Headlines

  • Mike Babcock Expected To Be Named Blue Jackets Head Coach
  • Pittsburgh Penguins Name Kyle Dubas President Of Hockey Operations
  • Toronto Maple Leafs Hire Brad Treliving
  • Nashville Predators Expected To Fire John Hynes, Hire Andrew Brunette
  • Washington Capitals Name Spencer Carbery Head Coach
  • Calgary Flames Name Craig Conroy General Manager
  • Previous
  • Next
Register
Login
  • MLB Trade Rumors
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors

Pro Hockey Rumors

  • Home
  • Teams
    • Atlantic
      • Boston Bruins
      • Buffalo Sabres
      • Detroit Red Wings
      • Florida Panthers
      • Montreal Canadiens
      • Ottawa Senators
      • Tampa Bay Lightning
      • Toronto Maple Leafs
    • Central
      • Arizona Coyotes
      • Chicago Blackhawks
      • Colorado Avalanche
      • Dallas Stars
      • Minnesota Wild
      • Nashville Predators
      • St. Louis Blues
      • Winnipeg Jets
    • Metropolitan
      • Carolina Hurricanes
      • Columbus Blue Jackets
      • New Jersey Devils
      • New York Islanders
      • New York Rangers
      • Philadelphia Flyers
      • Pittsburgh Penguins
      • Washington Capitals
    • Pacific
      • Anaheim Ducks
      • Calgary Flames
      • Edmonton Oilers
      • Los Angeles Kings
      • San Jose Sharks
      • Seattle Kraken
      • Vancouver Canucks
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Partners
    • MLB Trade Rumors
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
Go To MLB Trade Rumors
Go To Hoops Rumors

Mathieu Perreault Signs With Montreal Canadiens

July 29, 2021 at 6:33 pm CDT | by Zach Leach 11 Comments

The Montreal Canadiens have landed an experienced veteran at a tremendous discount. Coming off of a four-year, $16.5MM contract with the Winnipeg Jets, forward Mathieu Perreault has settled for a one-year, $950K deal with the Habs, reports TVA’s Renaud Lavoie. The 33-year-old Quebec native and former QMJHL star returns home after a dozen years away with three different NHL teams.

Lavoie notes that Perreault has always wanted to play for the Canadiens and his new contract says the same thing. Perreault is an incredibly effective defensive forward who often doesn’t get enough credit for excelling at the little things. That value alone exceeds his low-money deal, but Perreault’s willingness to play physical and his offensive contribution make the deal a steal. Perreault is no longer a perennial 40+ point player, but he has quietly kept up a .34 points per game pace over the past three seasons which would put him back in 30-point contention with a full season.

How Montreal decides to utilize Perreault will be the interesting part of this deal. The Stanley Cup finalists appear set in their top nine with most of their roster returning and Mike Hoffman joining the fold and Perreault is able to play a fourth line role, but could certainly push his fellow forwards for ice time and responsibility. At the very least, he is high-end replacement option in case of injury in the top nine while anchoring the fourth line.

Share 0 Retweet 0 Send via email

Montreal Canadiens| QMJHL Mathieu Perreault

Calgary Flames Ink Andy Welinski
Main
Zach Werenski Signs Long-Term Extension With Blue Jackets
View Comments (11)
newest oldest

Comments

  1. TheRickestRick

    2 years ago

    Someone has to replace Danault

    Reply
    • 66TheNumberOfTheBest

      2 years ago

      Same number of syllables and the last names rhyme. More quality work by Bergy.

      Reply
  2. Gbear

    2 years ago

    Jets bottom 6 really taking a hit in the past week.

    Reply
  3. sweetg

    2 years ago

    Like this signing A lot more then hoffman. Would have kept Perry over hoffman

    Reply
  4. EJesus98

    2 years ago

    Montreal’s fascination with appeasing their fans with Quebec natives is both interesting and stupid. Does it matter that much to the fans? Coach I get to a degree but I’m pretty sure the Canadiens snagged up the only Quebec FA

    Reply
    • backhandinbaptist

      2 years ago

      They draft a lot of players from Quebec too. Definitely a strange narrative.

