It’s virtually impossible for a team to make it through the NHL’s free-agency period without making some changes, either by letting players leave or by adding new faces. The pace of that change is often alarming.
It’s called a frenzy for a reason.
Fans of the Montreal Canadiens are holding their collective breath this weekend as two prominent Russians confront their free-agent status, and decide whether to act on offers from the team or to take their chances filling their wallets elsewhere.
On the one hand, the team’s longest serving player: Andrei Markov, the General, a cerebral and stalwart mainstay of the Montreal defence.