Could the Montreal Canadiens Move A Young Defenseman for a Forward
Dave Pagnotta of The Fourth Period joined TSN Radio in Montreal and was asked about what the Montreal Canadiens could do that offseason and if one among their young defensemen can be an element of a trade.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
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Host “So, it’s funny because I consider it’s Reinbacher and Guhle, depending on how you must take a look at it. , I feel it’s splitting hairs between the 2.
Dave, we keep hearing the Canadiens intend to make a move within the offseason to usher in an impact forward; that’s what everybody’s saying. After which I see right before the deadline; the Colorado Avalanche need to part with Bo Byram to get (Casey) Mittelstadt. So to me, which means if the Canadiens wish to get an impact forward, the conversation goes to begin with Guhle or Reinbacher.”
Dave Pagnotta: “Probably and I don’t know necessarily if that’s the complete MO of Kent Hughes when it comes to that magnitude of deal. It depends upon, it’s all in the attention of the beholder, right so the general value of the player. Colorado with the move that they made, you recognize, Byram had been on the market for for a while, they usually were looking and wanting to solidify their 2C position. I mean, that was abundantly clear.
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So you progress out a chunk on the if you obviously have Cale Makar, form of leading the charge. You’ve got the Devon Toews next to him. You usher in Sean Walker, so no less than for this season, you offset belongings you actually improve your D with the way in which the Walker’s performed this season. And then you definitely get yourself a second-line center that they’ve desperately been in need of and in search of. So again, it’s situational.
That they had a chunk that were willing to maneuver as a way to address an area that they wanted to enhance on. And, you recognize, it’s this this isn’t a fast fix. He’s an RFA. He’s controllable. Mittelstadt is. So, for that form of deal, it made sense for for those two particular teams.
Buffalo now able to have Power, Rasmus Dahlin, and now, Bowen Byram on the back end, in order that they form of solidified the D-corp for probably the most part on the market and now they’re gonna need to eventually address the forward position.
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So, from a Canadian perspective, you’re all these pieces that you could have. I don’t know if there’s necessarily that form of option available, but that’s a part of the gig. Like, Hughes and his staff are gonna need to look to search out, if that’s something that they wish to do, that form of player, and I don’t get the sense that they’re in search of, you recognize, a Mittelstadt type when it comes to a second line type player.
I feel in the event that they are going big game hunting and utilizing one among their top young defensemen, whether it’s Guhle, Reinbacher, or Hutson, whomever, you’re probably any person that may impact the primary line is my guess based on a few of the moves they’ve already made in each of the last two summers by bringing in any person like Kirby Dach after which Alex Newhook.”
