Sep 23, 2018
Habs sign Byron to four-year, $13.6M contract
The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Paul Byron to a four-year, $13.6 million contract extension, the team announced on Sunday. The contract runs through the 2022-23 season as Byron is entering the final season of a three-year, $3.5 million contract.
TSN.ca Staff
The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Paul Byron to a four-year, $13.6 million contract extension, the team announced on Sunday.
The contract runs through the 2022-23 season as Byron is entering the final season of a three-year, $3.5 million contract.
According to TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun, the deal does not include a no-trade clause or signing bonus.
The 29-year-old scored 20 goals and added 15 assists over 82 games with the Habs in 2017-18, his third season in Montreal.
The Canadiens claimed Bryon off waivers from the Calgary Flames on Oct. 6, 2015.
The Ottawa native, who was selected by the Buffalo Sabres in the sixth round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, has 70 goals and 74 assists over 363 career games with the Sabres, Flames and Canadiens. He has one goal in six career playoff games with Montreal.