{"id":45202,"date":"2019-07-11T13:20:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T17:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=45202"},"modified":"2019-07-11T13:20:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T17:20:31","slug":"montreal-canadiens-re-sign-joel-armia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/07\/11\/montreal-canadiens-re-sign-joel-armia\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Canadiens Re-sign Joel Armia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Montreal Canadiens<\/a> have announced that they have re-signed forward Joel Armia<\/a><\/strong> to a two-year contract worth $5.2 million or $2.6 million AAV. The contract carries him through the 2020-21 season when he will become an unrestricted free agent.<\/p>\n

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Canadiens agree to terms on a 2-year contract with forward Joel Armia (AAV of $2.6 million).<\/p>\n

DETAILS \u27a1 https:\/\/t.co\/4mYMdcRy4j<\/a>#GoHabsGo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Canadiens Montr\u00e9al (@CanadiensMTL) July 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Canadiens Re-sign Joel Armia<\/h2>\n

Armia was acquired by the Canadiens last off-season in a trade with the Winnipeg Jets<\/a>. The Canadiens acquired Armia, as well as Steve Mason<\/strong><\/a>, a seventh-round pick in 2019 and a fourth-round pick in 2020. In exchange, the Canadiens sent prospect Simon Bourque to Winnipeg.<\/p>\n

In 57 games with the Canadiens this season, Armia scored 13 goals and added 10 assists for 23 points.<\/p>\n

Over his career, Armia has scored 39 goals and 42 assists for 81 points in 237 games.<\/p>\n

Armia was originally drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the first-round, 16th overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.<\/p>\n

What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n

Armia was a key part of the Canadiens forward group last season. He played on both special teams and provided depth scoring for the Canadiens. Armia set a new career high in goals last season, beating his old personal best by one in 22 possesses games. He also served as a mentor to youngster Jesperi Kotkaniemi<\/a><\/strong>, who called Joel Armia his idol before the season started.<\/p>\n

Armia possesses a great set of hands and has a high hockey IQ. He fills the lanes nicely and has a strong and accurate wrist shot. Armia also has great size, and uses this to win board battles and separate himself from his opponents.<\/p>\n

Signing Armia is a very important but underrated move by the Canadiens. He brings versatility to the Canadiens lineup as he is able to move up and down the lineup as needed. Armia plays a strong defensive game and can be relied on in a shutdown role. However, he also brings a scoring punch. This versatility makes him a swiss-army knife for the Canadiens and will make him a key part of the Canadiens roster as they try to get back into Stanley Cup contention.<\/p>\n

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Main Photo:\u00a0NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 05: Joel Armia #40 of the Montreal Canadiens reacts after scoring the winning goal in overtime against the New York Islanders at Barclays Center on<\/p>\n

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The Montreal Canadiens have announced that they have re-signed forward Joel Armia to a two-year contract worth $5.2 million or $2.6 million AAV. The contract carries him through the 2020-21 season when he will become an unrestricted free agent. Canadiens agree to terms on a 2-year contract with forward Joel Armia (AAV of $2.6 million). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2506,"featured_media":37823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[7,34],"tags":[2712,1425,152],"class_list":["post-45202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canadiens","category-news","tag-jesperi-kotkaniemi","tag-joel-armia","tag-montreal-canadiens"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45202","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\/2506"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}