MONTREAL, QC - FEBRUARY 08: Ilya Kovalchuk #17 of the Montreal Canadiens. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
Montreal Canadiens general manager has been very busy, but he was smart to avoid signing these three free agents.
Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin has been extremely busy this offseason. He jumped the gun before the NHL Draft and free agency and has been very active ever since.
Long before players even became free agents officially, Bergevin acquired Jake Allen to give the team a better backup goaltender. He then traded for and signed Joel Edmundson. He was wheeling and dealing during the draft to move out picks for more selections in next year’s draft.