Rafaël Harvey-Pinard ready for his new challenge with the Penguins

Newly a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins organization. However, Saguenay’s hockey player Rafaël Harvey-Pinard intends to put the dubbing bites in training this summer to force the hand of his new bosses

Arvida’s native striker signed a two -part season contract with the Penguins on July 2, worth US $ 775,000 after having received no qualifying offer from the Montreal Canadiens.

I suspected that the chances that I qualify was minimal. Therefore, I had made a little idea that I was going to leave Montrealrecognized the 26 -year -old athlete in. Moreover, an interview on the program Public squareThursday afternoon.

A soft ball injury – Rafaël harvey-pinard ready his new

Sleeled by injuries for two years. Consequently, the Quebecer was limited to a game last year with the Canadian and at only 19 points in 40 games rafaël harvey-pinard ready his new with the Laval Rocket in the American Hockey League.

However. Consequently, the one who was a choice of seventh round of the Canadiens in 2019 had had a good time in Montreal before bad luck fell on him, including 14 goals in 2022-2023.

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Now a member of the Penguins. Meanwhile, rafaël harvey-pinard ready his new Rafaël Harvey-Pinard has lifted the veil on the mysterious leg injury he suffered last summer during a charity event.

It was a bad luck that arrived last year at the end of July. Similarly, I was playing the soft ball for a cause and I had an accident in the field. In addition, I got into the side of the leg by one of my friends. the leg dropped, let’s say, it was a fairly difficult moment with four months of absence. You never know when it happens and when it happens, you are disappointed. These are things you have to live with with. I rolled up my sleeves and started working again. But it is sure that I did not know the hoped -for yearsaid the former captain of the Saguenéens. of Chicoutimi.

When this kind of injury arrives. you wonder if you are going to come back to the same level as you were. I haven’t found him yet and I hope to find him next season.

At the camp with Sidney Crosby

This story being now behind him. Harvey-Pinard is ready for his new challenge in the organization of the Penguins.

I wanted to stay in North America. I wanted to give myself another chance to return to the National League. Several teams were interested and I really went with the Penguins because it is an opportunity available to me. The organization had good words with my agent and they have a little the same vision as me. I know that I will have to work hardhe said.

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Even if his place is not guaranteed. he will have to win his place in the regular alignment of the team, otherwise he will have to evolve in Wilkes-Barre in the American League, he hopes to take advantage of the presence of a certain Sidney Crosby during the training camp.

I am excited to have a new start on new bases. There are players like Sidney Crosby that I watched during my youth. now I can look at him from the ice, so I think I’m going to learn a lot from him. There are excellent veteransrecalled the hockey player.

Harvey-Pinard will go to Pittsburgh next week to familiarize himself with his new environment and the members of the organization. He will spend a good part of the summer in Saguenay where he has just bought a residence while. training on occasion in Quebec with other professional hockey players.

According to an interview with Catherine Doucet