This off-season has seen Mark Bergevin focus heavily on bolstering his defence in both the NHL, AHL, and in the prospect pool.
At the draft he selected four defenders, added last year’s top scoring AHL defenceman to the roster in Laval, and has now signed another low-risk deal that will add depth to the NHL roster.
Mark Streit is a very good signing in the right circumstances. Right now, as a depth defender, he can bring point production to a bottom pairing in Montreal that struggled to generate much of anything last year. Even if he isn’t the elite producer he once was, a defender capable of five to six goals and 25 points a year at $700,000 is a steal.