Montreal Canadiens 20 Worst Contracts in the Salary Cap Era
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The Montreal Canadiens have long been effective at drafting and developing players, but in the salary cap era have struggled on the UFA market in July, as you’re about to find out. Much like the New York Rangers, world class goaltending can really assist concealing mistakes. Bob Gainey held down the GM job for the first 5 years of the salary cap era, before retiring. Though if you analyzed some of the moves he made in his final 2 years, you’d be justified wondering why he didn’t get fired (which is not intended as slander against the man himself, just some curious transactions).
Montreal Canadiens 20 Worst Contracts in the Salary Cap Era
Montreal Canadiens 20 Worst Contracts in the…
Montreal Canadiens 20 Worst Contracts in the Salary Cap Era
The Montreal Canadiens have long been effective at drafting and developing players, but in the salary cap era have struggled on the UFA market in July, as you’re about to find out. Much like the New York Rangers, world class goaltending can really assist concealing mistakes. Bob Gainey held down the GM job for the first 5 years of the salary cap era, before retiring. Though if you analyzed some of the moves he made in his final 2 years, you’d be justified wondering why he didn’t get fired (which is not intended as slander against the man himself, just some curious transactions).