It’s finally the big moment as we are now less than 24 hours away from the NHL trade deadline.
This is an exceptional year since practically all the big names have already been exchanged.
Among them, you find in particular Bo Horvat, Vladimir Tarasenko, Ryan O’Reilly, Timo Meier, Matthias Ekholm, Patrick Kane, Jakob Chychrun and while it may not be as electrifying as it once was, Jonathan Quick for all of his amazing work.
This is a total of more than 40 transactions since January 30.
The current situation is turning to the advantage of Kent Hughes for a very specific reason.
The GM of the Habs has no type A player to sell. That is to say, none Patrick Kane or Vladimir Tarasenko.
Its best element is undoubtedly Josh Andersonwhich is rather of type B. A good player who is likely to bring a good return.
However, Hughes seems hesitant to compromise Anderson and if he decides to do so, a team will have to pay top dollar.
You also have Joel Edmundson which is probably the most likely to be traded by noon tomorrow.
It is particularly further in his elements that the situation favors him. A club that failed to complete a swap deal to acquire a striker must now go lower in their options.
Normally, a GM can play with the fact that he lost an important derby and did not have enough time to find an alternative, which is not the case this year.
General managers at clubs battling for the playoffs have no excuse not to bring in reinforcements.
It is then that a Jonathan Drouin becomes an interesting replacement option. Tomorrow you may see C or D type players being traded during the day as last minute options are scarcer than usual.
Without expecting to have the moon for Drouin, it will still be interesting to watch what happens next.
It will also be necessary to follow the files of Mike Hoffman, Christian Dvorak et Joel Armia.
The next few hours are going to be interesting my friends!
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