HUGE BLUE JACKETS & HABS TRADE UPDATE: THINGS ARE GETTING COMPLICATED FOR KENT HUGHES & MONTREAL…

HUGE BLUE JACKETS & HABS TRADE UPDATE: THINGS ARE GETTING COMPLICATED FOR KENT HUGHES & MONTREAL…

[Music] [Applause] Ah, dang it, man. Things just got a little bit more complicated for Kent Hughes and the Montreal Canadians. In this video, what we’re going to be doing is talking about a very subtle and very honestly kind of small trade update that primarily revolves around the Columbus Blue Jackets. But even though this is a Blue Jackets thing, it technically doesn’t involve the Montreal Canadians, it does relate to the Montreal Canadians in a pretty significant way if you choose to view it like that. Essentially, we are talking today about the 2025 NHL draft and how the Montreal Canadians have been in a spot where a lot of folks, myself included, would talk about their first round picks this year at 16th and 17th overall. Their own pick as well as the Calgary Flames pick from that Shawn Monahan trade all those years ago. We’re talking about the Habs and their 16th and 17th picks and saying, “Hey, is there an opportunity for Montreal to either package these two draft picks and move up in the draft or package these two draft picks and get a center, get somebody else that can help them out right now?” The theory is the Habs have a lot of young dudes both on the team and in their prospect pool. And because they’re starting to open that competitive window, they made the playoffs this previous season. Nick Suzuki is a bonafide captain. Cole Coughfield, Slavowski, these guys are rounding out their games. And Hudson and Demidov are the real deal now that the Canadians are in a competitive spot. Do they really need to still keep on drafting guys in the 16th and 17th overall position at the draft, or can they try to package these for more assets that can help them today? That has been the philosophy we have discussed about the Canadians the past few weeks. Could they make a trade with Philadelphia? Could they make a trade with Seattle? Could they do something to get up into top 10? Or could they get a center? But now things might have just gotten a little bit more complicated if you wanted to think about that particular aspect of the Canadians and their draft picks. Take a look at this. It was posted by Mark Sheig earlier yesterday. It’s what the Columbus Blue Jackets general manager, Don Wedell, said when asked about his two first round picks at the draft. Are they both available in the right deal? Yes, 100%. Wedell said. Now, the Blue Jackets have two first round picks of their own. They have the 14th overall pick, that in which belonged to them. And they also have the 20th overall pick, that which used to belong to the Minnesota Wild, but since had been sent over to Columbus in the David Yurichek trade, which I had to revisit what exactly that was. I was like, “Huh, why does Columbus have that first round pick?” And then I was like, “Ah, the Yurichek trade, right?” I completely forgot that David Yurichek was even a Wild, to be honest. Yeah, kind of funny how he didn’t work out in that CBJ system, but he’s in many now, so hopefully he still takes that top two potential that he has and does good work with it with Brock Faber in the mix. But the Minnesota Wilds pick does belong to Columbus. So, the Habs have 1617. The Blue Jackets have 1420. And now you’re looking at both of these teams who are potentially in a spot to deal their two first round picks in some sort of a move to improve their team. Might I remind you the Blue Jackets were one of the teams on the outside of the playoff picture looking in that were trying to beat out the Montreal Canadians in this recently completed NHL regular season. The Blue Jackets just could not stop winning games. They finished things off with a six-game win streak. Kind of funny how that works, but they were in that spot to really give the Canadians a tough time. The Habs had to go 7-1 and two and win the last game of the season to make the playoffs after all. But you had Marco Demo also responding to this tweet that was posted by Mark Sheig saying this. I spoke about this on the podcast, but Columbus is another one of these teams in the middle of the first round that have put their two first rounders in play. It makes things a little bit trickier for the Habs and potentially it waters down the market on whatever futures they could get. And I wanted to talk about that particular aspect of the trade market and the trade dynamics that we will see later on because both the Habs and the Blue Jackets, they have kind of the same assets available on the market to try to improve their team. As we had said, Montreal 1617 and Columbus 14 and 20, which team would go out there and give the better proposal if you assume that the Blue Jackets would want a center, which I don’t think they would. I like what they have with Monahan and Fantelli, and I think they like it a lot too, especially since Kent Johnson can also play center. But if the Habs and the Blue Jackets for some reason are bidding for the same guy and both of these teams offer both of their firsts in the trade, then what does team X go out there and say? Okay, we got an offer from Montreal which has 16 and 17. Okay, we’ve got an offer from Columbus with 14 and 20. Which one is more valuable here? Because they’re not too far apart, both of these teams and their trade packages. and now fully acknowledging that their picks are in play. They could be moved around on the market. This puts both Montreal and Columbus head-to-head against each other. These guys will both be fighting for the same caliber of player using the same caliber of assets. So, it’s going to boil down to ultimately no move clauses, whether or not players would reject or prefer Montreal over Columbus or vice versa. And it could also boil down to GM dynamics, whether or not a team likes Montreal and Kent Hughes more than they do Don Wadell and the Blue Jackets. If there’s trade history, if there’s already camaraderie there, this could really boil down to just personal preference, whether or not the Habs are able to get a guy that they want over the Columbus Blue Jackets if they also want that guy because we know both of these teams will have the same assets essentially at their disposal, ready to make a deal. So, I did want to expand on this idea, this trade update from the Blue Jackets, which makes things a little more complicated for Kent Hughes and the Habs. In fact, it might make things a lot more complicated. The Blue Jackets have more to offer teams if they were to say, “Hey, Shawn Monahan, for example, he isn’t necessarily like a number one pure center in the same way that Nick Suzuki is.” So, if you wanted to get a center that could potentially take over Monahan’s number one seed spot, you don’t necessarily want to do that considering how good he was. But there is an argument to be made that says, “Hey, if there’s a center that is on the market and both Columbus and CBJ are vying for him, if that center’s thinking to himself, yeah, no, like Montreal has Nick Suzuki, I won’t be a number one there. But in Columbus, maybe Shawn Monahan is a little bit easier to overtake. Yeah, let’s go with the Blue Jackets. There can be some sort of a bias there. And I do think that we have to start preparing ourselves for the idea that we might not even see a trade where the Canadians give up both of their first round picks. Maybe they just use it. Same thing for the Blue Jackets. But all we know now is these picks are all in play and they are so similar between two teams in a very similar spot in the NHL standings from this previous season that it gets a little bit wonky and a little complicated as to figuring out which team would be the preferred destination for which players. So, with that in mind, I want you to let me know your thoughts in the comment section below about this Blue Jackets and by proxy Canadians trade update. What are your thoughts on these two teams stepping on each other’s toes? Do you think one can get the leg up on the other? Let me know in the comments all your opinions. I hope you enjoyed this roll. And bye. [Music] [Music]

