JEFF GORTON REVEALS THE HABS TRADE PLAN + HUGE UPDATES ON LANE HUTSON & PATRIK LAINE

JEFF GORTON REVEALS THE HABS TRADE PLAN + HUGE UPDATES ON LANE HUTSON & PATRIK LAINE

[Music] All right, so we’ve got a lot of Montreal Canadians updates to go out there and talk about. Not any speculation or situational commentaries about the fan base like we had done earlier in today’s show. We have ourselves some actual commentary on the state of the Montreal Canadians by Kent Hughes and Jeff Gordon that I do think is really interesting to dive into. Firstly, I will say there are dogs barking outside. There are some little puppy Chihuahua that are going out there and barking a storm up. So, if you hear any arf arfs in the background of this video commentary, then I apologize for that. I can’t tell the neighbors dogs to shut up. It’s too mean. So, we’re just going to let them do their thing in peace. If you hear a bark or two in the background, then I apologize. But, let’s dive into some of the commentary made by Jeff Gordon and Kent Hughes during this presser at the end of the season. Starting out with what exactly the Montreal Canadians plans are going to be. I was thinking of saying trade plan, but I don’t think that is the right way to fully encapsulate it. Here’s a comment made by Jeff Gordon as posted by the sick podcast with Tony Marinero. Gordon wants to add players with size, compete, and skill. Who should the Canadians be targeting this summer? Adding some players with some size, a little compete, and some skill. Obviously, that’s the quote here. And you know, it’s not really the most gamebreaking, crazy, surprising quote. Like, yeah, of course, the Habs are trying to add good guys, but there is somewhat of an emphasis that is placed here on size being a factor. Seems like the Canadians are kind of done with the days of adding smaller dudes, which is okay when you consider the fact that they’ve had quite a few of them make a significant impact on the team recently. Cole Cfield, Lane Hudson. Nick Suzuki isn’t the biggest guy in the world. Ivan Demidov is a little taller, but he’s a little skinnier, too. So, guys with size, compete, and skill. Very cookie cutter answer. Not surprising at all. But if the Canadians are going to go out there and start targeting more bigger players, that of course seems like a very intriguing opportunity, too. Let me know your thoughts in the comment section below. whom it is you think the Montreal Canadians should would, or could target in any sort of a move, whether it is a trade or a free agency bid. For what it’s worth, folks are going out there in the replies of this sick podcast tweet by saying a bunch of dudes, Ta Thompson, Sam Bennett, Matthew Ny, Quinton Biffield, Jamie Ben, like, okay, none of these guys are like guarantees and a lot of them are so unrealistic. Folks are really just using this reply section to meme it up. But out of the ones that are available, I mean, Sam Bennett has some skill compete in size. Tage Thompson pretty good, too. But no way Ta Thompson is going to be leaving Buffalo anytime soon. Matt Ny, that offer sheet conversation is absolutely not going to translate. So, let’s just leave it up to Kent Hughes and Jeff Gordon to make the decisions and we’ll just react to it once it happens. How does that sound? Now, there also was another post made here by Marco Demo. Jeff Gorton also said here that it’s a big summer with some big opportunities. He’s trying to keep his plans under wraps and has mentioned a few times that he doesn’t want to give anything away, but it’s very indicative that they want to take some swings. Talent and compete and size are on the menu. Mason McTavish, anybody? Ryan O’Reilly? Sydney Crosby. Yeah. Okay. We’ve been discussing a whole bunch of these names over the past few weeks. Now, let’s dive into a few other notes here extending beyond the scope of what is to come and let’s talk more about what was what exactly the Montreal Canadians had on their team that they were fans of and that they wanted to see more out of. Starting with Patrick Line. This was a really interesting conversation that a lot of folks were going out there and debating amongst themselves before this press conference. Ken Hughes said earlier this morning that the Habs would not have made the playoffs without Patrick L. It wasn’t always pretty at 5v5 especially, but Hughes highlighted that line scored crucial goals and showed a willingness to improve. That’s sweet, Kent. And I think it does have a semblance of truth here. Like there is a world where Patrick Lion does not