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We’re going over Montreal Canadiens GM Kent Hughes’ comments after last week’s Trade Deadline as to the Habs’ trade strategy heading towards the 2024 NHL Draft.
We’ll also discuss if the Canadiens could trade for guys like Trevor Zegras or Kent Johnson of the Anaheim Ducks and Columbus Blue Jackets.
Article: https://montrealhockeynow.com/2024/03/09/canadiens-hughes-hints-at-increased-trade-activity-this-summer/
This video is taking place after the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2023 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Chicago Blackhawks, Connor Bedard
2nd) Anaheim Ducks, Leo Carlsson
3rd) Columbus Blue Jackets, Adam Fantilli
4th) San Jose Sharks, Will Smith
5th) Montreal Canadiens, David Reinbacher
6th) Arizona Coyotes, Dmitri Simashev
7th) Philadelphia Flyers, Matvei Michkov
8th) Washington Capitals, Ryan Leonard
9th) Detroit Red Wings, Nate Danielson
10th) St. Louis Blues, Dalibor Dvorsky
11th) Vancouver Canucks, Tom Willander
12th) Arizona Coyotes (from Ottawa Senators), Daniil But
13th) Buffalo Sabres, Zach Benson
14th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Brayden Yager
15th) Nashville Predators, Matthew Wood
16th) Calgary Flames, Samuel Honzek
17th) Detroit Red Wings (from New York Islanders via Vancouver Canucks), Axel Sandin Pellikka
18th) Winnipeg Jets, Colby Barlow
19th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Oliver Moore
20th) Seattle Kraken, Eduard Sale
21st) Minnesota Wild, Charlie Stramel
22nd) Philadelphia Flyers (from Los Angeles Kings via Columbus Blue Jackets), Oliver Bonk
23rd) New York Rangers, Gabe Perreault
24th) Nashville Predators (from Edmonton Oilers), Tanner Molendyk
25th) St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Otto Stenberg
26th) San Jose Sharks (from New Jersey Devils), Quentin Musty
27th) Colorado Avalanche, Calum Ritchie
28th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Boston Bruins via Washington Capitals), Easton Cowan
29th) St. Louis Blues (from Dallas Stars via New York Rangers), Theo Lindstein
30th) Carolina Hurricanes, Bradley Nadeau
31st) Colorado Avalanche (from Florida Panthers via Montreal Canadiens), Mikhail Gulyayev
32nd) Vegas Golden Knights, David Edstrom
This video is also taking place after 2023 NHL Season, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers in the Finals.
Trevor Zegras was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2019 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 30 of the draft went as follows:
1st – New Jersey Devils, Jack Hughes
2nd – New York Rangers, Kaapo Kakko
3rd – Chicago Blackhawks, Kirby Dach
4th – Colorado Avalanche (from Ottawa Senators), Bowen Byram
5th – Los Angeles Kings, Alex Turcotte
6th – Detroit Red Wings, Moritz Seider
7th – Buffalo Sabres, Dylan Cozens
8th – Edmonton Oilers, Philip Broberg
9th – Anaheim Ducks, Trevor Zegras
10th – Vancouver Canucks, Vasily Podkolzin
11th – Arizona Coyotes (from Philadelphia Flyers), Victor Soderstrom
12th – Minnesota Wild, Matthew Boldy
13th – Florida Panthers, Spencer Knight
14th – Philadelphia Flyers (from Arizona Coyotes), Cam York
15th – Montreal Canadiens, Cole Caufield
16th – Colorado Avalanche, Alex Newhook
17th – Vegas Golden Knights, Peyton Krebs
18th – Dallas Stars, Thomas Harley
19th – Ottawa Senators (from Columbus Blue Jackets), Lassi Thomson
20th – Winnipeg Jets (from Winnipeg via New York Rangers), Ville Heinola
21st – Pittsburgh Penguins, Samuel Poulin
22nd – Los Angeles Kings (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Tobias Bjornfot
23rd – New York Islanders, Simon Holmstrom
24th – Nashville Predators, Philip Tomasino
25th – Washington Capitals, Connor McMichael
26th – Calgary Flames, Jakob Pelletier
27th – Tampa Bay Lightning, Nolan Foote
28th – Carolina Hurricanes, Ryan Suzuki
29th – Anaheim Ducks (from Sharks via Buffalo Sabres), Brayden Tracey
30th – Boston Bruins, John Beecher
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16 Comments
Acquiring Trevor Zegras would greatly speed up the rebuild that is forsure. However it would cost a king's ransom to aquire. Probably a 2024 1st round pick an established player and a prospect or two.
