A First Rumor Involving the Montreal Canadiens and the Trade Market Has Just Been Confirmed
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As expected, an interesting rumor involving Kent Hughes and the Montreal Canadiens has just been confirmed.
We mentioned it a bit earlier, but the Blue Jackets have announced a possible trade, and this information (coming directly from their general manager) has revealed something significant about the Canadiens.
The rumor that the Montreal Canadiens' first-round picks are available on the trade market has just been confirmed!
See what the very well-informed Marco D'Amico had to say on the subject:
"Columbus is another team in the middle of the first round that has put its first-round picks in play.
This makes things a bit trickier for the Canadiens and potentially dilutes the market."
This makes things a bit trickier for the Canadiens and potentially dilutes the market."
Reading this, it's easy to understand that the Canadiens have officially made their first-round pick available, and the fact that the Jackets are doing the same does indeed make things a bit more complicated for Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton.
What do you think? Should the Habs absolutely trade their 16th and 17th overall picks in the draft in the draft in order to acquire assets that can help Martin St-Louis right away?
This will be a major storyline to watch over the next 31 days, and it would be interesting to see if the Canadiens can capitalize on those two first-round picks.
Among the names that could be intriguing trade targets in that sense, we can think of forwards like Marco Rossi, Dawson Mercer, Bo Horvat, Ryan O'Reilly, and possibly still Trevor Zegras, depending on what the Canadiens' management is looking for.
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MAI 22 | 2429 ANSWERS A First Rumor Involving the Montreal Canadiens and the Trade Market Has Just Been Confirmed Would you trade the 16th and 17th overall picks for Marco Rossi and a third-round pick? | ||
| Yes | 945 | 38.9 % |
| No | 1484 | 61.1 % |
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