The Montreal Canadiens have tinkered slightly with their roster this offseason. The roster was not quite good enough to get them into the playoffs last season, so it was hoped they would improve the look of the lineup by now.
So far, they have brought in a depth piece up front in Nick Cousins and also re-signed Jordan Weal and Nate Thompson. On defence, they inked bruising left-shot defender Ben Chiarot to a three-year contract and they also re-upped Christian Folin before he could hit free agency. In goal, Keith Kinkaid was brought in to give Carey Price more nights off than Antti Niemi afforded him.