Petry asked to be traded last season for family reasons. His wife, Julie, was upset with the COVID-19 restrictions in Quebec and returned to the family home in Michigan with their three sons while pregnant with a fourth boy, who was born last Monday. That left Petry alone in Montreal much of last season, missing his family.
he 28-year-old Matheson, who grew up in Pointe-Claire on Montreal’s West Island, is six years younger than Petry and also earns less money, which will give Hughes some wiggle room with the NHL salary cap.