MONTREAL – On Sunday night, defenseman Joel Hanley became the latest player to audition on the Canadiens’ blue line.
Like the proverb says, one man’s misfortune is another man’s gain. That’s been the case for several members of the Canadiens’ defense corps as of late. Since the end of February, four defensemen that were in uniform for the season-opener in October have gone down due to injury at some point in time, including Tom Gilbert, Jeff Petry, Nathan Beaulieu and P.K. Subban. Two others who were called up from the St.