score as much as he did. And there is a world where the Canadians don’t get as many points, don’t win as many games, and don’t make the playoffs as they did without Patty Lion. The Habs literally needed every single bit of point production they got this season. line a scoring big beautiful goals tying things up giving the Habs chances to get extra points on the scoreboard. That of course was the most important thing he contributed even though there wasn’t much 5v5. There wasn’t much in the end of the season in the playoffs etc. He wasn’t really looking all too great and a lot of people would go out there and question the work ethic and the engagement. Oh, if he’s not scoring goals and what is he doing line doesn’t do anything else like yeah that’s pretty fair. But it also is fair that when he was doing well and he was scoring, he did bring the Canadians back into a positive spot. So Kent Hughes is not tolerating any Patrick L slander. That’s what I’m learning over here. And I think folks from around the NHL who understand this about Patrick L are just looking at the situation in Montreal and objectively saying, “Yeah, Patrick L did play a reasonable part in the Canadians hunt for the playoffs in 24-25. it would be foolish to discredit him otherwise. I think for Habs fans, we just kind of have to stop being too harsh on the guy because yes, it’s true. A lot of the frustration is warranted. This guy does not show up as often as he should, but there is a good enough body of work where it’s like, yeah, at least you have the benefit of the doubt. He was hurt in the playoffs and he wasn’t playing the last little while. His absence on that first power play opened the door to an entirely new opportunity on the man advantage with Demidovs, Slowski, Hudson, Suzuki, Coughfield. That unit is a unit, man. So good. Anyways, speaking about guys that were on the first power play unit, let’s talk about another one. It’s Lane Hudson over here. Yesterday, we made a video talking about the idea of Lane Hudson signing an 11 million AAV contract. Whether or not that was actually possible here, well, whether it’s possible or not, we are not going to know. But Marco Demo does tweet this out. Kent Hughes confirms that he will be in contact with Lane Hudson’s agent, Sean Coffee, to see what their intentions are with Lane Hudson eligible to sign a new deal on July 1st. There is certainly interest. So there you go, baby. Hook and sinker. This is the best timeline for the Montreal Canadians. We spoke yesterday about how Quinn Hughes in Vancouver is a guy who’s probably going to leave and players who have that type of an impact on a blue line, whether it is Quinn Hughes or Adam Fox or Kale Macar, Lane Hudson even. I’d say that Hudson and Hughes are more similar than Macar or Fox or anybody else. I just think that the way they contribute offensively and the way they move in the ozone, how they man the point and how they take control of the entire blue line area of the ice. This is unmatched by any of these other guys. Sure, Kale Mar has better straight line speed. He’s got better passing. I guess you could say he’s got a better physical frame and he can drive to the front of the goal better and he can snipe it from afar, too. But the way Quinn and Lane are able to just rotate around, oh, it’s so special. Quinn Hughes is a problem in Vancouver because we don’t know if he’s going to come back. We think he’s going to leave. Lane Hudson, if he wants to stay, you keep that guy. You sign him to eight years, you get him as much money as he wants, whether it’s 9, 10, 11 million bucks a year. Honestly though, considering Lane Hudson’s personality, it doesn’t seem like he’s the kind of guy to penny pinch and want to get more than he’s available for. So, we’ll just reasonably see him sign a $7.5 million contract and all is going to be well in Kuckland, right? Okay. Maybe he’ll get more than that. But for now, let me know your thoughts in the comments section below about all these Montreal Canadians news and notes. How Jeff Gordon reveals the Canadians trade plan and how Kentu speaks out about Patrick Lina and Lane Hudson in a positive positive way. We’ll talk more about this press conference and the comments made over the next few days. But for now, let me know your thoughts in the comment section below. I hope you enjoyed this video and bye. [Music] [Music]

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We’re going over the latest in regards to the Montreal Canadiens trade plans, as well as some updates on d-man Lane Hutson and forward Patrik Laine.

