The Montreal Canadiens, their need for a second line middle, and what would the price for Sidney Crosby be?
Sportsnet: Renaud Lavoie speaking concerning the Montreal Canadiens and their want for a second line middle.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Lavoie: “What, what the staff is proper now could be to seek out that, , that second line centerman that they hope to get at one level. However clearly they’re not the one one.
What’s on the market? And it’s been talked about by a number of folks already is, I believe Montreal and doubtless a few different groups are ready to see what’s going to occur with Sidney Crosby. If at one level, Sydney needs to go away the Pittsburgh Penguins and simply say, ‘I, what, I wish to go win one other Stanley Cup.’ I believe the Montreal Canadians, they have to be prepared for it. In order that they want some cap house. They should to ensure that, , they’re not going to be handcuffed. So, so we’ll see.
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I’m mentioning Sidney Crosby. Can it, can it’s one other actually good centerman? In order that they’re going to be affected person, as a result of proper now they, they’re, they, they’re in no rush to make that transfer, . However they on the identical time, there’s a purpose why they traded, , Carey value contract earlier than the beginning of coaching camp. Was vital for them to create some cap house. And , if, if there’s a staff who’s able to do actual enterprise, I believe the Canadians may have a very open minded.
And that’s, that’s, that’s about it. They’re in search of that second-line sentiment proper now. And if it’s Sydney, Crosby, I’m fairly positive that my buddy Nick Suzuki goes to be able to be that second line ahead, and centerman, I ought to say, and Sydney the primary line centerman of that. However we’ll, we’ll cross, that bridge once we’ll be near the river.”
Nick Kypreos: “Rene, you don’t know our present. We crossed that bridge now, my buddy. We cross it now.
So, all proper, you, hey, you introduced it up. We did. So let’s, I wish to take yet another, I wish to go one step forward and choose your mind on it.
Lavoie: “You wish to take one other swing at it?
Kypreos: “Yeah, in a special angle. Okay, so let’s hypothetically say that Sid’s prepared for this, and he has picked the Montreal Canadians.
Lavoie: “Yeah.
Kypreos: “What do you envision to get the deal achieved?
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Lavoie: “You recognize, that’s, that’s the, most likely the million greenback query, as a result of I’m fairly positive that Sidney if, and it’s a giant if, proper, What are the percentages that it’s going to occur? Is it 30%? Is it decrease than that? Is it, I don’t know.
Okay, but when it occurs, and he select the Montreal Canadiens, the Pittsburgh Penguins don’t have a lot leverage. If he’s saying it’s Montreal, or I’m not going wherever, or, .
However understanding the Canadiens administration, clearly you possibly can discuss first-round choose right here. However after that, they’ll most likely look, , on the Montreal Canadiens D core. Can it, can it’s a David David Reinbacher who’s, he’s a proper shot defenseman. Can it’s some, another person on the roster, an Oliver Kapanen and who’s proper, proper now, making an attempt to grasp the league. However he’s taking part in approach higher proper now that he did a 12 months in the past when he arrived within the NHL. So I imagine it’s a must to throw picks. You must throw most likely a few actually good younger gamers.
However I’ll say that’s about it, since you’re not gonna, you’re not gonna jeopardize, , the way forward for your franchise by giving 5 items for a participant that’s gonna end his contract, most likely in Montreal or wherever he needs to play. If he nonetheless needs to play with Pittsburgh, clearly there’ll be no commerce. However can it’s Colorado? Can it’s LA? We don’t know.
However proper now, I imagine that what the Pittsburgh Penguins are in search of is youth and picks. They’re in a rebuild mode, so we’ll see how issues are going to evolve. However don’t, don’t count on that Juraj Slafkovsky to be traded, or Cole Caufield to be traded, or Kaiden Guhle to be traded. I don’t imagine that, that’s going to be that’s, I don’t imagine it’s going to occur.
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