The Hamilton Bulldogs made the most of Scotland’s schizophrenic weather yesterday on their day off. After beating the Toronto Marlies 1-0 on Thursday, the team split up to take in the finer parts of Edinburgh and the surrounding region.
Welcome to Edinburgh, the capital of haggis, kilts and for this week only – hockey. The Gardiner Cup returned to Scotland once again, pitching two of the UK’s top teams against the Toronto Marlies and the Hamilton Bulldogs in a rust-removing tourn
On Friday, the Habs locked up the last of their remaining restricted free agents, signing RW Matt D’Agostini to a 1 year contract.
As was originally reported on Saturday, the Habs have made it official, re-signing Greg Stewart to a 1 year contract. The deal is reportedly for the league minimum of $500,000 on a two-way contract.
The Habs’ streak of avoiding salary arbitration with their players will live to see another year after Tomas Plekanec signed a 1 year, $2.75 M contract with the team on Tuesday.
With Marc Denis on his way out of Hamilton, the Habs picked up his replacement Monday signing former Vancouver backup Curtis Sanford to a 1-year, two-way contract.
With Wednesday being the final day to accept qualifying offers, a pair of Habs jumped the gun, as Guillaume Latendresse and Shawn Belle each signed 1-year contracts.
On Monday, the Habs continued to add free agents to the fold, this time adding to their prospect base by signing Swedish centre Andreas Engqvist to a 3 year entry level deal.
Just when you thought the Habs were done, GM Bob Gainey struck again, this time with the signing of free agent LW Travis Moen to a 3 year contract.
Although many felt that GM Bob Gainey would wait until the end of the summer to bolster Montreal’s blue line depth, he opted to take care of it much sooner, adding D Paul Mara to the fold on a 1 year contract.