MONTREAL, QC - JANUARY 07: Look on Vancouver Canucks Center Michael Chaput (45) at warm up before the Vancouver Canucks versus the Montreal Canadiens game on January 7, 2018, at Bell Centre in Montreal, QC (Photo by David Kirouac/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The Montreal Canadiens went to the centre depths of the free agent player pool signing Michael Chaput to a two-year contract.

The Montreal Canadiens went to the hometown side of things in their next signing. Michael Chaput has agreed to a two-year contract with his hometown team after jumping between AHL organizations the last couple of years.

It’s a two-way contract that will see him make $650,000 in the NHL and $275,000 in the AHL for the 2018-19 season and $700,000 in the NHL and $275,000 in the AHL for the 2019-20 season. Both years will have Chaput be guaranteed $325,000.

The 26-year-old is coming off a season with the Utica Comets that saw him put up 17 goals and 25 assists in 55 games for a total of 42 points. That looks to be his AHL threshold as he’s hovered around the 40-point mark whenever playing the majority of a season in the minors.

He’s also seen some time in the NHL over his career. Chaput played a full season for the Vancouver Canucks for the 2016-17 campaign. He scored 4 goals and 5 assists as a part of the Canucks’ depth. It didn’t last too long for Chaput this year as he was only in Vancouver’s lineup for 9 games.

Similar to the Xavier Ouellet and Matthew Peca signings, you can assume that this is a contract destined to spend time with the Laval Rocket. As good as it is to have a team full to the brim with young prospects and young skill, having older players with experience is an asset as well. Laval looks to be losing some of their main ones in Chris Terry and Adam Cracknell, so it was a good move by the organization to replenish that need.

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The Montreal Canadiens went into this Free Agent Frenzy with a lot of cap space to use, and it looks like their putting it to good use.