Marc Bergevin has spent his summer adding contracts that appear to be team-friendly deals, getting roster players for much less than their expected value.
Mark Barberio will take up just $750,000 of the $73 million salary cap the team has to work with this season. Daniel Carr and Sven Andrighetto will occupy even less. Yesterday, Bergevin signed Phillip Danault for under $1 million. He has also added some defensive depth with Zach Redmond, who will earn just north of the league-minimum salary.
The Montreal Canadiens general manager has been able to get players to agree to such deals by forgoing the usual approach of signing them a two-way contract, with a relatively high NHL salary, but a low AHL amount to be paid if they are sent down to the minors.