The Montreal Canadiens handing out a one-year deal to Ales Hemsky was confusing at first. The veteran had played the previous few seasons with the Dallas Stars, but missed significant time the year before with injury. After some time, the rationale behind Marc Bergevin‘s decision started to make more sense.
You could look anywhere be it NHL line combination sites, forums, or Twitter, but many Habs fans had the veteran on the fourth line. It’s hard to make those kind of predictions in the off-season, especially with a Habs team that would see some kind of make-over to implement Claude Julien‘s system to the fullest.