Habs History: Remembering Koivu’s Final Season

Oh, the 2008-09 NHL regular season. It was the season of the increased salary cap by $6,400,000 per team, the season which had number of rule changes including the face-off of a power play taking place in the defensive zone, and it was the last season that Saku Koivu spent with the Montreal Canadiens.

Koivu was already with the Habs for 13 seasons, 10 of which he was named captain and ended up with the longest captaincy tenure in team history. He tied with Habs legend, Jean Béliveau.

More From Editorials/Analysis

However, the next year he would part ways with the team after celebrating their 100 years of play and move on to a 1 year, $3.25 million deal with the Anaheim Ducks. He stayed with…