Canadiens sign Drouin to 6-year, $33M contract
It didn't take long for the Montreal Canadiens and Jonathan Drouin to put pen to paper.
The Canadiens and Drouin agreed to a six-year contract worth a reported $33 million, according TVA Sports' Renaud Lavoie.
Limited no-trade clause in final 2 years
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The contract caps off a wild couple hours for both parties after Drouin was acquired by the Canadiens in a trade for prospect Mikhail Sergachev and a swap of conditional draft picks.
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The deal locks up Drouin for the foreseeable future at an average cap hit of $5.5 million per season. The 22-year-old was set to become a restricted free agent on July 1.
After signing Drouin, #Habs have $17M in cap space with the following free agents:
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Galchenyuk
Radulov
Markov
King
Flynn
Beaulieu
Nesterov
The contract also makes Drouin the second-highest-paid forward on the Canadiens' roster behind only Tomas Plekanec who is on the books for one more season at $6 million.