Monday, April 12, 2021

Alumdate: Highmore traded to Canucks

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Matthew Highmore is now a member of the Vancouver Canucks.

The Chicago Blackhawks traded Highmore to the Canucks on Monday in exchange for Adam Gaudette. The former Saint John Sea Dogs forward had been with the Blackhawks organization since turning pro in 2017.

Highmore has had a bit of an underwhelming season on a Chicago team that surpassed expectations in the first half of this bizarre NHL season. The 25-year-old has just two assists in 24 games after a strong showing in The Bubble where he recorded three goals and a helper in nine playoff games.

Obviously the Canucks, who are a mess right now due to COVID, believe they can get the Halifax native going.
Highmore has now appeared in 73 career NHL games, registering four goals and six assists. He appeared in 24 AHL games last season with the Rockford IceHogs.
Highmore appeared in 289 regular season games with the Sea Dogs over five seasons and posted 247 points. He also played in 44 playoff games, helping Saint John win the President Cup in 2017. He is among the franchise leaders in games played and scoring.

Highmore is one of 10 former Sea Dogs to play at least one game in the NHL this season. Here's a statistical look at how those 10 players have performed so far heading into Monday's action.

PlayerTeamGPGoalsAssistsPoints
Jonathan HuberdeauFLA42142842
Thomas ChabotOTT3942024
Mike HoffmanSTL37111223
Mathieu JosephTBL4110616
Charlie CoyleBOS385914
Julien GauthierNYR27268
Jakob ZborilBOS37088
Matthew HighmoreCHI24022
Nathan BeaulieuWPG25011
Tomas JurcoVGK1000

Beaulieu will miss the remainder of the season following shoulder surgery earlier this month.

Jurco (Vegas Golden Knights), Boko Imama (Los Angeles Kings), Spencer Smallman (Carolina Hurricanes), Alex D'Orio (Pittsburgh Penguins) and Callum Booth (Boston Bruins) have all spent the majority of their seasons in the minors but have been placed on NHL taxi squads at times.

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