{"id":152466,"date":"2025-08-08T09:26:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/152466\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T09:26:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:26:21","slug":"red-wings-canadiens-among-3-teams-in-on-mason-mctavish-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/152466\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Wings, Canadiens Among 3 Teams in on Mason McTavish Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With training camps fast approaching, restricted free agent Mason McTavish remains unsigned \u2014 and teams are reportedly beginning to make a push on the trade front. The Anaheim Ducks aren\u2019t actively shopping the 22-year-old center, but multiple sources, including <a href=\"https:\/\/rg.org\/news\/hockey\/source-yzerman-verbeek-relationship-could-help-red-wings-land-mctavish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">James Murphy of RG writes<\/a> that the Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, and Carolina Hurricanes have shown serious interest in acquiring his rights.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mason-McTavish-offer-sheet.jpg\" alt=\"Mason McTavish offer sheet\" class=\"wp-image-95885\"  \/>Mason McTavish offer sheet<\/p>\n<p>McTavish led the Ducks with 22 goals and finished with 52 points. He\u2019s got an incredibly high ceiling and some wonder if he\u2019s poised for a breakout under new head coach Joel Quenneville. A player with 65- to 75-point upside, it\u2019s no wonder teams would be calling to see if the Ducks are serious about moving him and what the cost would be. Long-time analyst Pierre McGuire said, any time is going to have to pay up big time and \u201cYou\u2019re not getting that guy for free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trade talks haven\u2019t advanced far, but if Anaheim does entertain offers, they\u2019re reportedly seeking a high-end, right-shot defensive prospect in return. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prohockeyrumors.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pro Hockey Rumors writes<\/a>, that could mean names like David Reinbacher (Montreal) or Axel Sandin-Pellikka (Detroit) would need to be involved \u2014 a steep price, but one that reflects McTavish\u2019s third-overall pedigree. <\/p>\n<p>The Red Wings Seem to Be Pushing Hardest on McTavish<\/p>\n<p>Among the suitors, Detroit appears the most aggressive. Even Moritz Seider\u2019s name was thrown out there by one NHL executive. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rg.org\/news\/hockey\/source-yzerman-verbeek-relationship-could-help-red-wings-land-mctavish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">According to RG<\/a>, the strong relationship between Ducks GM Pat Verbeek and Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman could be a key factor if trade talks intensify. One NHL executive said the Wings view McTavish as a potential game-changer down the middle \u2014 even if he wouldn\u2019t immediately unseat Dylan Larkin as the top-line center.<\/p>\n<p>While an offer sheet appears unlikely \u2014 Anaheim has the cap space to match \u2014 the trade chatter isn\u2019t going away. <\/p>\n<p>Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/nhltradetalk.com\/report-links-evander-kane-to-potential-oilers-reunion-in-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Report Links Evander Kane to Potential Oilers Reunion in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NHLTradeTalkweblogo4.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With training camps fast approaching, restricted free agent Mason McTavish remains unsigned \u2014 and teams are reportedly beginning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5103],"tags":[265,5,3043,264,21,5147,4,2175],"class_list":{"0":"post-152466","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal-canadiens","8":"tag-canadiens","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-mason-mctavish","11":"tag-montreal","12":"tag-montreal-canadiens","13":"tag-montrealcanadiens","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-top-story"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/114992433291672229","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}