Confirmed with Link: Armia sign with Habs (1 year, $1.85M)

[darknife2311]

not a bad signing for Habs

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[HockeyDBspecialist]

a lot of contract to renew in 1-2 years.

would have give 3 years but still a legit contract

 

[Cookie007]

What are we going to do with 12 million in cap space, with just Danault to resign..

Pathetic management by Bergevin and gang

We are the Montreal Canadiens, not the Florida Panthers/Arizona Coyotes.

 

[Deebs]

Unfortunate it's just a one year deal, but not terrible for us going forward.

 

[darknife2311]

What are we going to do with 12 million in cap space, with just Danault to resign..

Pathetic management by Bergevin and gang

We are the Montreal Canadiens, not the Florida Panthers/Arizona Coyotes.

maybe Bergevin will try a big blow ... at least I hope it's part of his "plan"

 

[Dhafol]

What are we going to do with 12 million in cap space, with just Danault to resign..

Pathetic management by Bergevin and gang

We are the Montreal Canadiens, not the Florida Panthers/Arizona Coyotes.

He shouldn't spend money just for the sake of spending it. That's how you get another Alzner situation.

 

[Mike Mike Caron]

What are we going to do with 12 million in cap space, with just Danault to resign..

Pathetic management by Bergevin and gang

We are the Montreal Canadiens, not the Florida Panthers/Arizona Coyotes.

Bergevin is an idiot, should have given Armia 4-5m$.

 

[Cookie007]

He shouldn't spend money just for the sake of spending it. That's how you get another Alzner situation.

How about resigning Radulov for that 7 million he wanted...

We still would've had 5 million to spend, and have a legit 1st liner on our team.

Oh well, another year of Byron Froese

 

[Hostile Offer]

Great deal. I was hoping for a one year, $2M deal so can't be unhappy with this. Not much risk for either side.

 

[Le Tricolore]

Sounds good to me. Looking forward to seeing him play.

 

[Deebs]

Great deal. I was hoping for a one year, $2M deal so can't be unhappy with this. Not much risk for either side.

Why did you only want to sign him to a 1 year deal, just for the flexibility or something else?

 

[Hostile Offer]

Why did you only want to sign him to a 1 year deal?

Because we still retain his rights after this one. Any longer and he's free to walk. Plus it's always a risk to give term for a guy who only has played one full season in the NHL and no one knows how he fits the team.

 

[Hopzilla]

Armia is gonna get a lot more quality ice time this year (being on a below average team and all...) and will have a chance to shine and raise his stock. It makes sense for him to only sign one year and try to get a better contract next year.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

He's still controllable as a RFA so I'm happy.

 

[Justin11]

Good deal for both parties. If he puts up good numbers, he will then get a decent raise.

 

[Bargainbin]

What are we going to do with 12 million in cap space, with just Danault to resign..

Pathetic management by Bergevin and gang

We are the Montreal Canadiens, not the Florida Panthers/Arizona Coyotes.

Florida is good why bash them

 

[Mike Mike Caron]

Armia is gonna get a lot more quality ice time this year (being on a below average team and all...) and will have a chance to shine and raise his stock. It makes sense for him to only sign one year and try to get a better contract next year.

Our wingers are not as good as the Jets, but they're still pretty good and we have plenty of them, he'll have to battle with Gallagher, Scherbak, Lehkonen, Byron and Shaw who all can play on the right side.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

That's a '' make us give you a bigger deal next year'' type of contract, which is the appropriate way to go with him right now. Hopefully he goes into this season super motivated.

 

[Rockomax]

maybe Bergevin will try a big blow ... at least I hope it's part of his "plan"

Please don't. He'll definitely blow it.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Good deal. I guess the 1 year is more in tune with let's see how he fits in this team and we can go longer next summer.

OR, this contract can be used as trade bait at the deadline for playoff teams.

 

[ArtPeur]

What are we going to do with 12 million in cap space, with just Danault to resign..

Pathetic management by Bergevin and gang

We are the Montreal Canadiens, not the Florida Panthers/Arizona Coyotes.

That's why Price has a 10.5M$ cap hit, we needed that contract to reach the floor cap

 

[ottawa]

Bergevin is an idiot, should have given Armia 4-5m$.

Maybe Armia (logically) wanted a prove yourself contract

 

[NotProkofievian]

1 year deals are stupid. Buy 2 years, you just might get some good value. Buy 1 you pay market price for the next one.

 

[Captain Mountain]

What are we going to do with 12 million in cap space, with just Danault to resign..

Pathetic management by Bergevin and gang

We are the Montreal Canadiens, not the Florida Panthers/Arizona Coyotes.

I'd rather they not spend the money than waste it on guys like Alzner.

There are also dominoes yet to fall this offseason.

Plus, they aren't the only big market team with tons of cap space. Rangers have around 22 mil with only Spooner, Hayes and Vesey as notable RFAs. Leafs have 15 mil with only Nylander to re-up (although they have an interesting off-season next year). Vegas has 14 mil with only Bill Karlsson. Flyers have 13 mil with only Hagg. Canucks have 13 mil. And so on.

 

[Laurentide]

Since he will still be an RFA I see little risk in doing a one year deal and the money is dirt cheap. I'm not a fan of spending money just because you have it to spend. I like Armia but I don't want to overpay for players of his character because the league is full of guys who can do what he does. You should only pay big money to players who don't grow on trees.