Major trade proposal involving the Montreal Canadiens at the draft table
With the Montreal Canadiens finishing 32nd overall in the NHL standings, it is now assured that Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton will have a top three pick in the upcoming draft at the Bell Centre this July.
With an 18.5% chance of getting the first pick, many Canadiens fans are already dreaming about Shane Wright's presence with the team next fall, but for some experts, the speculations are going well and one of them would have a suggestion to propose to the new Canadiens' management.
As reported by Marco Normandin of Habsolumentfan.com, Mathias Brunet is proposing that Kent Hughes trade the very first pick, assuming of course the Habs win the lottery, in return for the sixth and twelfth picks overall.
If this idea seems a bit far-fetched, the journalist from La Presse has done the exercise with the previous six years of the draft and on some occasions, the results can seem quite surprising.
2021 - Owen Power versus Simon Edvinsson and Cole Sillinger
2020 - Alexis Lafreniere against Jamie Drysdale and Anton Lundell
2019 - Jack Hughes vs. Moritz Seider and Matthew Boldy
2018 - Rasmus Dahlin vs. Filip Zadina and Noah Dobson
2017 - Nico Hischier vs. Cody Glass and Martin Necas
2016 - Auston Matthews vs. Matthew Tkachuk and Michael McLeod
We can immediately rule out trading Matthews, but for the other top picks, we can think about it a little more seriously.
What do you think?
To read Brunet's article, it's here and I strongly recommend it to get more details on the proposals mentioned.
| POLL | ||
Would you trade the 1st overall pick, for choices 6 and 12? | ||
| Yes | 90 | 22.3 % |
| No | 313 | 77.7 % |
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