Owen Beck and David Reinbacher Traded to the Rocket

Does this mean that injured players are about to return to action? After all, right now, the Canadiens don't have any healthy extra skaters left. And normally, when you hit the road, you want extras.

Unless, of course, a player is ready to return to action by Friday.

We should also consider the possibility that the two young players will just play one game in Laval tonight before heading back up for the Canadiens' four-game road trip.

That's a possibility on the table. However, we don't know if that's actually the plan.

But if the two young players were sent down to Laval to stay there, it's safe to assume that no, Reinbacher wasn't benched from yesterday's game “just because Adam Engstrom deserved to play” a bit.

As for Beck, he's not making much of an impact with the Habs. It's not a huge surprise to see him down there, even if we expect to see him back in Montreal in the short or medium term.

More details to come…