Xavier Ouellet a signé un contrat de 2 ans d'une valeur de 1 475 000 $ avec les Canadiens de Montréal, le 9 oct. 2020. Le contrat comporte un cap hit de 737 500 $.
Good deal for a player that can be a solid 7th or 8th defenseman or a great role model & leader for Laval. I’m surprised he didn’t get a one-way contract.
Good deal for a player that can be a solid 7th or 8th defenseman or a great role model & leader for Laval. I’m surprised he didn’t get a one-way contract.
Simmonds is better then Xavier because at least he's tough.
Getting nothing is better than getting a slow, aged Wayne Simmonds at $1.5 million (with a NMC!). And Ouellet is better than nothing, with a contract that’s lower than next year’s league minimum and can buried for no cap hit.
He's embraced his 'tweener status, is a leader in the AHL and a fill in at the NHl level. Probably decided he liked living in Montreal and why not set down roots here. Probably also went for that economic security of a two year deal in these uncertain times.