Yesterday, the Montreal Canadiens added forward Emil Heineman to their NHL lineup, but as Luc Gélinas from RDS points out, there was a curious aspect.
The organization announced this as an emergency call-up.
«Assuming that RHP is able to return to the game Wednesday in Philadelphia, this justifies the curious 'emergency' call-up of Heineman. Because it couldn't have been for Dvorak who is done for the year.»
- Luc Gélinas, RDS
This explains that. Heineman is thus in Montreal only "awaiting" the return of Rafael Harvey-Pinard.
And with what we've seen today, clearly, RHP's return to the lineup is imminent.