NHL free agency has begun, and a multitude of players have now begun to switch teams in a chaotic fashion. The Seattle Kraken has secured one of the biggest gets in free agency, as the team has announced the signing of top defenseman and Stanley Cup champion, Brandon Montour. MONTY MANIA IS COMING TO SEATTLE!!! Montour has agreed to a seven-year, $7.
14 million AAV deal to head out west and play for the Kraken. In 2023, Montour played in 66 games, securing eight goals, 25 assists, 33 points, and 46 PIM (penalty minutes). During the 2023 postseason, he played in 24 games, securing three goals, eight minutes, 11 points, and 12 PIM.
Montour began his career back in 2010 when he played for the Brantford Eagles in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL). After spending two seasons with the Eagles, he would land with the Caledonia Corvairs, working his way up to play for the Waterloo Black Hawks in the United States Hockey League (USHL). In 2014, he would land with the Norfolk Admirals in the American Hockey League, and then the San Deigo Gulls in the 2015 and 2016 seasons.
Finally, in 2016, Montour was called up by the Anaheim Ducks, where he would spend the next three seasons, playing in 169 games and securing 16 goals, 47 assists, 63 points, and 96 PIM. Montour would then be sent to the Buffalo Sabres during the trade deadline in the 2018 season. He played the next two and half seasons with the Sabres, playing in 112 games and securing 13 goals, 29 assists, 42 points, an.