Canadiens Part Ways With Defenseman Recently Acquired From the Edmonton Oilers
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We've seen a lot of action from the Montreal Canadiens and across the National Hockey League in recent hours.
As a result, some notable news items are flying under the radar - here's one of them.
As we recently reported, the Canadiens made the tough decision not to extend qualifying offers to forwards Xavier Simoneau and Rafaël Harvey-Pinard.
They are now free as a bird.
We also reported that defenseman Gustav Lindstrom has decided to head to Europe, so unsurprisingly, he also did not receive a qualifying offer from Kent Hughes.
That said, there is one more player - a final player - who has also been released by the Canadiens in the last few hours.
Noel Hoefenmayer Leaves the Montreal Canadiens Organization
Acquired from the Oilers by Kent Hughes and the Montreal Canadiens earlier this season (via trade), Hoefenmayer was a valuable contributor for the Laval Rocket, making this a somewhat surprising decision.
"Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Xavier Simoneau, and Noel Hoefenmayer are now free as air - officially unrestricted free agents."
- Anthony Marcotte
- Anthony Marcotte
We wish him the best of luck moving forward.
At 26 years old, Noel Hoefenmayer is a left-handed defenseman standing 6-foot-1 and weighing 204 pounds.
He recorded 14 points in 32 games this season with the Laval Rocket (with a +6 rating) and was earning $775,000 per year.
Hoefenmayer was indeed acquired via trade by Kent Hughes and the Canadiens this past December, in exchange for forward Jacob Perreault.
He seemed to be a player highly appreciated by head coach Pascal Vincent.
More details to follow.
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