Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Montreal Canadiens News Update

According to RDS.ca:

Today, the Montreal Canadiens made several moves:

1) They placed forward Tony Salmelainen and defenseman Jassen Cullimore on waivers.

Both players were acquired in the Samsonov trade the Canadiens and Chicago Blackhawks completed last weekend.

2) They offered 13 out of their 14 restricted free-agents qualifying offers. The lone duckling, being 23-year old forward Michael Lambert. Among those offered contracts are defensemen Andrew Archer, Andre Benoit, Mathieu Biron, J.P. Cote and Josh Gorges, goalie Yann Danis and forwards Tomas Plekanec, Jonathan Ferland, Corey Locke, Duncan Milroy, Alexander Perezhogin, Corey Urquhart and Michael Ryder.

Even though both Perezhogin and Benoit will play in Europe this season (Perezhogin in Russia, Benoit in Finland), the Canadiens will retain their NHL rights.

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