{"id":17146,"date":"2017-10-04T20:29:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T00:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=17146"},"modified":"2017-10-05T12:56:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T16:56:59","slug":"montreal-canadiens-kyle-baun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/10\/04\/montreal-canadiens-kyle-baun\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Canadiens trade Andreas Martinsen to Chicago Blackhawks for Kyle Baun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/canadiens\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Montreal Canadiens <\/a>made a second minor trade on the eve of their season opener in Buffalo tomorrow night. Forward\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/martian01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andreas Martinsen<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/baunky01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyle Baun<\/a><\/strong>. The announcement\u00a0came down just hours after the Habs sent\u00a0<strong>Zach Redmond<\/strong> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/sabres\/\" target=\"_self\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2017\/10\/04\/montreal-canadiens-acquire-nicolas-desluaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">for LaSalle Quebec native,<\/a> <strong>Nicholas Deslauriers<\/strong>.\u00a0The exchange of AHL players continues apace.<\/p>\n<h2>Montreal sends Martinsen to Chicago for Baun<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Canadiens acquire Kyle Baun from Chicago in return for Andreas Martinsen. Baun will report to Laval.<\/p>\n<p>DETAILS -&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LnWBbgspcs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/LnWBbgspcs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Canadiens Montr\u00e9al (@CanadiensMTL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanadiensMTL\/status\/915686857035468806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Farewell to Martinsen<\/h2>\n<p>Martinsen, 27, originally went undrafted and played in Germany before signing with Colorado in May 2015. He was acquired by Montreal at the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2017\/06\/28\/sven-andrighetto-re-signs-colorado-avalanche\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trade deadline last year<\/a>\u00a0for<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2017\/03\/02\/montreal-canadiens-acquire-identity\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Sven Andrighetto.\u00a0<\/a>At 6\u20193\u2033\u00a0and 220 pounds, he was supposed to add toughness to the Canadiens lineup, alongside Steve Ott,\u00a0and Dwight King. While he had seven\u00a0points (three goals, four assists) in 55 games with the Avalanche, he never seemed to fit in Montreal. He had zero points in nine games for the Canadiens last year. This year, he <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2017\/10\/02\/montreal-canadiens-news-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">failed to earn a roster spot<\/a>\u00a0and was sent to the Laval Rocket earlier this week after clearing waivers.\u00a0Martinsen will now report to Chicago&#8217;s AHL affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs.<\/p>\n<h2>The Baun Identity<\/h2>\n<p>Kyle Baun, 25, is the grandson of former Toronto Maple Leafs great\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/baunbo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bobby Baun<\/a>, <\/strong>who played seventeen seasons in the NHL. A Toronto native, he played at Colgate University in New York. Baun had 79 points in 113 games in the NCAA. He was an undrafted college free agent when the Blackhawks\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhawkup.com\/2015\/03\/26\/the-blackhawks-sign-top-ncaa-free-agent-kyle-baun\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signed him in 2015.<\/a> Relatively healthy throughout his college career, Baun missed three months with an arm injury in 2015-16.\u00a0His second year at Rockford was much more productive and he scored 14 goals and had 20 assists.<\/p>\n<p>He played only 5 games for the Blackhawks over two years scoring no points. He was waived by Chicago earlier\u00a0this month. Baun will report to the Laval Rocket and could provide the Habs with some depth on the wing should injuries arise.\u00a0Baun recorded 34 points in 74 games last year with AHL&#8217;s Rockford IceHogs. He joins the Laval Rocket with some serious scorers and NHL veterans on its roster.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leading Scorer - Kyle Baun\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yUkoXCypV1g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>AHL Roster Rules<\/h2>\n<p>AHL Rules mean that only five veterans can be dressed on any one night. Martinsen would have been the seventh Rocket player to count as a professional veteran. The move means that the Rocket will only have to scratch one veteran.\u00a0 If the Habs were to call-up <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/09\/07\/habs-to-watch-in-2017-18-jakub-jerabek\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Jakub Jerabek<\/strong><\/a> to the main club, the Rocket would no longer have an issue of too many veterans.<\/p>\n<p>It is also notable that despite being 25 years old, Baun could become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capfriendly.com\/faq#ufa6\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">group vi NHL unrestricted free agent<\/a> following this season. He would need to play 75 NHL games in order to not qualify as a group vi; and instead be a restricted free agent.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"sxSSKW_XQRJypBt6y5I5-w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/632515420\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'sxSSKW_XQRJypBt6y5I5-w',sig:'kfOSh9OtpRfkoha2H4SCbuHUfZcC7QdhhOOAxZChqbI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'632515420',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Montreal Canadiens made a second minor trade on the eve of their season opener in Buffalo tomorrow night. Forward\u00a0Andreas Martinsen\u00a0was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for Kyle Baun. The announcement\u00a0came down just hours after the Habs sent\u00a0Zach Redmond to the Buffalo Sabres for LaSalle Quebec native, Nicholas Deslauriers.\u00a0The exchange of AHL players continues apace. 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