We learned some pretty big news at the beginning of last week, on RDS: Kent Hughes called the GM of the Washington Capitals, to try to acquire goaltender Ilya Samsonov.
David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period has just learned that, according to sources, Washington has identified three players (in the entire NHL) that they would really like to acquire, three players that they will target first.
Copp is probably not available, so that leaves Jarnkrok and Lehkonen. It's interesting, because the Finnish forward of the Canadiens continues to increase his value from game to game, and even before his recent very hot streak, Frank Seravalli argued that he had the value of a first round pick.
One thing is sure, we now know, from very reliable sources, that the Habs do like Samsonov and that Lehkonen is a big target for the Caps.
