The Habs have made it clear: they’re not going all out to add a player to their top-6 this summer, but they’re going to try.
Via the free agent market, the Habs notably passed on Jonathan Marchessault because he wasn’t ready to go four or five years like the Predators.
That’s fair enough.
But when I see the two-year contract, valued at $4 million a year, that David Perron signed with the Senators, I wonder why he’s in Ottawa.
Is there a world in which the Habs made him the same offer and he chose Ottawa? Maybe… but I don’t think so.
Perron, a Quebecker who wants to play for the Habs, might have agreed to come to Montreal instead of the(more or less inspiring) Canadian capital.
He’s said it himself in recent months: the Habs are a dream for him.
This summer, the Quebecer will be free as a bird… → https://t.co/gTv6nEyoof
– DansLesCoulisses (@DLCoulisses) May 2, 2024
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Seeing him agree to go to Ottawa, which isn’t really further ahead than the Habs in its rebuild in my eyes, instead of Montreal makes me believe that the Habs didn’t table an offer of that magnitude to his agent.
As reported on HF, Marc Antoine Godin seems to think so too.
Strictly in terms of salary, the 2 x $4 million contract David Perron signed in Ottawa could have suited the Habs, but there didn’t seem to be any real interest in the Quebec veteran.
– Marc Antoine Godin (@MAGodin) July 1, 2024
Still, Perron isn’t small, he’s not unproductive (only the Habs’ first line guys and Mike Matheson can boast more points in Montreal than Perron’s 47 in Michigan in 2023-2024) and he’s a veteran who signed at a good price. And most importantly, for only two years.
Why isn’t the man who sees himself in Montreal one day?
Is he too old at 36? Perhaps the Habs feel that he won’t be a top-6 player for another two years, and that giving him $8 million over two years was too risky.
It could be that the Habs feel that giving him what Ottawa gave him would not have been a good decision… and one wonders, if that’s the case, what the reason behind it is.
Overtime
– Heavy loss for the Sparrows.
Shawn Lemon is well and truly suspended. His case will be heard by a judge on August 1-2, after which we’ll know more about his eligibility for the rest of the season. @BPMSportsRadio @lenvolpodcast pic.twitter.com/H9iwfsht2r
– Renaud Bourbonnais (@RenBourbonRDS) July 4, 2024
– Enjoy your reading.
My column on Canadiens’ first-round draft pick Michael Hage, whose father, Alain, was huge #Habs fan and died tragically in a swimming pool accident last summer. “Him and my grandpa were the biggest two Habs fans I’ve ever seen,” Hage says #Habs #HabsIO: https://t.co/GFZlPKokCa
– Stu Cowan (@StuCowan1) July 4, 2024
– Well done.
#NHLBruins prospects participated in a leadership obstacle course on Wednesday afternoon at SIG SAUER Academy in Epping, NH 👏 pic.twitter.com/cfa9izKbgf
– Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) July 4, 2024
– Transaction in the NBA.
The Warriors are acquiring Buddy Hield in a sign-and-trade with the 76ers, per @ShamsCharania. 🔄 pic.twitter.com/H8N7RRgnv7
– Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) July 4, 2024
– There are a few rumors in MLB:
Meanwhile, the White Sox take center stage. https://t.co/pYJTkUNv1n
– Passion MLB (@passion_mlb) July 4, 2024