- Sean Monahan et Jonathan Drouin au Colorado...
- Même si TSN affirme qu'il est IMPOSSIBLE que l'un ou l'autre soit échangé..
- THE ATHLETIC persiste et signe:
- L'Avalanche est INTÉRESSÉ aux DEUX ATTAQUANTS...
- Et pourraient même les obtenir dans le même DEAL...
- The ATHLETIC affirme aussi que Josh Anderson a de fortes chances de changer d'adresse...
- Soit à Calgary....soit à Winnipeg...
- Même si Darren Dreger (TSN) a juré que les Flames étaient OUT du dossier..
- Et qu'Anderson n'intéressait pas vraiment les autres équipes de la LNH...
Most of Montreal’s potential sale items also have a distressed tag attached to them. That’s the trouble with garage sales, isn’t it? A lot of buyer beware. So, for example, Sean Monahan was humming along fine in the first 25 games of the season, until a foot injury sidelined him. He’s still out and his recovery seems stalled.
Since fragility was an issue with Monahan even before the latest setback, that’s created doubt and uncertainty about his status. It’s a longshot but some teams looking for help at center might take a chance and add a condition or two to the deal – bumping up the draft choice compensation, depending upon games played and playoff success. Maybe Colorado bites.
Speaking of the Avalanchec, as someone who is constantly trying to promote player reunions, there is something theoretically appealing about Colorado trading with Montreal for Jonathan Drouin and reuniting him with his Halifax Mooseheads teammate Nathan MacKinnon. They were a dynamic duo in junior. One became an NHL star. The other has just muddled along.
But it’s hard to imagine Drouin immediately getting a chance to play with MacKinnon, especially if Gabe Landeskog ever returns. But as an insurance policy? Stranger things have happened. And if the Avs were to trade for both Monahan and Drouin, then they would have three of the top six players from the 2013 draft in their lineup. Still, that’s a lot of pie-in-the-sky conjecture.
The most likely asset going out the door might be Evgeni Dadonov, who is slowly finding his game, and possibly Josh Anderson, who would attract interest from the likes of Winnipeg and Calgary because they value his size and physicality, but might be frightened off by his injury history and his contract status ($5.5 million AAV, until 2026-27).