Winnipeg jets blake wheeler 26, mark scheifele 55 and dmitry kulikov 5 celebrate after scheifele scored against the edmonton oilers during the second period of an nhl preseason hockey game, in winnipeg, manitoba, sunday, sept. We have nhl statistics and logos as well as all other leagues including the wha and minor league. Joel armia not as advertised for winnipeg jets, but thats. Joel armia also had a goal and one assist for winnipeg.
Joel armia could become part of finnish connection with. When all is said and done, winger joel armia could end up being the montreal canadiens big july freeagent signee. Sabres general manager darcy regier sought to change that goal scoring problem by selecting joel armia out of the finnish pro league. The authors of hockey prospectus combine cuttingedge analytics and sharp wit to explain what happened last season, and look ahead to what you can expect in 201415 with the help of the exclusive vukota projection system, player usage charts, and insightful stats like quality starts, goals versus threshold, adjusted corsi. Marc bergevin and trevor timmins are sitting in the montreal canadiens war room when the phone rings. Armia talks softly, carries an effective stick winnipeg. Sep 24, 2015 hockey prospectus 20152016 is the worlds greatest guide to the nhl. But the sixfootthree, 205pound forward is playing some of the best hockey of. An upperbody injury limited armia to 57 games last year, and he came up just one point shy of reaching the 20point threshold. The team was previously known as the atlanta thrashers, so a player may appear on the roster for more than one of these teams players who played for the original team called the jets are located at winnipeg jets 197996 players. Forwards like nicklas jensen and maybe joel armia will be there, and while they project to have. He has not lived up to the potential that many people saw in him. Colorado avalanche acquired wayne simmonds from the pittsburgh penguins for joel armia, ryan reaves, and a 2018 3rd round pick.
Canadiens take advantage of cap space in trade with jets. Joel armia spent most of the season with assats under16 junior c team. Joel armia as canada found out wednesday night, the world junior championship isnt always about triumph. Expect a better effort from the jets, who stumbled for the first time in the series sunday.
Canadiens acquire steve mason, joel armia from jets cbc. As for mason, the canadiens picked him up sunday in a trade in which they acquired mason, joel armia and two draft picks for ahl prospect simon bourque. It was a precipitous dropoff in offense for pittsburgh, which won its opener 76 over washington in overtime on thursday. The nhl seems determined to make the world cup of hockey work and serve. The authors of hockey prospectus combine cuttingedge analytics and sharp wit to explain what happened last season, and look ahead to what you can expect in 201415 with the help of the exclusive vukota projection system, player usage charts, and insightful stats like quality starts, goals. Joey alfieri is a writer for pro hockey talk on nbc sports. Sure, theyve been without drouin, paul byron, joel armia for a while now jesperi kotkaniemi also missed a good chunk of time. Canadiens acquire joel armia, steve mason from jets. Hockey prospectus 201415 is the worlds greatest guide to the nhl.
Get access to our unique free agency lists and many more premium features. In 27 games, he scored 36 goals and added 19 assists for 55 points along with 92 penalty minutes. All the latest stats, news, highlights and more about joel armia on tsn joel armia stats, news, video, bio, highlights on tsn. You will find more information here than is available in any other resource, either in print or on the internet. With what already appears to be another long season in buffalo, fans cant help think about the teams stockpile of prospects and drafts picks and what some of those draft picks may turn into. See what draftsite and fans have to say about armia. Apr 29, 2017 february 2015 as part of the evander kanetyler myers swap, joel armia is headed to the winnipeg jets organization. Joel armia stats, news, video, bio, highlights on tsn. The montreal canadiens moved 21yearold defence prospect simon bourque for a serviceable player in joel armia, a 2019 seventhround pick and a 2018 fourth rounder in a trade with the winnipeg. Some high praise for new canadiens rightwinger joel armia. The authors of hockey prospectus combine cuttingedge nhl statistical analysis and sharp wit to explain what happened last season, and look ahead to what you can expect in 20152016 with the help of the exclusive vukota projection system, player usages charts, and insightful stats like quality starts, goals versus threshold. Christian folin news, stats, photos montreal canadiens. Joel armia is a talented northsouth player who is at his best when playing in close to the. In his first four seasons, the 26yearold canadiens forward had never surpassed a 35point pace.
He first impressed me at the 2012 world juniors in calgary as the youngest player on the slovakian squad as a sparkplug player who initiated play and showed creativity in somewhat limited duty. Dano is an austrian born slovakian forward who is an interesting study for this draft class. He originally played professionally in his native finland with porin assat of the smliiga. It was basically the joel armia show, except he was robbed repeatedly, and shea weber tried to fight mikhail sergachev. Armia has 16 goals, 14 assists and 146 hits while averaging a careerhigh 17.
Joel armia signs oneyear contract with montreal canadiens. Get uptodate all statistics, corsifenwick, splits and much more about right wing joel armia on hockeyreference. Hockey equipment companies navigating challenges of. Joel armia signed a twoyear deal with the montreal canadiens on thursday afternoon. Jun 30, 2018 armia, goaltender steve mason, a 2019 seventhround draft pick and 2020 fourthrounder were traded from the jets to the canadiens in exchange for prospect simon bourque on saturday the jets have. Nbcsns coverage of the 201920 nhl season continues with the wednesday night hockey matchup between the montreal canadiens and boston bruins. February 2015 as part of the evander kanetyler myers swap, joel armia is headed to the winnipeg jets organization. He started his career in winnipeg, where he fluctuated through the bottomsix.
