We now know what the Habs would get to take on Cody Ceci's contract
We just received a concrete price for a proposed trade between the Montreal Canadiens and the Edmonton Oilers.
As we reported in the past few hours, the Oilers are currently in trouble, with only a few days left to figure out how to match the two offer sheets made by the St. Louis Blues to young players Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg.
They need to clear cap space under the NHL salary cap, and they need to do it very quickly!
We're talking about two significant amounts here, especially in Broberg's case.
DYLAN HOLLOWAY: $2.29 million per year for 2 years.»
One of the few NHL teams that can help them is the Montreal Canadiens because Kent Hughes has plenty of cap space available.
This is a golden opportunity for the Habs to attempt another "Sean Monahan-type" trade, where they receive a player plus a high draft pick in exchange for future considerations.
A trade between the Canadiens and the Oilers would bring the 41st overall pick to Montreal along with a contract, according to Puck Pedia
As Marco Normandin has pointed out, we now indeed have a more concrete price.
It's not too complicated.
If the Oilers want to keep their two first-round picks, Broberg and Holloway, they are forced to make a trade (with the Montreal Canadiens or another team with the necessary cap space).
According to various sources, the player Edmonton would sacrifice due to his contract is defenseman Cody Ceci.
He is earning $3.25 million for one final season.
According to the specialized site Puck Pedia, it would cost the Oilers around a second-round pick to get rid of a contract like Ceci's.»
- Marco Normandin
More specifically, Puck Pedia mentions the 41st overall pick, a price that is logical and consistent with the trade between Pittsburgh and Nashville (the Cody Glass trade).
The ideal scenario for the Montreal Canadiens and Kent Hughes would be, for example, to acquire Cody Ceci and the 41st overall pick in exchange for future considerations, and then trade Cody Ceci at the NHL trade deadline for another second-round pick.
Kent Hughes would thus have acquired two valuable second-round picks in exchange for $3.25 million in cap space.
It would absolutely be his style to pull off such a maneuver, and it's exactly what he did with Sean Monahan, but with first-round picks in his case.
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