The Montreal Canadiens have moved one young piece for another, sending forward prospect Joshua Roy to the Utah Mammoth in exchange for defense prospect Maksymillian Szuber, TVA Sports’ Renaud Lavoie reported Monday morning.
Roy, 22, spent most of the 2025-26 season with the AHL’s Laval Rocket and put together a strong offensive year there, scoring 23 goals and finishing with 45 points in 57 games. He also got into three NHL games with Montreal during the regular season and added two goals in five Calder Cup Playoff appearances.
Szuber, 23, was a full-time player for the AHL’s Tucson Roadrunners in 2025-26. The 6’3″ left-shot defenseman produced 11 goals and 27 points across 65 games, and his only NHL game so far came with the Arizona Coyotes in the 2023-24 season.
Both players are scheduled to become restricted free agents on July 1, so the move also sets up a tight deadline. Roy is due a qualifying offer from Utah before Monday’s 5 p.m. ET cutoff, while Montreal will need to tender one to Szuber by the same time.
For Roy, the trade closes a Canadiens chapter that began when Montreal took him in the fifth round, 150th overall, in the 2021 NHL Draft. After starring with the QMJHL’s Saint John Sea Dogs and Sherbrooke Phoenix, he turned pro with Laval in 2023-24 and made his NHL debut with the Canadiens that same season.
Over parts of three seasons in Montreal, Roy played 38 NHL games and posted six goals, 11 points and four penalty minutes. The Saint-Georges-De-Beauce, Que. product now heads to Utah after being part of one of Montreal’s more closely watched prospect tracks.
Szuber brings a different path. The Coyotes selected him in the sixth round, 163rd overall, in 2022, and he came to North America for the 2023-24 season after developing through the EHC Munich system in the DEL.
He has been a steady presence on Tucson’s blue line, piling up 25 goals and 87 points in 200 games over the past three seasons while handling major minutes under head coach Steve Potvin. Montreal is expected to have him in the mix for a depth role when the club gets to its 2026 training camp.
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