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Id rather see us take the long rebuild approach instead of the "speed up" rebuild approach, were still lacking some huge pieces for the forwards and for our defense we still dont know how hutson/reinbacher/mailloux will pan out. Would be better to wait and see how those 3 do in the nhl before pulling the trigger
Well, if Montreal plans to move in Hutson, Reinbacher and Mailloux next year, that means they have way too many defensemen. They definitely need to trade some of those 7 or 8 young almost NHL ready kids and get some help in the top 6. Armia and Dvorak needs to go but is there any market for them? They have lots of picks and kids available to get Zegras out of Anaheim, I hope they try that.
Anderson, Winnipeg 1st and one of the kids on def for Zegras, that might work.
Soon? You can say that soon, just not yet.
If Edmonton doesn't perform well in the playoffs this year, I think we could see the end of that dynasty or lack there of. Montreal needs a guy that can put up 100+ points consistently therefore I bring up the name Draisaitl. Him with Dach and Newhook could be nice. And I believe he's still young enough to give a solid 5 more seasons of 100+ point production.
as long as they dont trade ARber XHekay,all is good
In my mind, I would think if Montreal is more concerned with character players as well as a skill set. I would like to see them pick up a Brady kachuck type player. He certainly brings a lot of character into the room. Physicality. He would be a Josh Anderson, 2.0.
I figured what caused there Detroit Red Wings 7 game losing streak. The NHL didn't like the fact Detroit was pulling way. So they used voice to skull technology to slow the brain waves down. Now that everybody is at the same place in the standing they turned it off . NHL makes more money if it's a dog fight for the last playoff spot.🤯🧠🤔
The Habs have had I believe 30+ 1 good games this season…. If they have a healthy Dach and Newhook for the whole season along with adding a Zegras or Kent Johnson then this team is fighting for a playoff spot in my opinion… We started this rebuild/retool with a good amount of assets and players already on the team like Suzuki, Caufield, Getting Dach, Inserting Guhle, Getting Matheson etc… This team is close to becoming competitive especially if they make some moves to speed up the rebuild… I would not be concerned with speeding up the rebuild/retool and the only reason is because Slafkovsky has improved leaps and bounds along with have soooooo much Defence prospects in the system… In my opinion the Toronto Maple Leafs sped up their rebuild after getting Matthews and Marner and Nylander but that was not the right decision because they didn’t have the defence prospects in their system and this is why they are stuck with massive contracts and not having any solid RDs in the system… This is not the case with Montreal we have a couple bad contracts but nothing crazy along with having Suzuki, Caufield, Dach and Newhook on great contracts… if you look at this team they are ready to turn the corner especially with the playoff experience Suzuki and Caufield already have they tasted a cup final, Suzuki tasted 4+ rounds of playoffs… Soooo in my opinion if this team is able to trade for a Kent Johnson or Zegras type player ALONG with still using their own first round pick on a forward in the 2024 draft I believe this team is ready to start turning the corner into pushing for a playoff spot next season, Not saying they make it next season, But they will be ready to start adding at the deadline and adding in general… Leggo mentioned in a video that Hutson has 100% chance of becoming an NHLer and a 71% chance at becoming a star player, Logan Mailloux in my opinion will be an NHL player at the very least, David Reinbacher had a good season and looked good especially with how bad his team was Reinbacher wasn’t horrible his team was and in my opinion he still has Top 4/First pairing potential… Our goalies look good, Monte and Primo look great, Fowler looks to be a star in the making, Volokhin looks promising as well, Owen Beck, Joshua Roy look promising… So if this team adds an impact forward like Iginla in the draft and a Zegras type player this team will be on its way to being a great team… This team won’t have a generational player, But Slaf looks to be a VERY PROMISING player, Mikko Rantanen is not a generational player lmao, But you would take Mikko allllll day long… Slaf looks to have that potential his shot is becoming electric, Passing IQ and Two way game is becoming elite, Suzuki looks amazing, Caufield is a little disappointing with the goal scoring but has improved his all around game…. This team is ready to start pushing up the standings instead of tanking.
Like I said if Montreal wants Zegras they better pony up big. Really big!
Who cares at this point in March?!
Matheson has to go istg 💀
I like the potential of a Kent Johnson yet he hasn't been great out of the gate. I could see him playing with Roy and Bech as a third line next season. Would a Harris and a second round pick or lte first round do the trick? I would give more than that…
Montreal are 1 Top Natural Sniper away to be playoff ready.
1st Winnipeg, Barron, Farrell, etc for a Top young natural sniper.
I think the Habs nead a goal scorer that can score a lot go HABS