The Montreal Canadiens have slowly added more and more youth to their system. The tryouts in Nikita Korostelev, Anthony Beauregard, and Johnny Austin are one thing, but players are getting contracts as well. William Bitten and Michael Pezzetta were finally given their ticket to the NHL with an entry-level contract in early March, and junior free agent Hayden Verbeek is the latest player to join the Montreal Canadiens ranks.
Will Marc Bergevin and the rest of Habs management stop there? Hopefully not. Signing free agents in some ways is like going through a draft.