- THE ATHLETIC ne veut rien savoir d'Evgeni Dadonov à Montréal...
Evgenii Dadonov, at 31, is already starting to decline.
- OUIN...
- Comme on vous a dit ce matin..
- Ils veulent Craig Smith...
- On prend Dadonov BIEN AVANT...
The best option for the Canadiens on the UFA market is someone named Craig Smith, a player with a name so plain, he can be easy to forget. Even the Nashville Predators would forget to put him on the ice from time to time.
Smith has been primarily a third-line forward over the years, but he produced like someone who belongs in the top six. He’s a right shot, 31 years old, 6-foot-1, 208 pounds and would have probably hit the 20-goal mark for the sixth time in his career had the season been completed. His scoring, possession numbers and defensive play all point to the rarest of things — a potential UFA bargain.