The Montreal Canadiens have re-signed defenseman Josh Gorges to a new 1-year deal, said to be worth $2.5 million for the 2012 season. Gorges was also scheduled to go to an arbitration hearing in the coming days, in his last year of restricted free agency, but it was avoided, like many others, with this deal on Friday evening.Gorges' 2011 season was cut short in December, when he suffered a major knee injury, which forced him to miss the rest of the regular season and the team's only round in the playoffs in the Spring, but he is scheduled to make a full recovery for the 2012 season. In 36 games played, Gorges scored 1 goal and added 6 assists, which forced him down to 192nd among all defensemen in scoring.
Gorges isn't really considered a very good fantasy defenseman, but if the Canadiens are to pick up the pace with their offense, that could mean some trickle down assists for the 26-year old rearguard.
| Forwards | Defense | Goalies |
| Tomas Plekanec | P.K. Subban | Carey Price |
| Erik Cole | Jaroslav Spacek | Peter Budaj |
| Mike Cammalleri | Yannick Weber | |
| Brian Gionta | Hal Gill | |
| Andrei Kostitsyn | Josh Gorges | |
| Scott Gomez | Andrei Markov | |
| Mathieu Darche | ||
| Max Pacioretty | ||
| Lars Eller | ||
| Travis Moen |
The Canadiens have not added very much to their team table in this off-season, which likely doesn't do great things for my confidence in them, but they should still be able to make the playoffs on the backs of Price and Plekanec, so that's a definite start.
The addition of Gorges to the team table now brings the Canadiens projected roster up to 19 players, 11 forwards, six defensemen and a goaltending pairing, which is almost ready for puck drop in the Fall. Taking into account one buyout on the books, the Canadiens have a projected annual cap hit of $57.5 million, nestled nicely between the ceiling and the floor, with only a couple more additions needing to be made.Gorges was the last major restricted free agent left to be signed by the Canadiens and I would assume right now that they will be looking internally to fill some of their open roster spots.
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