Latendresse and Pouliot Switch Teams
November 24, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under NHL, News, Players, Trades
The Montreal Canadiens have acquired Benoit Pouliot from the Minnesota Wild in exchange for Guillaume Latendresse. The pair of them are pretty comparable in terms of age and goals/assists amassed so far this year so I’m not completely sure why this trade happened.
image: TSN
Latendresse is 22, has scored two goals and recorded one assist. Meanwhile, Pouliot is 23 and has scored two goals and two assists in 14 games this season. “The forwards are two players at the same stage in their careers who were still looking to make a place for themselves with the teams that drafted them,” Canadiens GM Bob Gainey said. “Often times a different environment, new teammates and a new situation can be beneficial for a player.”
We’ll see. Pouliot has been out of commission since suffering an upper body injury on November 13th but is expexted to be back in the lineup sometime in the near future.
