Montreal Canadiens Reveal 2026 Rookie Camp Roster
Check out the Canadiens' rookie camp roster.
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Mike, big commitment, big money for a young player.
Do you think this was a bargain though, considering how young he is?
Jeff Gordon and Kent Hughes strike again.
I mean, the way they are operating right now, they're sort of mimicking what the Boston Bruins did about a decade ago, locking up Bergeron and Marchand and Krejci, all those guys to long-term deals for and they all took a little bit less.
They locked up Hudson and Slafkovsky and Suzuki and Caulfield.
And really what they were paying Demidov is around what they paid Hudson, but the cap went up.
So, it means this is smart business and it enables, the Canadians to add players like they did with Noah Dobson.
Maybe overpaid Noah Dobson a bit, but because they have that core group locked up, they have the flexibility to be able to do that.
So they're, they're really doing a great job in terms of managing the salary gap.
