Stu Cowan: The $8.5-million question remains for Canadiens

General manager Marc Bergevin said this week the answer to the Canadiens’ problems is in the locker room.
Maybe if the GM looks around the room long enough he can find the roughly $8.5 million in salary-cap money he didn’t spend this summer to help improve his team.
It’s hard to believe the NHL’s second-most valuable franchise with a record 24 Stanley Cups — the Canadiens were evaluated at $1.12 billion last year by Forbes, trailing only the New York Rangers at $1.2