According to Darren Dreger, the Montreal Canadiens were interested in Tony DeAngelo as a free agent in the event that the Rangers were able to mutually terminate his contract.
DeAngelo, unsurprisingly, was not interested in a termination of his contract. That would have required him walking away from the remaining portion of his $4.3 million salary this season, and the one-third of his $5.3 million salary next season which he would be due after a buy-out.
Montreal seems to be a peculiar fit for DeAngelo, who wouldn’t have a clear path to PP1 minutes, and would potentially have difficulty providing enough offense to justify his defensive shortcomings and any other issues he might bring to the team.
