Although many felt that GM Bob Gainey would wait until the end of the summer to bolster Montreal’s blue line depth, he opted to take care of it much sooner, adding D Paul Mara to the fold on a 1 year contract.
The end of an era came about on Wednesday afternoon, as it was announced that Saku Koivu, the 3rd longest tenured captain in franchise history in terms of games captained, had signed in Anaheim.
The Habs have been the busiest team in free agency, adding 4 new players to the roster.
A day after acquiring Scott Gomez, the Habs made lots of noise on the first day of free agency, signing a quintet of players.
HW has decided to have a free agent chat for anyone interested.
Start time is 2pm and it will continue until 4pm.
There’s various schools of thought that immediately pop up when trying to analyze the Scott Gomez to Montreal trade.
On Tuesday, June 30th at 8:30 PM, I will be hosting a live chat here on the site to discuss the pending free agency.
“With the 18th pick, the Montreal Canadiens are proud to select… no one of consequence.” – historically speaking, that is.
With the recent announcement that Alexei Yemelin has decided to remain in Russia rather than joining the Habs, people are up in arms about it. My first reaction is why?
It didn’t take long for the second domino to topple either, as GM Bob Gainey announced during Martin’s introductory press conference that longtime goalie coach Roland Melanson would not be returning next season after spending the past 12 seasons in the or