This video is taking place after the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The 2024 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:

1st) San Jose Sharks, Macklin Celebrini
2nd) Chicago Blackhawks, Artyom Levshunov
3rd) Anaheim Ducks, Beckett Sennecke
4th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Cayden Lindstrom,
5th) Montreal Canadiens, Ivan Demidov
6th) Utah Hockey Club, Tij Iginla
7th) Ottawa Senators, Carter Yakemchuk
8th) Seattle Kraken, Berkly Catton
9th) Calgary Flames, Zayne Parekh
10th) New Jersey Devils, Anton Silayev
11th) San Jose Sharks (from Buffalo Sabres), Sam Dickinson
12th) Minnesota Wild (from Philadelphia Flyers), Zeev Buium
13th) Philadelphia Flyers (from Minnesota Wild), Jett Luchanko
14th) Buffalo Sabres (from Pittsburgh Penguins via San Jose Sharks), Konsta Helenius
15th) Detroit Red Wings, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
16th) St. Louis Blues, Adam Jiricek
17th) Washington Capitals, Terik Parascak
18th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Sacha Boisvert
19th) Vegas Golden Knights, Trevor Connelly
20th) New York Islanders (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Chicago Blackhawks), Cole Eiserman
21st) Montreal Canadiens (from Los Angeles Kings), Michael Hage
22nd) Nashville Predators, Yegor Surin
23rd) Anaheim Ducks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Stian Solberg
24th) Utah Hockey Club (from Colorado Avalanche), Cole Beaudoin
25th) Boston Bruins (from Boston Bruins via Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators), Dean Letourneau
26th) Los Angeles Kings (from Winnipeg Jets via Montreal Canadiens), Liam Greentree
27th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Marek Vanacker
28th) Calgary Flames (from Vancouver Canucks), Matvei Gridin
29th) Dallas Stars, Emil Hemming
30th) New York Rangers, EJ Emery
31st) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Edmonton Oilers via Anaheim Ducks), Ben Danford
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Florida Panthers via Philadelphia Flyers), Sam O’Reilly

Lane Hutson was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.

The 2022 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) Montreal Canadiens, Juraj Slafkovsky
2nd) New Jersey Devils, Simon Nemec
3rd) Arizona Coyotes, Logan Cooley
4th) Seattle Kraken, Shane Wright
5th) Philadelphia Flyers, Cutter Gauthier
6th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks), David Jiricek
7th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa Senators), Kevin Korchinski
8th) Detroit Red Wings, Marco Kasper
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Matthew Savoie
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Pavel Mintyukov
11th) Arizona Coyotes (from San Jose Sharks), Conor Geekie
12th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Denton Mateychuk
13th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Frank Nazar
14th) Winnipeg Jets, Rutger McGroarty
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Jonathan Lekkerimaki
16th) Buffalo Sabres (Vegas Golden Knights), Noah Ostlund
17th) Nashville Predators, Joakim Kemell
18th) Dallas Stars, Lian Bichsel
19th) Minnesota Wild (from LA Kings), Liam Ohgren
20th) Washington Capitals, Ivan Miroshnichenko
21st) Pittsburgh Penguins, Owen Pickering
22nd) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Nathan Gaucher
23rd) St. Louis Blues, Jimmy Snuggerud
24th) Minnesota Wild, Danila Yurov
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Rinzel
26th) Montreal Canadiens (from Calgary Flames), Filip Mesar
27th) San Jose Sharks (from Carolina Hurricanes via Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens), Filip Bystedt
28th) Buffalo Sabres (from Florida Panthers), Jiri Kulich
29th) Arizona Coyotes (from Edmonton Oilers), Maveric Lamoureux
30th) Winnipeg Jets (from New York Rangers), Brad Lambert

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