Monday Habs Headlines: Marc Bergevin’s fingerprints are all over Kent Hughes’s Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens News and Notes

• Marc Bergevin’s fingerprints are still all over today’s Habs’ team, sticking Kent Hughes with some large and lengthy contracts. [The Hockey Writers]

Around the League and Elsewhere

• Is the Colorado Avalanche the best team in the NHL? [Colorado Hockey Now]
• How often do teams and players avoid poisoning their relationship during arbitration? [The Hockey News]
• Ilya Samsonov and the Toronto Maple Leafs’ numbers were well apart so an independent arbitrator awarded the goaltender a one-year, $3.55-million contract. [Sportsnet]
• Stanley Cup champ Brett Howden brings the Cup home to Oakbank, Manitoba. [CBC]