Last season, Samuel Montembeault put the team first. The Montreal Canadiens goaltender was claimed off waivers to be an extra body with the team uncertain about the health of Carey Price before being the team’s starting goaltender because of additional injuries to Jake Allen. He put off surgery because, frankly, the team needed a goaltender to get them through the season.
Exactly one week after the regular season ended, Montembeault underwent surgery on his injured wrist, an injury that Montembeault played with for months. One quick look at his numbers — a 3.77 goals against average and .