The Montreal Canadiens, their want for a second line center, and what would the fee for Sidney Crosby be?
Sportsnet: Renaud Lavoie talking concerning the Montreal Canadiens and their need for a second line center.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Lavoie: “What, what the team is at once is to search out that, you recognize, that second line centerman that they hope to get at one point. But obviously they’re not the just one.
What’s on the market? And it’s been mentioned by a number of people already is, I feel Montreal and possibly a few other teams are waiting to see what’s going to occur with Sidney Crosby. If at one point, Sydney wants to depart the Pittsburgh Penguins and just say, ‘I, you recognize what, I would like to go win one other Stanley Cup.’ I feel the Montreal Canadians, they should be ready for it. So that they need some cap space. They should to ensure that, you recognize, they’re not going to be handcuffed. So, so we’ll see.
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I’m mentioning Sidney Crosby. Can it, can or not it’s one other really good centerman? So that they’re going to be patient, because at once they, they’re, they, they’re in no rush to make that move, you recognize. But they at the identical time, there’s a reason why they traded, you recognize, Carey price contract before the beginning of coaching camp. Was necessary for them to create some cap space. And you recognize, if, if there’s a team who’s able to do real business, I feel the Canadians may have a extremely open minded.
And that’s, that’s, that’s about it. They’re on the lookout for that second-line sentiment at once. And if it’s Sydney, Crosby, I’m pretty sure that my friend Nick Suzuki goes to be able to be that second line forward, and centerman, I should say, and Sydney the primary line centerman of that. But we’ll, we’ll cross, you recognize that bridge once we’ll be near the river.”
Nick Kypreos: “Rene, you don’t know our show. We crossed that bridge now, my friend. We cross it now.
So, all right, you, hey, you brought it up. We did. So let’s, I would like to take yet one more, I would like to go one step ahead and pick your brain on it.
Lavoie: “You desire to take one other swing at it?
Kypreos: “Yeah, in a special angle. Okay, so let’s hypothetically say that Sid’s ready for this, and he has picked the Montreal Canadians.
Lavoie: “Yeah.
Kypreos: “What do you envision to get the deal done?
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Lavoie: “, that’s, that’s the, probably the million dollar query, because I’m pretty sure that Sidney if, and it’s a giant if, right, What are the percentages that it’s going to occur? Is it 30%? Is it lower than that? Is it, I don’t know.
Okay, but when it happens, and he select the Montreal Canadiens, the Pittsburgh Penguins don’t have much leverage. If he’s saying it’s Montreal, or I’m not going anywhere, or, you recognize.
But knowing the Canadiens management, obviously you possibly can discuss first-round pick here. But after that, they’ll probably look, you recognize, on the Montreal Canadiens D core. Can it, can or not it’s a David David Reinbacher who’s, he’s a right shot defenseman. Can or not it’s some, another person on the roster, an Oliver Kapanen and who’s right, at once, trying to grasp the league. But he’s playing way higher at once that he did a 12 months ago when he arrived within the NHL. So I imagine you have got to throw picks. You could have to throw probably a few really good young players.
But I’ll say that’s about it, since you’re not gonna, you’re not gonna jeopardize, you recognize, the longer term of your franchise by giving five pieces for a player that’s gonna finish his contract, probably in Montreal or wherever he desires to play. If he still desires to play with Pittsburgh, obviously there’ll be no trade. But can or not it’s Colorado? Can or not it’s LA? We don’t know.
But at once, I imagine that what the Pittsburgh Penguins are on the lookout for is youth and picks. They’re in a rebuild mode, so we’ll see how things are going to evolve. But don’t, don’t expect that Juraj Slafkovsky to be traded, or Cole Caufield to be traded, or Kaiden Guhle to be traded. I don’t imagine that, that’s going to be that’s, I don’t imagine it’s going to occur.
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