In a move that should come as a surprise to no one, the Habs have officially parted ways with defenceman Nikolas Koberstein after they failed to sign him by the August 15th deadline.

Many of Montreal’s opening night lineup projections have Ryan Poehling in there. While he’s certainly a promising prospect and has one great NHL game under his belt, I’m not convinced that starting with the Habs is the best thing for his development.

It wasn’t that long ago that Lukas Vejdemo was viewed as a prospect with some intrigue. However, he heads into next season in a situation where he could tumble down the depth chart quickly if he doesn’t start strong.

It won’t take until the eve of training camp for Michael McCarron to be signed for the upcoming season as the Habs announced that they have re-signed him to a one-year, two-way contract.

I’ve long been of the belief that an AHL team can’t have too much depth at one position. Laval is going to be putting that to the test next season as they are extremely deep between the pipes.

July 15th represented the deadline for qualifying offers to be accepted before they expired and for the second straight year, it came and went without Michael McCarron signing a new contract.

The Habs brought in some more depth down the middle on Wednesday, signing centre Phil Varone to a one-year, two-way contract.

Montreal’s second signing on Monday was one that’s likely going to help Laval as the Habs have inked winger Riley Barber to a one-year, two-way contract.

The dust has barely settled on the 2019 NHL Entry Draft and while it’s really too early to evaluate their newest group of prospects, that’s not going to stop us from trying.