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Steve Mason Joel Armia and two draft picks were traded to the Montreal Canadiens by the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday for defenseman Simon Bourque . earned a seventh round pick in the NHL draft in 2019 and a fourth round pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 2020.
Mason was 5-6-1 with a goals-against-average of 3.24, a .906 save percentage and a shutout for the Jets this season. Winnipeg signed the 30-year-old goalkeeper with a $ 8.2 million two-year contract (average annual value of $ 4.1 million) on July 1, 2017.
Mason played 476 NHL games ( 458 starts) with the Columbus Blue Jackets, Philadelphia Flyers and Jets, with a 2.70 goals-against average, a .911 save percentage and 34 shutouts, and he won the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookie with the Blue Jackets in 2008-09. Armia, a 25-year-old forward, has 29 points (12 goals, 17 assists) in 79 games for the Jets this season and two goals in 13 Stanley Cup games – 58 goals (26 goals, 32 assists). The Sabers chose Armia in the first round (16th) in the 2011 NHL draft. He was traded to Winnipeg with a defenseman Tyler Myers before Drew Stafford a hope and a first-round draft pick in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft for the striker Evander Kane def enseman Zach Bogosian and a prospect on February 11, 2015.
Armia, who signed a two-year contract with an average annual value of $ 925,000 on July 14, 2016, can become a restricted free agent July 1.
Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff said on Tuesday that he was trying to find ways to free up space in the hope of re-signing the center Paul Stastny who can become an unrestricted free-agent Sunday.
"Given our ceiling situation, there are a lot of moving parts," said Cheveldayoff, who described the discussions with Statsny as ongoing. "We had an excellent exit interview together, and it's really my only assessment, nothing has changed in this regard, we know the CAP number and it's time to go to work." "
The Jets acquire Stastny in a trade with St. Louis Blues on February 26 for two draft picks and one prospect. Stastny had 13 points (four goals, nine assists) in 19 regular season games for the Jets and 15 points (six goals, nine assists) in 17 games in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, helping the Jets reach the final from the West. 19659002] After the Armia trade, the Jets have seven players who can become restricted free agents on July 1, including No. 1 guard Connor Hellebuyck who was 44-11-9 with a goals-against average of 2.36 and his 44 wins equaled Tampa Bay Lightning's Andrei Vasilevskiy and broke Tom Barrasso's NHL record for most of the season's victories. a goalkeeper born in the United States (43 with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1992-1993). His nine consecutive wins to end the regular season are a franchise record
defensemen Jacob Trouba and Josh Morrissey may also become restricted free agents. In addition, the Jets look forward, because the attackers Blake Wheeler Patrik Laine and Kyle Connor enter the final year of their current contracts.
"We are more focused on signing our own players under a number of cap," Cheveldayoff said. "Since the Stanley Cup final, it's here that hockey comes in."
Bourque, a 21-year-old defenseman, was selected by the Canadiens in the sixth round (# 177) of the 2015 draft of the NHL. He has three assists in 46 games with the AHL Laval this season.
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