On Monday, Montreal’s Canadiens exchanged the 29-year-old striker for the Calgary Flames in exchange for Tyler Pitlick and Swedish Emil Heineman. The Canadiens also received a first-round election in the 2022 NHL Draft and a fifth-round election in the 2023 NHL Draft.
“We’re happy to attract Tyler,” said Brad Trilinging, Flames’ general manager. “He’s the winner of the Stanley Cup. I think he’s one of the top six strikers in the league. He’s proven to be a scorer in the league. He can play in full, majority and minority. he will be a great addition to our team. “
Tofoli has scored 26 points (9 + 17) in 37 games this season. This was his second season at the Canadiens after signing a four-year contract worth $ 17 million (€ 15 million) on October 12, 2020. He missed 11 games after hand surgery, injuring himself on December 4 in a game against Nashville’s “Predators.”
The hockey player has also played for the Los Angeles Kings, who drafted him in 2010 with number 47, and the Vancouver Canucks.
Tofoli scored 370 points in 614 Main Event games (182 + 188) and 39 points in 76 Stanley Cup games (16 + 23), including 14 points in seven games during the cup season (seven goals and seven assists).
In the spring of 2014, he and the Kings brought the Stanley Cup over their heads.
A year later in the Czech Republic, he became world champion in the Canadian national team.
The Canadiens league with 23 points in 48 matches with this change demonstrates that they are no longer hoping to enter the Stanley Cup this season. Meanwhile, Flames ranks sixth in the Western Conference with 58 points in 45 games.
The 30-year-old striker Pitch was scored 86 points (47 goals and 39 assists) in 311 games for Edmonton’s Oilers, Dallas’ Stars, Philadelphia’s Flyers, Arizona’s Coyotes and Flames.
The striker Heineman was chosen by the Florida Panthers in the second round of the 2020 NHL draft with 43 numbers and was replaced by striker Sam Benett on April 12. The 20-year-old striker spends the season in the Swedish championship team Leksands, scoring 16 points in 36 games (11 goals and five assists).
