With NHL teams trying to wring out every bit of cap space, we are seeing players being moved to taxi squads. Top players. The Montreal Canadiens have out Jesperi Kotkaniemi on the taxi squad to gain Cap Space. He has a $925,000 salary cap hit, so the Habs save around 8k day that they keep Kotkaniemi on the taxi squad..

Kotkaniemi is on a one-way contract, so while the Habs save cap space, they still pay Jesperi his full salaries.

Why are the Habs doing this? Perhaps it is just to make sure they have as much room as possible down the line....but at least two sources today have implied the Canadiens may be up to something else here...Dubois?

“Not yet” a source replied via text. They have something more immediate today they are working on.

I am calling around to try and find out more...so stay tuned...

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— Michael Augello (@MikeInBuffalo) January 5, 2021

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