Habs sign Madison Bowey
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The Habs have added a bit of defensive depth for Laval as they’ve agreed to terms with Madison Bowey on a one-year, two-way contract.
The Habs have added a bit of defensive depth for Laval as they’ve agreed to terms with Madison Bowey on a one-year, two-way contract.
Montreal took care of a trio of pending free agents before free agency officially opened up on Wednesday, announcing the re-signings of Alex Belzile, Joel Teasdale, and Nate Schnarr to one-year, two-way contracts.
If Kent Hughes’ game plan wasn’t clear enough at last season’s trade deadline, what he did at the recent entry draft and during the qualifying period for restricted free agents are pretty good indications of what kind of a rebuild he plans on overseeing.
The Canadiens sent qualifying offers to five players by Monday’s 5 PM ET deadline while declining to tender an offer to three others, making them unrestricted free agents on Wednesday.
Prior to Monday’s qualifying offer deadline, the Habs took care of another one of their restricted free agents, announcing the re-signing of Michael Pezzetta to a one-year deal.
With qualifying offers due on Monday, the Habs took care of one of their restricted free agents as they announced the re-signing of Corey Schueneman to a one-year, two-way contract.
Not only did the Habs make a big splash with their first-overall draft pick but they also made a big splash on the trade front, completing a three-team trade that saw them move Alexander Romanov and two draft picks while acquiring Kirby Dach from Chicago. Our writers offer up their thoughts on the swap.
Wednesday, July 13th at noon ET marks the official beginning of the free agency period. As usual, plenty of activity is expected as teams look to bolster their lineups for 2022-23 and beyond. Make your predictions on who lands where in our annual UFA pool.
The Habs were busy on Friday as they held ten selections in the final six rounds of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. They used nine of them in total; here’s a look at all of their new additions.
While there was plenty of discussion leading up to the draft as to who Montreal would select, they went with the one who rose up the charts in the second half of the season, selecting Slovak winger Juraj Slafkovsky.