Canadiens to activate Mike Hoffman off injured reserve

It has been a tough season for the Canadiens.  After making the Stanley Cup Final, they’ve struggled mightily out of the gate this season and have been hit hard with injuries.  While they’ve lost winger Josh Anderson for the next two to four weeks, the Habs will also get a player back for their game in Nashville Saturday night. Montreal announced that winger Mike Hoffman will play, which means he will be activated off injured reserve.

It hasn’t been a fun first year with the Habs for Hoffman, who signed with them on the opening day of free agency last summer, inking a three-year, $13.5M deal.  An offseason training injury kept him out of camp plus the start of the season, and this ailment has cost him three more weeks.  In between those, he has recorded four goals and three assists in 13 games with five of those points coming on the man advantage.

The Canadiens are presently carrying a full 23-man roster even after transferring Anderson to IR on Friday.  As a result, they will need to make some sort of roster move before the game in order to activate Hoffman and have him in the lineup Saturday night.