Alex Barré-Boulet signs one-year contract with Canadiens

With big names flying off the board to open free agency, Kent Hughes decided to make more of a minor move for his club that wasn’t prepared to go all-in on contending just yet. He signed Alex Barré-Boulet to a one year deal, which carries an average annual value of $775,000. Now 27, Barré-Boulet has spent the entirety of his professional career in the Tampa Bay Lightning organization, mostly playing in the AHL with the Syracuse Crunch, but also getting …