Kent Hughes makes good moves and has resolved another major issue on offense

The general manager of the Montreal Canadiens, Kent Hughes, has resolved an important issue for the Montreal Canadiens.

In recent days, in addition to signing his last restricted free agents (Justin Barron and Arber Xhekaj), he has obviously awarded a long-term contract to young defenseman Kaiden Guhle.

With the signing of Guhle, apart from obviously Ivan Demidov, the core of the Montreal Canadiens is practically entirely signed to long-term deals. That's excellent.

And on top of that, he is signed at an extremely reasonable price!

Clearly, Kent Hughes' past as a player agent gives him a huge advantage during contract negotiations, compared to a certain Marc Bergevin.

Kent Hughes gives a salary cap management lesson to other NHL GMs and has signed several very advantageous contracts

See his impressive summary.

It's probably an overused term these days, but yes, it's major for the Canadiens' rebuild.

It will leave a lot of money for Kent Hughes to attempt one or two big moves in the free agent market.

Nowadays, having salary cap flexibility can really change everything.

Additionally, it will leave plenty of money eventually for Ivan Demidov, Lane Hutson, and David Reinbacher, if they ever reach their full potential.

Having resolved all the contracts for Juraj Slafkovsky, Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Kirby Dach, Alex Newhook, and Kaiden Guhle, that's quite a file sealed for the Canadiens' general manager.

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