The Montreal Canadiens have announced that general manager Kent Hughes has promoted John Sedgwick to assistant general manager.
Sedgwick has been with the organization since 2013, and was most recently the vice president of hockey operations and legal affairs, a role he held since 2017.
His responsibilities include player contract negotiation and salary arbitration, daily management and strategic planning of the salary cap, as well as overseeing all matters related to the NHL-NHLPA collective bargaining agreement. Prior to joining the Canadiens, Sedgwick was a member of the National Hockey League’s Hockey Operations Department in Toronto where he worked from 2006 to 2013.