Unrestricted free agent Daniel Briere has come to terms with the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday afternoon signing a 2-year, $8 million deal with a no-trade clause. The Philadelphia Flyers had used a compliance buyout to part ways with Briere on June 20th after a season where the 35-year-old forward scored just six goals, 10 assists for 16 points and a minus-13 rating. Habs fans shouldn’t expect that Briere will relocate anytime soon saying that he will remain in South Jersey. “This is my home,” said Briere. “Wherever I’m going to end up, the kids are staying here and I’m coming back here. This is what we consider home now.”
From Canadiens.com
Canadiens sign Daniel Briere to a two-year deal
Thursday, 04.07.2013 / 5:27 PM / News
canadiens.com
MONTREAL – The Canadiens have signed free agent forward Daniel Briere to a two-year deal.
The 35-year-old forward has suited up for 847 career games with three different teams, spending the past six years with the Philadelphia Flyers.
In those 847 regular season match-ups, the Gatineau, QC native has recorded 286 goals and 373 assists. Briere also has an impressive point-per-game average in the postseason, having racked up 109 points in 108 career playoff games.
More details to come.
Wooooo….. that was a good one! You really had me going for a bit there. I didn’t really believe we signed DB over the other FA’s available but it did make my heart stop for a second. Good joke!! Ok seriously this can’t be true, can it????
I know where you are coming from Mercury10. It’s hard to understand this signing as Briere fills precisely none of the Habs needs. It only begins to make some sense if it is considered as a non-hockey decision.
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