When Mike Brown was picked up on waivers at the NHL trade deadline, it was assumed that he would play a few games while new additions traveled to meet with the team. Fast forward to this past week, where, in a scrappy, scrum-filled game against the Buffalo Sabres, Brown was playing on the Montreal Canadiens' top line.
Brown — with his 18 career NHL goals — was skating alongside Max Pacioretty and Alex Galchenyuk at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo. Head Coach Michel Therrien says he moved the pugilistic forward there because he didn't like the way the Sabres were handling Alex Galchenyuk.