Major Off-Season Trade Involving Logan Mailloux: Canadiens Experts Reveal Whether the Defenseman Will Leave the Organization
Several experts have recently suggested to Kent Hughes to trade a young defenseman, such as Logan Mailloux, to strengthen the offense.
We know that the Canadiens have the luxury of having numerous very talented and promising young defenders, but many are questioning the club's offensive firepower.
We know that the first line is solid, the one consisting of Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, and Juraj Slafkovsky, but apart from Kirby Dach, one might indeed wonder if the group truly has what it takes to compete in the long term with teams like the Florida Panthers, the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Tampa Bay Lightning, and even the Buffalo Sabres.
And on this matter, Kent Hughes has just caused a surprise by already settling the issue.
Trade for David Reinbacher, Logan Mailloux, Kaiden Guhle, Lane Hutson, or Arber Xhakej? Forget the idea!
Kent Hughes would have been very clear with other general managers:
This is what the general manager of the Canadiens would have said to the other general managers when they called before last March 8th. As soon as a GM called the Canadiens, he would ask for a defensive prospect, but Kent Hughes would reply by saying that none of them were available.» - Mathis Therrien, DLC
So, we can forget the idea of a new transaction like Alexander Romanov, according to all indications.
And that's not necessarily a bad thing.
One would imagine this is the perfect moment to conclude the column with some clichés from the world of sports, but which seem to be absolutely effective and true.
It's with defense that championships are won.
You can never have enough good defenders.
And this, the general manager of the Montreal Canadiens Kent Hughes seems to have understood very well.
And via La Presse - Episode 47: What do Montreal's free agents think?
| POLL | ||
MARS 23 | 533 ANSWERS Major Off-Season Trade Involving Logan Mailloux: Canadiens Experts Reveal Whether the Defenseman Will Leave the Organization If you were Kent Hughes, would you trade Logan Mailloux, David Reinbacher, or Lane Hutson? | ||
| Reinbacher | 19 | 3.6 % |
| Mailloux | 68 | 12.8 % |
| Hutson | 50 | 9.4 % |
| None of the three | 396 | 74.3 % |
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