On Wednesday, the Canadiens and GM Kent Hughes revealed a roster change. His first important roster change. The Canadiens have waived defenseman Sami Niku. Niku was one of Marc Bergevin's last roster acquisitions, and he wasn't expected to be a hero. Niku is an RFA and only makes $750k, thus he may be claimed by any team in the NHL. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/canadiensmtl/status/1486413668556451849?s=21'> </a></blockquote></div>