2023-04-24 22:58:53
The future of Pierre-Luc Dubois arouses passions in Montreal.
We’ve been saying for months that the Quebec forward wants to continue his career with the Canadiens. But at what cost?
The subject was discussed in Tony Marinaro’s column on the “JiC” program on Monday on TVA Sports. See it in the video above.
Unlike host Jean-Charles Lajoie, Marinaro would not be ready to offer the CH first-round pick in the next draft to obtain his services.
“I would take Pierre-Luc on my team, but I don’t want to sacrifice the guy who will be the fourth or fifth choice,” he said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if Kent Hughes did Kevin Cheveldayoff a favor so the Jets wouldn’t lose him for nothing next year,” our contributor added.
JiC dreams of this scenario. “The Jets are going to trade him this summer, but they won’t give him away. We’re going to have to undress a bit anyway. We have to stop thinking that we will just give Mike Hoffman. If you have a top 3 in the draft, it won’t be that my boyfriend, you try to pass the choice of the Panthers. If you are 4 or 5, you will have to like Will Smith in joualvert not to exchange a 4 or a 5 for Dubois. This is my call.»
“If you don’t do it because you absolutely want to fish out Will Smith, that means you’re putting off getting your head out of the water. That’s less fun. But if you complete this transaction, you’re telling everyone it’s going to be shorter than they thought.”
Dubois was waiting for an offer from CH
According to what Blue Jackets reporter for The Athletic, Aaron Portzline, reported during a broadcast of Tony Marinaro’s Sick Podcast, Dubois was firmly awaiting a hostile offer from CH in 2020 at the opening of the free agent market, which exceptionally took place on October 9 due to the disruptions caused by the pandemic.
However, to prepare for this eventuality and to ensure that they might match any hostile offer, the Blue Jackets hastened to exchange two defenders the day before: Ryan Murray and Markus Nutivaara. It was at this time that the relationship between the Blue Jackets and Dubois, who wanted to leave for Montreal, would have soured.
“Even when he was with the Blue Jackets, he wanted to play for the Canadians. This is nothing new, Portzline revealed. This desire is not new. In fact, no one has divulged the real reason for his departure from Columbus. He had bought a new apartment, everything was fine and he was the number one center of this team.
“Everyone thinks it’s John Tortorella. There are reasons to believe that is wrong. Dubois was expecting a hostile offer from the Canadians and Jarmo Kekalainen made two trades in the final hours leading up to the market opening; he traded two defenders to free up space under the salary cap.
“You don’t want any of your players to sign a hostile offer, but you also want to make sure that the hostile offer never happens by making any team wanting to venture down that avenue believe that any offer will be equaled. These exchanges accomplished this objective. And that’s when the relationship changed [entre Dubois et les Blue Jackets].
“Dubois was thinking of leaving Columbus [pour aller à Montréal] thanks to a hostile offer. And the ties have been severed.
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