Montreal Canadiens in position to add picks and prospects ahead of NHL trade deadline – Montreal
General Manager Kent Hughes is in Montreal as his Canadiens begin a four-game trip in the NHL’s Western Conference.
Hughes probably stayed home to get a better deal ahead of Friday’s trade deadline, with the hubs likely to be sellers again. Defenseman Joel Edmund has missed 20 games this season with a lower body injury Son was scheduled to practice with his teammates in San Jose on Monday.
Another tradeable asset for Hughes, center Sean Monahan remains in the long-term injury reserve. Placed in LTIR.
Entering his second season as Montreal’s GM, Hughes has been very busy with trade deadlines last year and has done a major overhaul of the hub line-up.
Ahead of the 2021-22 season deadline, Hughes sent forward Tyler Toffoli to the Calgary Flames for forwards Tyler Pittrick and Emil Heinemann, a 2023 fifth-round pick and a 2022 first-round pick. drafted forward Philippe Messard with the pick of .
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Hughes also sent defenseman Ben Kiarrot to the Florida Panthers for conditional first- and fourth-round picks in 2023 and prospective Ty Slimanich.
He sent winger Arturi Raekkonen to the Colorado Avalanche for defenseman Justin Barron and a 2024 second-round draft pick. Hughes also dealt blueliner Brett Clack to the Edmonton Oilers for the 2022 second-round pick he used to select prospect forward William Laggeson and defenseman Lane Hutson.
With the Canadiens going 5-3 since the All-Star break, Hughes is again in a good position to sell.
Montreal already sent Evgeny Dadonov to the Dallas Stars on Sunday in exchange for fellow Russian forward Denis Gulianov. Habs retained his 50% of Dadonov’s $5 million salary.
Forwards Jonathan Druin and Mike Hoffman also performed better in January and February and are likely to enter Hughes’ trade block.
Drouin, from Stairgart, Quebec, has yet to score a goal this season, but has provided 12 of his 18 total assists since 1 January. This winger is playing the final season of his six-year, $33 million contract that pays him.$5.5 million a year — knowing he could move to another team
“If a team wants to get me on March 3, it’s up to me to show that I can play well and play for another team,” Chicago Blackhawks on Feb. 14.
Hoffman has one more season left on his three-year, $4.5 million-a-year deal. However, the winger has scored 9 points (1 goal, 9 assists) in his last 10 games, including 3 assists in a 4-3 overtime win over the New York Islanders on February 11, and has scored 9 points in the rest of the season. I am making the most of my time.
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Hughes could also turn the Canadiens into a third-party broker to facilitate trades for other teams by Friday’s deadline. Receive a reward for accepting a portion of a player’s salary at
For example, Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin helped center Ryan O’Reilly move from the St. Louis Blues to the Toronto Maple Leafs on February 17. ‘ Riley has reached his $7.5 million cap for the rest of the season.
According to CapFriendly, Hughes and the Canadiens now have nearly $4.14 million to operate under the salary cap, an ideal to help competing teams stay under the cap in exchange for valuable draft picks. is in a position
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