Blogs On the back end

On the back end, general manager Marc Bergevin continued his aggressive pursuit of Buy NHL 19 Coins improving his team by making a big splash in free agency. Karl Alzner was among the most coveted players on the open market and he inked a five-year deal with the Habs. If Alzner plays beside Shea Weber that’s a formidable top pairing. If he’s with Jeff Petry or another Montreal blueliner it gives the defence depth they did not have in 2016-17.

The team also brought back Mark Streit as a way to replace modern-day Habs great Andrei Markov. The team and Markov could not come to terms on a new deal and the 38-year-old decided to head back to Russia and join Ak-Bars Kazan in the KHL. Streit could potentially be used as a quarterback on the top power-play unit with Weber.