      Reply
  5. wu tang killa beez

    2 years ago

    Medias are putting a lot of pressure on the team to have as much Quebec natives as possible. I think most fans do not care about that

    Reply
    • Murphy NFLD

      2 years ago

      Yea I believe almost all of there head coaches have always been french to. As far as I can remember Muller was the only non francophone ev

      Reply
    • wreckage

      2 years ago

      Muller was never HC of the Canadiens, he served as an interm HC one year when Julien had to step away due to health issues, but was not technically their HC. Montreal has always had an affliction of hiring the best dual-lingual HC to please their fan base. Even almost all Captains have had to be dual to appease their fan base. Will hurt them long term if they continue this trend.

      I understand it to an extent, but it is kind of petty. If the person can communicate with his team and make them better that should be the merits, not their language capability. That is what a translator is for these days.

      Imagine shohei ohtani not being signed by anyone because he isn’t fluent in English. Or Vlad Jr for that matter.

      Or imagine McDavid wants to play for thr Habs, but they say no because he isn’t fluently bi-lingual. Ridiculous.

      Reply
    • Killer Kowalski

      2 years ago

      You are unaware of the history of the club and Québec if you think it is ridiculous. The Richard riot being a precursor of the “quiet revolution” is an important chapter of the province and the CH is part of that history.

      “The incident likely cost Richard the 1954–55 scoring title (an honour Richard never achieved in his NHL career), played a role in the off-season departure of longtime Canadiens head coach Dick Irvin, and was a precursor to the Quiet Revolution.”
      link to en.wikipedia.org

      Reply
    • Wildwing

      2 years ago

      I can’t recall Saku being fluent in frech

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please login to leave a reply.
Log in Register

    Top Stories

    Mike Babcock Expected To Be Named Blue Jackets Head Coach

    Pittsburgh Penguins Name Kyle Dubas President Of Hockey Operations

    Toronto Maple Leafs Hire Brad Treliving

    Nashville Predators Expected To Fire John Hynes, Hire Andrew Brunette

    Washington Capitals Name Spencer Carbery Head Coach

    Calgary Flames Name Craig Conroy General Manager

    Kyle Dubas Will Not Return As Toronto GM

    Arizona Coyotes Expected To Remain In Tempe For 2023-24

    Gabriel Landeskog Unlikely To Play Next Season

    Chicago Blackhawks Win 2023 NHL Draft Lottery

    Recent

    Five Key Stories: 5/29/23 – 6/4/23

    Offseason Checklist: Tampa Bay Lightning

    Teams Calling About Damon Severson’s Negotiating Rights

    Free Agent Focus: New Jersey Devils

    Free Agent Focus: Nashville Predators

    Free Agent Focus: Montreal Canadiens

    Minor Transactions: 06/04/23

    Free Agent Focus: Minnesota Wild

    Free Agent Focus: Dallas Stars

    Bettman Presser Notes: World Cup, Senators, Relocation, Nichushkin, Front Office

    Rumors By Team

    Rumors By Team

    • Avalanche Rumors
    • Blackhawks Rumors
    • Blue Jackets Rumors
    • Blues Rumors
    • Bruins Rumors
    • Canadiens Rumors
    • Canucks Rumors
    • Capitals Rumors
    • Coyotes Rumors
    • Devils Rumors
    • Ducks Rumors
    • Flames Rumors
    • Flyers Rumors
    • Hurricanes Rumors
    • Islanders Rumors
    • Jets Rumors
    • Kings Rumors
    • Kraken Rumors
    • Lightning Rumors
    • Maple Leafs Rumors
    • Oilers Rumors
    • Panthers Rumors
    • Penguins Rumors
    • Predators Rumors
    • Rangers Rumors
    • Red Wings Rumors
    • Sabres Rumors
    • Senators Rumors
    • Sharks Rumors
    • Stars Rumors
    • Wild Rumors

    Navigation

    • Sitemap
    • Archives

    PHR Info

    • About
    • Privacy Policy

    Connect

    • Contact Us
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • RSS Feed

    Pro Hockey Rumors is not affiliated with National Hockey League, NHL or NHL.com

    scroll to top
    Close

    Desktop Version | Switch To Mobile Version