Montreal, QC (SportsNetwork.com) – The Montreal Canadiens continued to overhaul their defensive corps during Tuesday’s first day of NHL free agency, with the team agreeing to terms with veteran blueliner Tom Gilbert on a two- year contract.<\/p>\n
The Canadiens also re-signed defenseman Mike Weaver, who played a key role in the club’s surge to last season’s Eastern Conference finals, to a one-year deal.<\/p>\n
Montreal made room for both players with Tuesday’s trade of Josh Gorges to the Buffalo Sabres for a 2016 second-round pick, a deal which also cleared future cap space for the Habs.<\/p>\n
Gorges has four years remaining on his current contract with an average yearly cap hit of 3.9 million. Gilbert is slated to earn $5.6 million over his deal, with Weaver re-signing for $1.75 million.<\/p>\n
Gilbert, 31, posted three goals and 25 assists over 73 games with the Florida Panthers in 2013-14. The Minnesota native has compiled 204 points (39 goals, 165 assists) over eight NHL seasons with Edmonton, Minnesota and Florida.<\/p>\n
Weaver had a plus-17 rating over a combined 34 games between the regular season and playoffs after coming over to Montreal in a trade with Florida last March. The 36-year-old penalty-killing specialist has participated in 602 regular-season contests over a 12-year NHL career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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