The NHL free agent market will open on July 1st and many players will find themselves free as a bird. For the Habs, many athletes will have to go through this process and find a job elsewhere. This is the case of Frederic Allard, who left the organization on Tuesday. For the second day in a row, a defenseman leaves the ship, as Otto Leskinen signed a contract in the SM-Liiga with the Tempere Tappara. This means that Kent Hughes has to admit to some players that he has no intention of offering them a contract, thus giving them more time to turn around. A lot of class from the CH general manager. <blockquote class=twitter-tweet><p lang=fi dir=ltr>Tervetuloa takaisin Tapparaan, puolustaja Otto Leskinen! 🔹🔸<br><br>📝 2 vuoden sopimus<a href=https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tappara?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>#Tappara</a> <a href=https://twitter.com/hashtag/Liiga?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>#Liiga</a> <a href=https://t.co/HcW9jQA1cJ>pic.twitter.com/HcW9jQA1cJ</a>- Tappara Tampere (@Tapparaofficial) <a href=https://twitter.com/Tapparaofficial/status/1656300688790507521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>May 10, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js charset=utf-8>