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Hughes Locked In Montreal's Future | NHL News
Kent Hughes is chess grandmaster while everyone else plays checkers — locking up Canadiens’ young stars like Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovsky, Hutson, and Demidov on long-term deals before their market exploded. Today’s cap-strapped NHL would pay over $70M annually for just those five, but Hughes snagged them at fractions of that cost. Suzuki? Captain, Selke winner, now worth $16-17M/year — he was signed for $7.875M cap hit. Caufield? Pure scorer, now commanding $12M+ — his current $7.85M cap hit looks like a steal. Slafkovsky? Powerhouse in the making, worth $12M+ now — Hughes got him for $7.6M…
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