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Danault looking for first goal
Heading into Saturday night’s game, Phillip Danault, Paul Byron and Brett Kulak were the only three Canadiens players yet to score a goal.
Danault, who has three assists, is in the final season of his three-year, US$9.025 million contract with a salary-cap hit of $3.083 million. He is reported to have turned down a six-year, US$30-million offer from the Canadiens during the off-season.
“There are stretches in hockey … I think we’re getting the chances, it’s a matter of time when he’s going to put one in,” Tatar said about his linemate Danault. “I think he still does a lot for our team, for our line. He’s our centre, he makes a lot of plays in the offensive zone, or all zones on the ice, so he’s very important. He does a great job on the PK on our team. Maybe a goal is not there, but he’s a big part of this team. One time there are different guys producing. I think that the strength of our team is we have four lines where we can count on every line and every line’s dangerous.”
