What top 6C are even available other than Duchene ?
Good luck.
As every Habs fan knows... There never available!
Galchenyuk maybe.
Bergevin really needs another LHD and Columbus has exactly the team that might be able to cover for Galchenyuks lack of two-way game at center...
Murray for Galchenyuk base?
Galchenyuk maybe.
Bergevin really needs another LHD and Columbus has exactly the team that might be able to cover for Galchenyuks lack of two-way game at center...
If MB's real offers are anything close to what HF Habs likes to propose, then no, top six centers are not available for Juulsen and/or Plekanec.
If the Jackets trade for Duchene and Sign Kovalchuk....what would their lines look like?
If the Jackets trade for Duchene and Sign Kovalchuk....what would their lines look like?
If Galchenyuk can play as a top-6 center in the NHL level, that'd solve a lot of problems for Montreal. I.E. they wouldn't be trading him.
Not happening, but let's assume they get a favorable trade of Murray + 1st + prospect for Duchene and prospect + pick for Kovy:
Panarin - Wennberg - Kovalchuk
Jenner - Duchene - Atkinson
Calvert - Dubinsky - Foligno
Hartnell - PLD - Anderson
Bjorkstrand
Sedlak
Werenski - Jones
Johnson - Savard
Gavrikov (needs contract) - Nutivaara
Harrington
Carlsson (AHL)
Bobrovsky
Korpisalo
TJ for Murray 1 for 1 would work no need to complicate. There are only a few truly movable pieces to go with Murray. We paid a 1st to make sure Anderson wouldn't get taken and we protected Jenner over him so that shows you his value to us. TJ and Duchene are the 2 guys I've wanted since last TDL and I've wanted TJ for 2 or 3 years here as it is so I am all for working a deal out. We need game breakers like himTyler Johnson+ for Murray + Jenner? Not sure what the plus from Tampa needs to be.