Alexander Semin joins Montreal after 3 years with Carolina

The Canadiens announced Friday that they agreed to terms on a one-year contract with free agent winger Alexander Semin. We believe his addition to our group of forwards will strengthen our offensive production and our powerplay. That one dimension, though, is pretty outstanding – operating under the assumption that 2014-2015 was a regression year rooted in off-ice issues between Semin and the Hurricanes, it’s not unreasonable to assume the Canadiens can get a ballpark 15 to 20 goals from the forward. He was also a minus-10 rating. “I not score no points, I play not well”.

While Semin is a finese, skillful player that wants to play a wide-open, creative game, Therrien is a demanding, systematic, defensive-minded coach (so much so that it might even be holding the team back) that can be one of the most demanding bench bosses in the league. The 31-year-old Russian had three years left on a deal that paid him $7 million annually.

The big problem that has surfaced year after year with Alexander Semin is lack of “compete level”, which is something that Carolina general manager Ron Francis mentioned following the buy out. He spent seven seasons in Washington and scored 40 goals in 2009-10. If Semin can stand the scrutiny of Montreal.

In the report, Gandler said that he is 100% sure that Semin’s game can be restored. It’s a good atmosphere and good people and team, good organization. “He said it’s coming to us and we’ll try to win the Stanley Cup”.