The Montreal Canadiens will probably have a different looking defence next season. The Canadiens have five NHL defencemen signed for next season, and that doesn’t even include restricted free-agents Nathan Beaulieu and Nikita Nesterov, unrestricted free-agent Andrei Markov, and players under contract like Mikhail Sergachev and Zach Redmond.
Add Jakub Jeu0159ábek to the mix, plus the expansion draft where the Habs could only protect three defencemen, and the ingredients for change are on the table.
Jeu0159ábek is coming from the KHL, but previously played in the top Czech league.