With the departures of Morgan Ellis, Victor Bartley, Mac Bennett, and Darren Dietz, the Montreal Canadiens needed to restock their defensive depth rather urgently. General manager Marc Bergevin did just that by signing former Arizona Coyotes player Philip Samuelsson, who is certainly pencilled in to join the St. John’s IceCaps in the American Hockey League if he clears waivers.
We asked Brendan Porter (@brendanporter)from our SB Nation sister site Five For Howling to answer a few questions regarding Samuelsson to give us a better idea of who he is, and how he might fit into the Canadiens’ defensive depth chart:
EOTP: What was Samuelsson's role on the Coyotes/Springfield Falcons?