2024-01-22 17:08:01
The Canadian has big files on his hands ahead of the trade deadline.
One of them? David Savard. The Canadian must decide if the defender’s extra year of contract means that his best value will be this year, this summer or next year. Because yes, he should be traded.
Jake Allen? The goaltender, who faces the Senators tomorrow, should be tough to trade the way he plays. Planting the Sens tomorrow wouldn’t hurt, but how late is it for this year? #YearOfMoreContract
Head coach Martin St-Louis confirms that Jake Allen will start against Ottawa on Tuesday.
Head coach Martin St-Louis confirms that Jake Allen will get the start in goal against the Senators on Tuesday.#GoHabsGo
— Montreal Canadiens (@CanadiensMTL) January 22, 2024
But whatever the stakes at the blue line or in front of the net, we know that one of the best values (if not the best) of the club at the deadline is Sean Monahan.
If we stay realistic, it is he who should bring in the most for CH.
We know that the CH considered keeping him, but that at the moment, we should expect to see the club exchange him. Kent Hughes will undoubtedly honor his promise to send him to a good team to finish the season.
I would keep it because of what it brings… but oh well.
At this point, the GM’s goal will be to determine when he leaves. He’s blocked by the fact that Elias Lindholm is obviously the teams’ #1 option at center, but still: Hughes won’t want to wait too long. Remember last year…
Note that this morning, as is often the case recently, Sean Monahan took advantage of a day off. Is this prevention? Who knows…
Forward Sean Monahan will not participate in today’s practice (treatment day).
Forward Sean Monahan will not participate in today’s practice (therapy day).
— Montreal Canadiens (@CanadiensMTL) January 22, 2024
This means that eventually, as useful as it is for young people (talk to Joshua Roy), we should expect to see Sean Monahan take the management of a better hockey club.
But even if we know that several teams would be interested, the fact remains that we must wonder at what price Monahan would be traded in a few weeks.
Marc-Antoine Godin and Arpon Basu looked into the subject, precisely.
According to the observation made in their podcast (The Basu and Godin Notebook) recently, we can think that at this moment, the maximum value of Monahan is a second choice.
If he’s truly a second pick, I wonder if his best value wouldn’t be in Montreal – with a contract extension on his hands. But a promise is a promise…
But at the same time, is it surprising, considering that a big club would surely play him as a third center?
It is rare for a club to give a first choice for a third center. –Arpon Basu
In fact, it is not impossible to think that the price could rise. It’s especially Godin who seems to think it’s possible since Basu seems really skeptical about it.
The Radio-Canada journalist notably recalled that in 2022, Andrew Copp was traded from the Jets to the Rangers (with a distant choice) for a conditional first choice, a conditional second choice and a fifth choice.
And in Alberta, Copp was a third center. He was a rental player at $3.64 million, which is quite a bit more than Sean Monahan’s contract. Remember that he earns $1,985 million this season.
Let’s see how the file will be managed. But if Monahan continues his good work and Lindholm were to leave quickly, it would undoubtedly help the Flannel cause.
A lot of
– Corey Perry’s contract in Edmonton is official. He should be at his team’s practice tomorrow.
Corey Perry can earn up to $325,000 in performance bonuses:
1. $225k for 10 games played
2. $50k if EDM wins the 2nd RD of the playoffs and Perry: a) plays in 50% of RD 2 games, or b) 50% of the total of RD 1 & 2 games
3. $50k if EDM wins the 3rd RD of the playoffs and Perry:…
— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) January 22, 2024
– Has Patrick Roy ever been on the Blues’ radar?
Friedman on 32TP: “There are some teams who believed #STLBlues had (Patrick) Roy on their radar and it does kind of fit with the way Doug Armstrong thinks”
— NHL Watcher (@NHL_Watcher) January 22, 2024
– Shane Pinto: he couldn’t wait to play.
Shane Pinto put a calendar on the kitchen wall and used a pen to mark off the days until his suspension ended.
On Sunday, that countdown ended.
While his teammates had their moms in Philadelphia, Pinto had a lot more family support to mark the occasion.
— Ian Mendes (@ian_mendes) January 22, 2024
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