The Montreal Canadiens re-signed defenseman Mark Barberio to a two-year, one-way contract on Monday. The deal reportedly comes with a cap hit of $750,000, per TVA Sports’ Renaud Lavoie.
Barberio, who’s from Montreal, signed with the Habs as an unrestricted free agent last off-season after spending parts of three seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The 26-year-old had two goals and 10 points in 30 games in 2015-16. Those numbers don’t really stand out, but he played well after being recalled from the AHL. Unfortunately for Barberio, a concussion forced him to miss the final 11 games of the regular season.
The Canadiens now have seven defensemen on one-way contracts for the 2016-17 season. They include: Barberio, P.K. Subban, Andrei Markov, Jeff Petry, Alexei Emelin, Nathan Beaulieu and Greg Pateryn. Barberio will be in the running for a spot on the bottom pairing and second power play unit.
Canadiens agree to terms on a two-year contract with defenseman Mark Barberio. -> https://t.co/0jxaeMlkoR pic.twitter.com/GMgEU1Ij11
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) June 13, 2016
#Habs have signed Mark Barberio to two-year, one-way contract worth a total of $1.5 million. Good signing by GM Bergevin. #HabsIO
— Stu Cowan (@StuCowan1) June 13, 2016
Good for former #TBLightning defenseman Mark Barberio, who signed a two year, one way deal with #Habs today.
— Joe Smith (@JoeSmithNHL) June 13, 2016