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We’re going over the latest trade update in regards to the Columbus Blue Jackets and their 1st round draft picks, and how this complicates things for the Montreal Canadiens.

The 2025 NHL Entry Draft is filled with a lot of top NHL prospects. Names to look out for include James Hagens, Matthew Schaefer, Michael Misa, Porter Martone, Anton Frondell, Victor Eklund, Malcolm Spence, Roger McQueen, Caleb Desnoyers, Jackson Smith, Ivan Ryabkin, Logan Hensler, Radim Mrtka, Cameron Schmidt, Lynden Lakovic, Carter Bear, Justin Carbonneau, Jake O’Brien, William Moore, Cameron Reid, Brady Martin, Cole Reschny, Cullen Potter, Kashawn Aitcheson, Benjamin Kindel, Braeden Cootes, Sascha Boumedienne, Blake Fiddler, Milton Gastrin, Jack Murtagh, Bill Zonnon, and Joshua Ravensbergen.

This video is taking place after the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The 2024 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:

1st) San Jose Sharks, Macklin Celebrini
2nd) Chicago Blackhawks, Artyom Levshunov
3rd) Anaheim Ducks, Beckett Sennecke
4th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Cayden Lindstrom,
5th) Montreal Canadiens, Ivan Demidov
6th) Utah Hockey Club, Tij Iginla
7th) Ottawa Senators, Carter Yakemchuk
8th) Seattle Kraken, Berkly Catton
9th) Calgary Flames, Zayne Parekh
10th) New Jersey Devils, Anton Silayev
11th) San Jose Sharks (from Buffalo Sabres), Sam Dickinson
12th) Minnesota Wild (from Philadelphia Flyers), Zeev Buium
13th) Philadelphia Flyers (from Minnesota Wild), Jett Luchanko
14th) Buffalo Sabres (from Pittsburgh Penguins via San Jose Sharks), Konsta Helenius
15th) Detroit Red Wings, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
16th) St. Louis Blues, Adam Jiricek
17th) Washington Capitals, Terik Parascak
18th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Sacha Boisvert
19th) Vegas Golden Knights, Trevor Connelly
20th) New York Islanders (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Chicago Blackhawks), Cole Eiserman
21st) Montreal Canadiens (from Los Angeles Kings), Michael Hage
22nd) Nashville Predators, Yegor Surin
23rd) Anaheim Ducks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Stian Solberg
24th) Utah Hockey Club (from Colorado Avalanche), Cole Beaudoin
25th) Boston Bruins (from Boston Bruins via Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators), Dean Letourneau
26th) Los Angeles Kings (from Winnipeg Jets via Montreal Canadiens), Liam Greentree
27th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Marek Vanacker
28th) Calgary Flames (from Vancouver Canucks), Matvei Gridin
29th) Dallas Stars, Emil Hemming
30th) New York Rangers, EJ Emery
31st) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Edmonton Oilers via Anaheim Ducks), Ben Danford
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Florida Panthers via Philadelphia Flyers), Sam O’Reilly

This video is also taking place after 2024 NHL Season, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.

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