{"id":374381,"date":"2026-07-30T21:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=374381"},"modified":"2026-07-30T21:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:38:20","slug":"nhl-rumors-minnesota-wild-and-the-montreal-canadiens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/nhl-rumors-minnesota-wild-and-the-montreal-canadiens\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumors: Minnesota Wild, and the Montreal Canadiens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Minnesota Wild and Quinn Hughes are talking this week<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Michael Russo<\/strong><\/a>: Consider that Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin<\/a> can be meeting up Quinn Hughes<\/a> and his agents this week in Michigan (in the event that they\u2019ve haven\u2019t already met this week). The Wild can be seeking to extend Hughes for five to eight years, but Hughes may very well be in search of three years to grow to be a UFA similtaneously his brother Jack\u2019s deal expires in Recent Jersey.<\/p>\n

Could the Montreal Canadiens be curious about a reclamation project from Columbus?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Starr & D\u2019Amico Show<\/strong><\/a>: Shaun Starr and Marco D\u2019Amico talking about Columbus Blue Jackets forward Kent Johnson<\/a> as a possible fallback if a Kirill Marchenko<\/a> trade doesn\u2019t occur. D\u2019Amico can be a bit surprised if the Canadiens were curious about something like that.<\/p>\n

** NHLRumors.com transcription<\/em><\/p>\n

Starr: \u201cColumbus Blue Jackets forward Kent Johnson, who\u2019s going to show 24 in mid-October. And that is someone that plays on the left side, winger, the highest six player for the Columbus Blue Jackets. But you dive into his numbers, they usually\u2019re not that great.<\/p>\n

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So, what do you make of Kent Johnson, arguably as a Plan B fallback option, if, for instance, the Kirill Marchenko deal doesn\u2019t come to to the fact? And is Kent Johnson that\u2019s a player profile that, in your opinion, suits what the Montreal Canadiens are attempting to do?<\/p>\n

D\u2019Amico: \u201cLike I don\u2019t know that anything is imminent without delay, as early as my information got here in on, on Friday and Saturday. , obviously things can change at this portion of the summer, but I can be surprised if the Canadians would try one other reclamation project like that. I might.<\/p>\n

And for the Columbus Blue Jackets, he\u2019s at $1.8 million cap hit. Like, even when he marginally bounces back, which is predicted regardless of where he goes, it\u2019s a contract 12 months. He\u2019d still be a superb value on the salary cap. So to me, like, he has bounced back written throughout it, but is it to the purpose where he fills a legitimate need for the Montreal Canadiens?\u201d<\/p>\n

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