makes sense for the club. While Montreal can continue their rebuild process, the Red Wings gain <\/span><span class=\"s1\">a valuable veteran. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What This Means<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For the Canadiens<\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As mentioned above, the trade makes sense as the club is gaining valuable assets for a player they do not need. Kent Hughes has done a magnificent job at rebuilding this roster and the fountain of youth is at the forefront. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The team may not be a playoff contender just yet, but furthering the development of their youthful talent is the top priority. Their pipeline is littered with highly talented prospects, whom could get a look at some point. While Petry would be a nice presence for a young team, his impacts will be felt with his new club. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For the Red Wings<\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This team is getting a valuable veteran presence on the blue line. While his production has been down the past two seasons, he has shown flashes of offensive brilliance. In four straight seasons with Montreal, he had four straight 40+ point seasons. For an added boost of offence, this fits the bill. In addition, he finished ninth on the Penguins in points (31), which was second among defencemen. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What you\u2019re getting with Petry is a <a href=\"https:\/\/moneypuck.com\/stats.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">physical presence<\/a> (191 hits) and is not afraid to sacrifice the body. He finished the season with 111 blocked shots. Majority of his shifts start in the defensive zone, so if you are looking for a shutdown player this fits the bill. A change of scenery can benefit Petry and help rediscover his game. The Jeff Petry trade makes sense for both sides. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Main Photo: Russell LaBounty-USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Petry has been involved in a trade once again. After being reaquired by the Montreal Canadiens in the Erik Karlsson trade, he is now being shipped out. Montreal is sending Petry to the Detroit Red Wings and will receive Gustav Lindstrom and a draft pick. This is great for Montreal as they capitalize on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4194,"featured_media":139580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4547,7,34,4548],"tags":[269,152,5927],"class_list":["post-139579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-canadiens","category-news","category-nhl","tag-jeff-petry","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-montreal-canadiens-news"],"modified_by":"Tommy Bennett","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}