The Montreal Canadiens have been storing cap space like a squirrel stores food for the past two seasons. Heading into this offseason, they opened up even more by trading away Andrew Shaw and Nicolas Deslauriers just before free agency began.
With Shaw gone, the Habs should have been in the market for a scoring winger. However, with most of the free agents off the board on July 1st, the Habs landed backup goaltender Keith Kinkaid. Since then, they added minor league scorers in Riley Barber and Phil Varone as well as defensive defenseman Ben Chiarot.