For the most part, the Montreal Canadiens haven’t been very active during this impromptu off-season of sorts. That was until Vasili Demchenko joined the picture.
While rival teams like the Toronto Maple Leafs have inked SKA St. Petersburg star Alexander Barabanov, the Canadiens main target, forward Konstantin Okulov, didn’t pan out, at least for the time being, with him signing a one-year extension to remain in the KHL. Despite this, GM Marc Bergevin kept looking, eventually signing 26-year-old goaltender Vasili Demchenko to a one-year entry-level deal on Tuesday.
For many hockey fans, Demchenko is an unfamiliar face, and well, there’s a good reason for that.