Quick hits on the Maple Leafs, Flyers, Wild, Hurricanes, Sabres, and Penguins
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: The Anaheim Geese, Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens, Latest Jersey Devils and Utah Mammoth showed serious interest in Toronto Maple Leafs forward Matthew Knies. Some teams didn’t consider the Leafs were serious about moving Knies, but they understand it’s a possibility now.
There have been talks on the deadline in regards to the Canadiens moving Patrik Laine and his contract to the Philadelphia Flyers or the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Minnesota Wild can have considered trading prospect Charlie Stramel, but only in an enormous deal. The identical with the Carolina Hurricanes and Alexander Nikishin.
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The Buffalo Sabres moved a bit in contract talks with Alex Tuch under GM Jarmo Kekalainen. If Tuch has an enormous playoffs, it could force the Sabres’ hand.
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ryan Shea has put up a profession high 29 points and played some good D. He’s a 29-year-old pending UFA.
The Montreal Canadiens checked out multiple things at that deadline, but spent more time on one particular deal
Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic: Sources said that the Montreal Canadiens inquired about Matthew Knies, Nazem Kadri, Rasmus Ristolainen, amongst others before the March sixth trade deadline. still doesn’t know obviously who GM Kent Hughes was talking about when he said he was discussing something significant.
“I feel that’s fair,” Hughes said in regards to the proposed trade goal still not being identified within the media. “It’s still a mystery.
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“But I don’t think I said anything that day (after the deadline) that was novel or unique. There’s an entire slew of those who proceed to pursue trades until the deadline. We did that, not only on one particular trade, although one particular trade probably took up more of our time. But we were calling around about plenty of various things right as much as the top.”
The Canadiens are multiple player away from being a legit Stanley Cup contender.
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