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Joshua Roy: if he ended up in the waivers, there’d be interest
Félix Forget
Joshua Roy: if he ended up in the waivers, there’d be interest
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Joshua Roy didn't have a great practice camp. The Québécois forward, who is running out of time to prove to the Habs that he's part of the club's future, trained hard this summer… but it didn't really show on the ice.We saw the player's bad creases again, as he didn't survive the first cuts in Montreal.Roy didn't have to go through the waivers, so the Habs could easily send him to Laval. Arpon Basu(The Athletic) chatted to a league scout about the Québécois forward… and while the scout in question wouldn't recommend his team pick him up in a trade, it could be a different story at the waivers:

The scout told me that if Roy ended up at the waivers, he might recommend claiming him.

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Arpon Basu

Actually, what you have to understand is that there are some people around the league who seem to believe that Roy is capable of being an NHL player, especially if he gets a change of scenery. That said, they won't be willing to pay to get him in a trade,so you can probably forget about the idea of him being traded this season: he doesn't really have any value on the market.In the meantime,Roy says he wants to keep working on his game. Ina world where Vincent's work pays off, it'll be hard for the Habs not to lose Roy to the waivers if he doesn't break through next year.

So we'll see what the next 12 months have in store for Roy, but we feel more than ever that time is running out if he wants to establish himself in Montreal.

For better (another team could claim him in the waivers a year from now) or for worse (the Habs could throw in the towel)

'Overtime'

– Marco D'Amico compared Alexander Zharovsky's style of play to that of Rick Nash. I really like the comparison.– Wilson completed a Gordie Howe hat trick with this fight.

– He's good, that Mbappé.

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