The Montreal Canadiens are in second place in the league when it comes to contract efficiency in The Athletic’s Dom Luszczyszyn’s rankings, and there are a couple of reasons for that
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Ryan, you start us off
Yay or nay, Ivan Demidov has signed an eight-year extension worth 9.125 million to stay in Montreal with this great young and up-and-coming core
Yay or nay on that signing?
Big yay
Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton once again doing big things in Montreal
How about you, Mike?
A big yay as well
I mean, the, the Montreal Canadiens are mimicking the Boston Bruins of a decade or so ago, getting their core group, like Marchand and Bergeron, all locked up on very reasonable contracts, and that will allow, Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes to go out and get help a- and have the cap room to do that
Yeah, I believe, Demidov signed a little bit more than Co- than Lane Hutson
So you get, you know, Hutson and Demidov both under 10 million
That, that’s a win for me as well
