Canadiens place Weal, Juulsen seven others on waivers

Sportsnet Staff @SportsnetJanuary 10, 2021 - 12:28pm

Montreal Canadiens' Jordan Weal, right, tries to skate past Columbus Blue Jackets' Nick Foligno. (Jay LaPrete/AP)

The Montreal Canadiens have placed forward Jordan Weal, defenceman Noah Juulsen and seven other players on waivers, the team announced Sunday.

Les Canadiens ont soumis aujourd'hui les neuf joueurs suivants au ballottage de la LNH:

The Canadiens placed nine players on NHL waivers today:

B. Baddock
A. Belzile
J. Blandisi
L. Dauphin
J. Weal

N. Juulsen
G. Olofsson
X. Ouellet

C. Lindgren

— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) January 10, 2021

Defencemen Xavier Ouellet and Gustav Olofsson, forwards Brandon Baddock, Alex Belzile, Joseph Blandisi and Laurent Dauphin and goalie Charlie Lindgren were also placed on waivers.

Weal, 28, suited up for 49 games with the Canadiens last season, putting up 15 points. If he is sent down to the minors or the team’s taxi squad, it would slash his salary cap hit of $1.4 million by $1.075 million, per CapFriendly.

We currently show the #Habs as being $1,116,309 above the ceiling. Meaning that if the club were to assign Jordan Weal to the Minors/TS, they would still be $41,309 over and therefore would need to make at least one more move in order to be cap compliant on Jan 12 at 5pm ET. https://t.co/SzAp3B3snC

— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) January 10, 2021

The 23-year-old Juulsen, the Canadiens’ first-round pick in the 2015 draft, has struggled through vision issues and headaches over the last two years, totalling just 37 games between the team’s AHL affiliate, the Laval Rocket, and the Canadiens.

No surprises here. After two years spent mostly healing from vision issues and headaches, the Habs want to see Noah Juulsen play games. They’ll hope it continues to be for their organization, and that he’ll clear waivers tomorrow at noon. https://t.co/lIQYBBJtcL

— Eric Engels (@EricEngels) January 10, 2021

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