Habs sign Zach Redmond
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The Habs added some blueline depth on Friday, inking 27 old rearguard Zach Redmond to a two year contract. It’s a one way deal with a cap hit of $612,500.
The Habs added some blueline depth on Friday, inking 27 old rearguard Zach Redmond to a two year contract. It’s a one way deal with a cap hit of $612,500.
Despite the rumours, very few still actually expected P.K. Subban to be traded. Having gotten over the shock of the trade that sent him to Nashville for Shea Weber, our writers offer up their opinions on this blockbuster deal.
Marc Bergevin pulled off a blockbuster trade just two days before the start of the free agency period, dealing P.K. Subban to Nashville in exchange for Shea Weber.
Friday, July 1st at noon EST marks the official beginning of the free agency period. This is a much stronger free agent class compared to recent years; make your predictions on who lands where in our UFA pool.
It didn’t take long for the Habs to get a deal done with recently-acquired Andrew Shaw. On Monday night, they announced that they had agreed to terms on a six year, $23.4 million contract.
Monday afternoon was the deadline for teams to make qualifying offers. The Habs made offers to only three players, opting to let five others become unrestricted free agents on July 1st.
The Habs were busy on Friday night, making a pair of trades, shipping out Lars Eller to Washington while adding Andrew Shaw from Chicago. Our writers offer up their thoughts on the two transactions.
The Habs may have made most of their noise at the draft before making their first pick but they still wound up making six selections in total. Let’s take a closer look at each and give an early grade to the draft class of 2016.
Day 2 of the 2016 draft was a much quieter one for the Habs thanks to Friday’s trade for Andrew Shaw. The Habs had five picks and opted for speed and help on the blue line.
Montreal added some blueline help in the draft on Friday night, selecting Russian defenceman Mikhail Sergachev from Windsor of the OHL.