With 24 days left until the start of the 2018-19 season for the Montreal Canadiens as well as the rest of the league, Phillip Danault comes to mind. He was a buzzing topic heading into the summer being the top priority for Marc Bergevin as far as extending restricted free agents went. However, the possibility of salary arbitration reared its ugly head after Danault was one of the four RFAs to receive a qualifying offer.
Negotiations luckily didn’t get far enough to require a hearing. The Montreal Canadiens chose to sign Danault to a three-year contract that will see him make $3.