MONTREAL — There were 14 different defencemen who dressed for at least one game of arguably the most forgettable season in Montreal Canadiens history, and none of them were named Andrei Markov.

It didn’t make sense then, and it still doesn’t make sense now.

And not just because Markov was wronged, with then-general manager Marc Bergevin leaving him out in the cold as he was 10 games from hitting a 1,000 with the only franchise he’d ever played for, but also because the soon-to-be 39-year-old would’ve, at worst, been Montreal’s third-best defenceman that season.

Markov had six goals, 36 points and a plus-18 while averaging 21:50 per game to help the Canadiens earn 103 points and an Atlantic Division title in 2016-17, and he felt that armed him to command a two-year deal at the same salar

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