Kent Hughes Has Reportedly Removed Two Players From the Trade Market, per Renaud Lavoie

For the past few weeks, numerous highly reliable sources have painted a clear picture of the Canadiens players who were placed on the trade market.

We're talking about Jake Evans, Joel Armia, Christian Dvorak, David Savard, and Michael Pezzetta.

However, two names from this list are reportedly no longer as available today, and two names from this list are no longer as likely to be traded before the March 7 deadline.

That's what TVA Sports journalist Renaud Lavoie stated last night.

In Dvorak's case, it is assumed that Kirby Dach's serious injury makes him important to the team for the rest of the season. As for David Savard, there is clearly no intention of trading him for a fourth- or fifth-round pick, which makes perfect sense in my opinion.

Kent Hughes' reasoning in these cases seems fairly obvious.

If he receives first- or second-round picks for Savard and Dvorak, he will obviously listen, but he no longer actively wants to trade them. More importantly, he clearly does not want to trade them for late-round draft picks.

At this point, they are far more valuable to the team than a fourth-round draft pick would be.

This will be something to watch leading up to Friday and throughout the week.