Would the Montreal Canadiens commerce the No. 5 choose? Ought to they’ve curiosity in Trevor Zegras?
Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette: (mailbag) The Montreal Canadiens maintain the No. 5 choose within the NHL draft. They’re organizationally deep on the blue line and ought to be eyeing scoring forwards.
The one means the Canadiens ought to take into account buying and selling the fifth total choose is for a younger, confirmed objective scorer.
It’s arduous to say how a lot curiosity the Canadiens would have in Anaheim Geese ahead Trevor Zegras. He has two years left on his deal at $5.75 million per. They need to have an curiosity in him. Zegras is an efficient buddy of Cole Caufield and the 2 are enjoying collectively on the World Championships.
NHL Rumors: Maple Leafs, Flames, Canadiens, Jets, Utah, and the Golden Knights
The Chicago Blackhawks want to add a top-six ahead and a top-four defenseman
Ben Pope of the Chicago Solar-Instances: Chicago Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson thinks they’re able to take a step ahead subsequent yr. He is aware of they need to get deeper they usually can tackle that within the offseason.
‘‘Hopefully we are able to construct one thing in the summertime — whether or not it’s trades, free company or the event of a few of our younger gamers that push for spots — in order that guys are coming into camp realizing they’ve obtained to earn a spot on this group as a result of there are different gamers proper beside them combating for a similar spots,’’ Davidson mentioned.
‘‘It’s vital to create a tradition of competitors and . . . power gamers to raise their very own video games. That’s the objective. We nonetheless keep a watch on being accountable with what we do from a long-term perspective, however that doesn’t imply that we are able to’t higher our state of affairs within the brief time period, too.’’
Davidson’s long-term objective is to proceed to develop and protect cap area, in order that they received’t sacrifice that this offseason.
NHL Rumors: Carolina Hurricanes, Vegas Golden Knights, and Detroit Crimson Wings
Don’t anticipate to see the likes of Jake Guentzel, Sam Reinhart and Mitch Marner sporting a Blackhawks jersey subsequent. They want to add a top-six ahead and top-four defenseman.
Potential targets might embody Jake DeBrusk, Teuvo Teravainen, Chris Tanev and Alexandre Provider
