Breakout Candidate: Phillip Danault
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2016-17 was a breakout season for Phillip Danault. He should be able to stick in the top six once again which will give him a chance to beat that performance and have another breakthrough campaign.
2016-17 was a breakout season for Phillip Danault. He should be able to stick in the top six once again which will give him a chance to beat that performance and have another breakthrough campaign.
The Habs locked up the last of their restricted free agents on Tuesday, signing forward Phillip Danault to a two year, one way deal reportedly worth a total of $1.825 million.
Philip Danault was acquired as the centrepiece of the pre-deadline deal that saw Dale Weise and Tomas Fleischmann move to Chicago. However, despite being a target of GM Marc Bergevin, he could conceivably be on the outside looking in next year.
The Habs surprised many by packaging their two rental forwards in the same deal, sending them to Chicago for Phillip Danault and a 2018 2nd round pick. Having had some time to evaluate the trade, our writers offer up their comments on the move.
The Habs decided not to wait until the trade deadline to sell their rental players as on Friday night, forwards Dale Weise and Tomas Fleischmann were traded to Chicago in exchange for prospect Phillip Danault and a 2018 2nd round pick.