Canadiens sign Drouin to 6-year, $33M contract

It didn't take long for the Montreal Canadiens and Jonathan Drouin to put pen to paper.

The Canadiens and Drouin agreed to a six-year contract worth a reported $33 million, according TVA Sports' Renaud Lavoie.

The contract caps off a wild couple hours for both parties after Drouin was acquired by the Canadiens in a trade for prospect Mikhail Sergachev and a swap of conditional draft picks.

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The deal locks up Drouin for the foreseeable future at an average cap hit of $5.5 million per season. The 22-year-old was set to become a restricted free agent on July 1.

The contract also makes Drouin the second-highest-paid forward on the Canadiens' roster behind only Tomas Plekanec who is on the books for one more season at $6 million.

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