Habs re-sign Christian Thomas
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On Thursday, the Habs took care of one of their own free agents, signing RFA Christian Thomas to a one year, two-way contract. He reportedly will earn $600,000 at the NHL level.
On Thursday, the Habs took care of one of their own free agents, signing RFA Christian Thomas to a one year, two-way contract. He reportedly will earn $600,000 at the NHL level.
The Habs have added another blueliner to the fold, inking Mark Barberio to a one year, two-way contract. He will reportedly earn $600,000 in the NHL and $325,000 of guaranteed money.
Marc Bergevin continued to be active in signing some depth players in free agency, inking forward Bud Holloway to a one year, two-way contract. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The Habs added some blueline depth to their farm team on Wednesday as they inked Joel Hanley to a one year, two-way entry level contract. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Marc Bergevin’s first order of business when free agency opened was to take care of one of his own players. On Wednesday, the team inked blueliner Greg Pateryn to a two year extension worth a total of $1.6 million.
The Habs were busy in the trade department on Wednesday, as they acquired RW Zack Kassian from Vancouver along with a 2016 5th round pick. In return, the Canucks acquire Brandon Prust.
On the eve of free agency, Habs GM Marc Bergevin took care of one small order of business, re-signing Brian Flynn to a two year, one-way deal with a reported cap hit of $950,000.
The 2015 NHL Draft has come and gone without the Habs making too much noise as a result of only having five selections. Having had some time to ponder their choices, here are my grades for each of the picks.
On Sunday, the Habs placed right winger P-A Parenteau on unconditional waivers for the purposes of buying out the final year of his contract. Teams will have until noon EST on Monday to claim him which isn’t likely to happen.
July 1st at noon EST marks the official beginning of the free agency period although teams began to talk with pending UFA’s as early as last Thursday. Make your predictions on who lands where in our UFA pool.