Habs sign Mark Barberio
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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.
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.
The Canadiens already have a sizable contingent on their NHL blueline but there is still some work for Marc Bergevin to do in free agency to shore up some holes on their defence corps.
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.
It’s that time of year again but draft day trades moves across the NHL may have taken some of the momentum out of the upcoming July 1 free agent frenzy. Here are some of the forwards who could be of interest to the Habs.
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.