When Joël Bouchard became the coach of the Laval Rocket, he brought with him a contingent of players from his old team, the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. Since joining the Montreal Canadiens organization as one such player, Joël Teasdale has had very up-and-down seasons. The left-winger missed all of the 2019-20 season after suffering a knee injury preparing for his first professional year.
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His second season in the professionals wasn’t quite what he expected. Teasdale didn’t make his AHL debut the way he had envisioned, with it being delayed for months due to the pandemic.