Montreal Canadiens‘ 12th year defenseman Karl Alzner(16) was reassigned to affiliate Laval Rocket for most of 2018/2019, playing only 9 games with the big club after skating the full 82 contests in the season prior.
He’s actually skated a complete schedule 7 times in his 682 NHL games.
The fairly large 6’3″ 213 lbs. blue liner was originally a Washington Capitals‘ 1st round pick in the 2007 draft (#5 overall) and was with the team for 9 years.
He’s never been known to be a huge point-getter but in 7 campaigns grabbed 10+ assists and in successive sessions had 21 points.
The former Calgary Hitmen captain had one huge showing in juniors with 39 assists and followed that up with being voted WHL Player Of The Year and Best Defenseman.
He also won back-to-back Calder Cups (2009 & 2010) in his rookie and sophomore seasons with Hershey Bears.
At 31-years old, he still looks pretty great out there, even if it is in the AHL now, and we bet would love to get in 18 more match-ups to increase his total to 700 but it may be a question to see if he’s retained for the last 2 years of his current deal or bought out.