Reunited with his former agent as part of his duties, Vincent Lecavalier will live his first “war room” of transactions.
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As reported by our journalist Renaud Lavoie, on Saturday evening, the new special adviser to hockey operations for the Montreal Canadiens was to join this Sunday the caucus of vice-president Jeff Gorton and general manager Kent Hughes in view of the deadline for trades.
The GM of the Habs has already told the media that there is no question of planning “a fire sale” to dispose of several veterans, but that he will accommodate defender Jeff Petry if a logical offer allows him to join. send under other skies.
Hughes has also hinted over the past week that no club with an affluent payroll is going to take on Shea Weber’s contract “yet”.
Forward Tyler Toffoli and defenseman Ben Chiarot have both brought home a first-round pick and two prospects to the organization so far.
Although the name of Artturi Lehkonen constantly comes up in hearsay, nothing suggests that the Finn will change his address. He was also in uniform Saturday night, against the Ottawa Senators.
Hughes also didn’t seem keen on swapping full-back Brett Kulak, who scored in the 5-1 win, informing he ‘likes’ what number 77 offers his club.
As the deadline approached, the Canadiens had a payroll of $89.2 million, including the huge contracts of Weber and goaltender Carey Price, according to the Cap Friendly website.