The Montreal Canadiens need to address some issues/positions this offseason – top-six scorer, top-four Dman, left-side Dman, and a backup goaltender.
With the 2019-20 NHL schedule paused because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we'll be examining the free agents and trade candidates of all 31 teams for 2020-21. Due to the ongoing uncertainty over next season's salary-cap limits, we'll assume the cap remains at $81.5 million.
On Monday, we took a look at the Minnesota Wild. Today, we turn our attention to the Montreal Canadiens.
A promising start to this season was derailed by injuries to key players and a lack of sufficient depth to offset those absences, contributing to several long losing skids that sent the Habs tumbling in the standings.