On this day in 2017, the Edmonton Oilers acquired Mike Cammalleri from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for forward Jussi Jokinen. When Edmonton Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli made the trade for Cammalleri, he had one pivotal aim: getting more pucks in the net.
The Montreal Canadiens of the early 2010s had an array of lacklustre talent up front, and aside from Mike Cammalleri, Brian Gionta and Max Pacioretty, they lacked depth.
Over the next few weeks, we’re going to spend some time here at Daily Faceoff highlighting three players connected with each NHL franchise who are particularly useful in games of Puckdoku. We’ll continue today with the Calgary Flames.