Armia played in smliiga, finlands top professional league in 201011, recording 18 goals, 29 points and 24 penalty minutes in 48 regularseason games as a 17yearold. All the latest stats, news, highlights and more about joel armia on tsn. Shaw is not taking part in todays practice, with the canadiens preparing to face the vancouver canucks tomorrow night. Oct 09, 2014 hockey prospectus 201415 is the worlds greatest guide to the nhl. Montreal canadiens sign forward joel armia to oneyear contract forward joel armia has signed a oneyear contract with the montreal canadiens. Sep 16, 20 glaring flaws top nhl prospects must fix. Joel armia is a softspoken guy, at least under the glare of the media spotlight, and isnt one to toot his horn.
Canadiens agree to oneyear contract with joel armia. Injured joel armia hand and jonathan drouin wrist both on ice now. Joel armia montreal canadiens national hockey league. It did not take long for the winnipeg jets to decide they wanted armia to be a part of their future. Montreal canadiens forward andrew shaw left monday nights game against the dallas stars in the first period with an upperbody injury. This is not only tied to his production, but his inability to drive possession. In fact, i think it would be fair to say that armia has underperformed based on his draft position for years. Armia has routinely undershot the expectations of a being a first. In bangers leagues, joel armia has been one of the fastest risers of the 201920 campaign. Coming over from the swedish league, the winger was touted as a sniper he put up 55 goals in three season with assat pori which led to him being selected 16th overall in the 2011 nhl draft by buffalo. Founded in 2009, the hockey writers is a premier destination for news and information on everything hockey. The montreal canadiens acquired joel armia 40 in a trade with the winnipeg jets, as well as goalie steve mason, a seventhround draft pick in 2019 and a fourthround selection in 2020. Brendan gallagher, joel armia and charles hudon also scored, and artturi lehkonen and jeff petry each had two assists for the canadiens. Subscribe to the play index and get access to more data than you can imagine.
Jan 06, 2011 joel armia as canada found out wednesday night, the world junior championship isnt always about triumph. A oneman armia on jets penalty kill winnipeg free press. The canadiens have invited veteran forward joel ward to training camp on a pto professional tryout the 37yearold rightwinger played 52 games with the san jose sharks last season, scoring. These are articles about ice hockey players who play or have played for the second incarnation of the winnipeg jets in the national hockey league. Armia was scheduled for a hearing on july 25th, but will no longer need to travel to toronto to negotiate with his new team. Armia was injured on monday night against the winnipeg jets, while byron hasnt played since the middle of november. Since then, winnipeg yielded one powerplay goal out of four chances for minnesota in the wilds 43 home win saturday night and then shut out the. The canadiens acquire forward joel armia, goaltender steve mason, a seventhround draft pick in 2019 and a fourthround pick in 2020 from the winnipeg jets, in exchange for defenseman simon bourque. Joel armia misses practice with injury rookie nick suzuki gets promoted to the second line with max domi and artturi lehkonen. Jan 10, 2020 the montreal canadiens have been struck with some more bad injury news, as head coach claude julien told reporters including eric engels of sportsnet that both joel armia and paul byron will be out on a weektoweek basis. Joel armia could become part of finnish connection with canadiens comes from the same finnish city as firstround draft pick jesperi kotkaniemi, who had a poster of armia on his bedroom wall as a. The montreal canadiens have been struck with some more bad injury news, as head coach claude julien told reporters including eric engels of sportsnet that both joel armia and paul byron will be out on a weektoweek basis. Glaring flaws top nhl prospects must fix bleacher report.
Jun 30, 2018 the canadiens acquire forward joel armia, goaltender steve mason, a seventhround draft pick in 2019 and a fourthround pick in 2020 from the winnipeg jets, in exchange for defenseman simon bourque. Apr 26, 2017 joel armia was one of the key pieces in the evander kane trade. Tough lessons give brooks a new appreciation for nhl hockey. Get 201920 nhl game logs and career game log information at fox sports.
The latest stats, facts, news and notes on joel armia of the montreal canadiens. The first round line shines in 52 win over leafs jonathan drouin, joel armia and max domi were all firstround draft picks and theyre looking pretty good playing together. Joel armia should be forced to play all two minutes of every penalty kill. Elite prospects hockey players, stats and transactions. Get 2020 nhl season stats, career statistics, game logs and injury updates on the montreal canadiens right wing. Carey price and david schlemko, who are both on injured reserve, did take part. In 3 playoff games for that team, armia scored 3 goals and added 1 assist for 4 points to go along with. Margaret atwood recommends books to read while selfisolating. Columbus blue jackets trivia quiz book hockey the one with all the questions. Jan 10, 2020 sure, theyve been without drouin, paul byron, joel armia for a while now jesperi kotkaniemi also missed a good chunk of time. Hockey prospectus 20152016 is the worlds greatest guide to the nhl.
Joel armia born 31 may 1993 is a finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing with the montreal canadiens of the national hockey league nhl. The authors of hockey prospectus combine cuttingedge nhl statistical analysis and sharp wit to explain what happened last season, and look ahead to what you can expect in 20152016 with the help of the exclusive vukota projection system, player usages charts, and insightful stats like. Were still a desperate hockey club, coach bruce boudreau said. This is the squeakquel threequel to moneyballing the senators and covertly tanking the wild. After his 43game audition as a rookie in 201516, winnipeg signed the pori. For finnish right winger joel armia, his first taste of under20 pressure was a mixed bag. Joel armia has 16 goals, 14 assists and 146 hits while averaging a careerhigh 17. Armia also potted goals in three straight from oct. As planned, he was a leader of the slovakian 20 wjcs. Aug 24, 2016 last week, i wrote and posted the sleeper must awaken, an article focusing on one of the main pieces in the evander kane trade that came back to winnipeg, namely promising forward joel armia, and his up and down path in reaching consistent nhl playing time. In 3 playoff games for that team, armia scored 3 goals and added 1. That statement is more a testament to how underrated the move to trade for him.