Don’t Anticipate Mason McTavish To Be Traded from Anaheim
Dennis Bernstein of The Fourth Interval joined TSN Radio in Montreal and was requested about Anaheim Geese RFA Mason McTavish and whether or not he might wind up in Montreal. Bernstein believes the Geese received’t commerce him, and he’ll ultimately sign up Anaheim.
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Host: “I believe individuals in Montreal are particularly questioning about Mason McTavish, who remains to be unsigned.”
Dennis Bernstein: “Yeah, nicely, you’re going to must pay that participant, what, most likely $7 million. Properly, to begin with, he’s acquired to and it’s not simply, you’ll be able to’t provide sheet a man, proper? You need to have an settlement with him on a time period, or a contract. He’s acquired to wish to play right here on the time period. And so the extra logical technique to purchase him could be, I believe, by way of commerce. However I don’t perceive the narrative about Mason McTavish.
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Now, I get it. They traded Zegras, however Zegras, once you take a look at these two gamers, who’s extra of a Joel Quenneville kind of participant, Trevor Zegras or Mason McTavish? It’s Mason McTavish, proper? So, and this workforce, I believe, was thirtieth in offense, proper? You’re going to commerce your 2C, elevate Strome to it from 3C to 2C, and suppose you’re going to be higher offensively. I don’t perceive it. It’ll get finished. He has no leverage, and it would give him $5 or $6 million a yr, a bridge contract, proper?
So, I don’t perceive that, as a result of the place Anaheim is of their growth, you wouldn’t commerce that participant. You wouldn’t commerce a younger 2C. Plus, I’d prefer to see him a yr underneath Quenneville. Like, if it doesn’t work this yr for him, and he doesn’t elevate like, as a result of proper now, the primary heart of the longer term in Anaheim is Leo Carlsson. Quantity two could be Mason McTavish. He could be a very stable, I believe, quantity two heart, most likely for 10 or 12 years on this league.
So, yeah. So whereas Habs can want and hope and pray and dream that Mason McTavish can a way wind up in Montreal. I don’t see Anaheim letting go of him at this cut-off date of their growth.”
NHLRumors.com Observe: As documented on NHLRumors.com, the Mason McTavish saga continues to tug on. Anaheim Geese GM Pat Verbeek comes from the Steve Yzerman college of giving gamers bridge offers popping out of entry-level. Nevertheless, the final two bridge offers Verbeek negotiated with Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale didn’t go nicely, and each gamers at the moment are with the Philadelphia Flyers.
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Nevertheless, as we now have seen up to now with provide sheets, different GMs across the league don’t wish to do Verbeek’s work for him. So it stays a battle between McTavish and Verbeek. However the longer this drags on, the extra regarding it’s as a result of they want McTavish in camp with Joel Quenneville instituting his system. Whereas McTavish could be the right match for what the Montreal Canadiens are searching for, does Kent Hughes wish to hand over the mandatory belongings to get him?
But when the Geese had been to commerce McTavish and doubtlessly Olen Zellweger, then the chatter of what Pat Verbeek is doing in Anaheim would choose up much more.
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