In view of the back-to-back games against the Vancouver Canucks and the Seattle Kraken at the very least, Joshua Roy has been recalled from Laval.
To make room for him, Owen Beck was sent to the Rocket. The center left a nice calling card in the metropolis, but now it’s up to Roy to do the same. And let’s say Martin St-Louis has put him in a position to succeed. At today’s practice, he was alongside Alex Newhook, who is also auditioning, and Brendan Gallagher.
The Quebecer may be at his last chance with Montreal, he who is having a disappointing season in the NHL. Georges Laraque (BPM Sports) even believes that he is in his final moments in Montreal.
Big Georges says that next year, he’ll be gone.
He’s convinced that he’ll be traded.
Last year, in his first steps with the big club, Roy had started on fire. He was so good that at the last training camp, he had a place not to win, but to lose. And as it happened, he lost it.
Laraque believes that Emil Heineman is a better NHL player and that eventually, he could have a place on a third line. As for Roy, with the arrival of Ivan Demidov and Michael Hage, the return of Kirby Dach and perhaps an acquisition during the summer, Roy’s place is in jeopardy.
Seeing him being traded is not crazy at all. Because the guy has talent and he could very well bloom elsewhere. But if he’s not playing on a top-6, I don’t really see his usefulness. He has talent coming out of his ears, but in a defensive bottom-9 role, he wouldn’t be in his place, in my opinion.
In four games with the Tricolore this season, Roy has not yet scored a point. In Laval, his production is not a problem (35 points, including 20 goals, in 46 games), but it’s in the NHL that we want to see him produce. Will he get his first point of the season in the NHL tonight, in Vancouver?a
