{"id":59512,"date":"2019-10-22T12:02:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T16:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=59512"},"modified":"2020-12-26T16:31:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T21:31:37","slug":"montreal-canadiens-joel-armia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/10\/22\/montreal-canadiens-joel-armia\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Canadiens Joel Armia Day-to-Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/canadiens\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a> forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/armiajo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joel Armia<\/a><\/strong> is day-to-day after sustaining an injury. He has missed a pair of games and still is not on the ice for practice today. The timetable of his return is unclear. However, it doesn&#8217;t appear to be long-term.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joel Armia not at practice <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanadiensMTL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CanadiensMTL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/renlavoietva\/status\/1186666129877557248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joel Armia (lower body) out again today for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Habs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Habs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Engels (@EricEngels) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricEngels\/status\/1185991546996436995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Joel Armia Out<\/h2>\n<p>It has been listed as a lower-body injury and the forward has missed two games because of it. He missed Saturday afternoons game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/blues\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Louis Blues<\/a> as well as Sunday&#8217;s game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/wild\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Wild<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Armia is a solid depth piece acquired from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Winnipeg Jets<\/a> when the Habs took on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/masonst01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Mason<\/a><\/strong> and his contract. Armia has lit it up to start this year scoring 4 goals and adding 1 assist for 5 points in just 7 games. His career-high in points came in 2017-18 with the Jets when he had 29 in 79 games. Armia has played 244 NHL games and has totalled 43 goals and 43 assists for 86 points in those games.<\/p>\n<p>He is known as a very useful bottom-six forward who doesn&#8217;t score a lot but constantly keeps the puck out of his own net when he is on the ice.<\/p>\n<h3>Going Forward<\/h3>\n<p>With Joel Armia out, the Habs look to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/cousini01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Cousins<\/a><\/strong> to slot in the lineup and play some minutes. The Habs have a really balanced lineup with skilled players on each line. Currently, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/suzukni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Suzuki<\/a><\/strong> is on the 4th line with Cousins and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/thompna01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nate Thompson<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Habs had success last season by spreading out the offence and doing it by committee. They really don&#8217;t have one big star so they are showing that a bunch of very good players can do the trick too. So far, the Habs are in 4th in the Atlantic Division with a 4-3-2 record. With the hot start Joel Armia got off to there is no doubt Montreal will want him back sooner than later.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"SR9NNbrAQ4F1KyNQuYG_oQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1175501030\" 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:'SR9NNbrAQ4F1KyNQuYG_oQ',sig:'XVsuXpgHUr0PRa6ggUtYDk9Zpkxb2XyRFBXXPbcFf8I=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1175501030',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 forward Joel Armia is listed as day-to-day and has missed the past two games. 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