In today’s links, the Canadiens move Mailloux for Bolduc, the first day of free agency, and where Kent Hughes goes from here.

The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Sean Farrell and defenceman Marc Del Gaizo to one-year, two-way contracts, the team announced on Wednesday. Farrell, 23, was the team’s fourth-round pick ...

The Canadiens offseason doesn’t move them from playoff bubble team to contender, but it moves them in that direction without sacrificing anything in the future. As Hughes says, it was unrealistic to ...