Earlier this off-season, it was suspected that former long-time Hab, Andre Markov was interested in making a return to the NHL, but more specifically, a return to his former club, with whom he played 16 seasons.
Markov is only 10 games away from becoming the sixth player to play 1000 games for the Canadiens and it looks as if the 40-year-old will remain 10 games away from that benchmark, at least for now.
“Two years ago, his contract was due, we made an offer,” Bergevin told Marc Denis of RDS on a special edition of “Table d'hote” that aired on Saturday night. “Efforts were made to sign it and he chose another direction that was the KHL. It was two years ago."
"Since that time, things have changed,” Bergevin added. “The player has aged. The organization has changed direction. We have a lot of young people growing up... We really want to give our young people a chance.”
Bergevin appears to feel as though the Habs have a good young crop of defensemen including Victor Mete and Noah Juulsen who would benefit more from having the extra ice time than they would from having another veteran in Markov around to learn from.
Source: The Score
