Today, the Canadiens did nothing on the trade deadline. Except send Owen Beck and Jakub Dobes to Laval on paper.
Of course, this doesn’t mean that Kent Hughes spent the day twiddling his thumbs. He made numerous calls to see if it was possible to improve his team.
And he came to the conclusion that it wasn’t worth it. And that’s correct, if you want my opinion.
But among his calls, there were also executives who wanted to know how possible it was to see if the Canadiens’ rental players could take the path of another team.
According to Elliotte Friedman (32 Thoughts Podcast), the interest in David Savard wasn’t necessarily the greatest. And due to his contract, Christian Dvorak wasn’t exactly the most in-demand man either.
But Joel Armia, him? That’s different.
Eric Engels, for Sportsnet, wrote a piece in which he mentioned that the Canadiens were in a position to trade the Finn, but it didn’t happen.
Sources we spoke to said the Canadiens could have had a second-round pick for Joel Armia on Friday, but the club turned down that opportunity. – Eric Engels
Recently, we learned that if the Canadiens had a second-round pick on the table for Savard or Armia, a transaction could have been possible. But it wasn’t a guarantee either.
And apparently, in light of what we’ve seen, the Canadiens preferred to believe in their group rather than add a quality pick. I’m convinced that the guys understood the message and appreciated it.
Will Kent Hughes regret it this summer – or at the draft, if he likes a particular prospect – if the Finn were to leave the CH as a free agent? Who knows.
We’ll see in due time.
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Elliotte Friedman also confirmed that the CH had indeed evaluated the possibility of making a good old-fashioned hockey trade, but it didn’t work out for the club.
My colleague Félix Forget reported on it in an article.
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