{"id":419732,"date":"2026-01-21T12:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/419732\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:20:13","slug":"canadiens-talks-with-flyers-3-way-trade-makar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/419732\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens Talks With Flyers, 3-Way Trade, Makar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Montreal Canadiens had kicked tires on another potential cap-dump deal with the Philadelphia Flyers before trading for Sean Monahan.<\/p>\n<p>A three-way trade took place in the NHL before the NHL Roster Freeze.<\/p>\n<p>That, Montreal Canadiens news and more in the latest MHN Canadiens Daily below:<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n<p>The Montreal Canadiens\u00a0had kicked tires on another potential cap-dump deal with the <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.nationalhockeynow.com\/2022\/12\/19\/montreal-canadiens-philadelphia-flyers-monahan-wasnt-canadiens-only-cap-dump-this-summer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadiens have quite a few impressive prospects in the CHL, but forward <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.nationalhockeynow.com\/2022\/12\/19\/canadiens-riley-kidney-on-the-move-teams-in-hot-pusuit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Riley Kidney<\/a> is attracting some serious interest in the QMJHL.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadiens have tried almost everything to get their power play going, but the solution to their woes may be right under their noses, in <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.nationalhockeynow.com\/2022\/12\/19\/montreal-canadiens-have-the-solution-to-their-power-play-woes-kaiden-guhle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kaiden Guhle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>National Hockey Now<\/p>\n<p>CGY: Elias Lindholm\u2019s performance for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calgaryhockeynow.com\/2022\/12\/19\/elias-lindholm-calgary-flames-nhl-goals-assists-point-per-game-gaudreau-tkachuk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Calgary Flames<\/a> on Sunday night was one that keeps on giving.<\/p>\n<p>NYI: Cale Makar has a hilarious reaction after <a href=\"https:\/\/nyihockeynow.com\/new-york-islanders-colorado-avalanche-cale-makar-mathew-barzal-sportsmanship-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Islanders<\/a> forward Mat Barzal appeared to trip him.<\/p>\n<p>BOS: The <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonhockeynow.com\/2022\/12\/18\/report-smith-placed-on-waivers-by-boston-bruins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Bruins<\/a> are winning hockey games despite being amidst a very difficult salary cap crunch that forced them to put a valuable forward on waivers.<\/p>\n<p>PGH: Hockey Night in Canada analyst Jeff Marek put forth a player on the NHL trade block who has ties to <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/potential-pittsburgh-penguins-trade-fit-emerges-ties-ron-hextall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> GM Ron Hextall and could very well be a fit for the Penguins.<\/p>\n<p>PHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/phillyhockeynow.com\/2022\/12\/19\/philadelphia-flyers-kevin-hayes-on-john-tortorella-benching-it-wasnt-warranted-disagrees-columbus-blue-jackets-new-york-rangers-torts-chuck-fletcher\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> forward Kevin Hayes talked about coach John Tortorella\u2019s decision to sit the FLyers\u2019 leading scorer.<\/p>\n<p>WSH: The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonhockeynow.com\/2022\/12\/19\/washington-capitals-tj-oshie-health-cap-moves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Capitals<\/a> face some tough salary cap questions as Nicklas Backstrom continues to make progress\u00a0in his recovery.<\/p>\n<p>FLA: The <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/florida-panthers-part-of-3-way-trade-get-givani-smith-from-wings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Panthers<\/a> were part of a three-way trade on Monday, sending veteran defenseman Michael Del Zotto to Anaheim while acquiring forward Givani Smith from Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>DET: Givani Smith\u2019s time with the <a href=\"https:\/\/detroithockeynow.com\/2022\/12\/19\/red-wings-move-out-smith-in-three-team-deal-czarnik-clears-waivers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Red Wings<\/a>, as he was involved in a three-way trade that brought in Danny O\u2019Regan.<\/p>\n<p>VGK: The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vegashockeynow.com\/2022\/12\/18\/vegas-golden-knights-prospects-world-juniors-2023-matyas-sapovaliv-zach-dean\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a>\u00a0will have four prospects in action at the 2023 World Junior Championship in Halifax and Moncton<\/p>\n<p>SJS:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/san-jose-sharks-tomas-hertl-elias-lindholm-suspension\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Sharks<\/a> forward Tomas Hertl has been suspended for two games for this high sticking on Elias Lindholm.<\/p>\n<p>DAL: The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallashockeynow.com\/2022\/12\/16\/stars-young-corps-and-prospects-recognized-in-tsns-core-4-rankings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Stars<\/a> have an elite group of young players. In fact, when you really look into their kids, they possess the perfect successful tier system that all clubs desire.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768998012_406_07ba55ead0c73509df880c421e3023e5ac7c7d9f55b4c9b9a5aeeb184bcdf689.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tMarc  has  been  covering  the  Habs  for  over  a  decade.  He  previously  worked  for  Journal  Metro,  The  Athletic,  The  &#8230; More about <a class=\"more-bio\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/author\/marc-dumont\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Dumont<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Montreal Canadiens had kicked tires on another potential cap-dump deal with the Philadelphia Flyers before trading for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5112],"tags":[426,532,95,254,974,26,977,971,144,155,147,2178,10560,57,1468,2656,5,1041,3724,1800,3550,1037,7621,19428,976,1748,1749,4687,502,412,94,8297,21,159,4,4433,975,3568,3046,1467,56,5205,100,1945,768,39,109],"class_list":["post-419732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia-flyers","tag-alex-ovechkin","tag-auston-matthews","tag-boston-bruins","tag-brad-marchand","tag-brendan-gallagher","tag-calgary-flames","tag-christian-dvorak","tag-cole-caufield","tag-colorado-avalanche","tag-connor-mcdavid","tag-dallas-stars","tag-david-pastrnak","tag-filip-mesar","tag-florida-panthers","tag-flyers","tag-habs","tag-hockey","tag-jack-eichel","tag-jake-allen","tag-jason-robertson","tag-jeff-gorton","tag-jonathan-drouin","tag-jonathan-huberdeau","tag-jordan-harris","tag-juraj-slafkovsky","tag-kaiden-guhle","tag-kent-hughes","tag-kirby-dach","tag-lane-hutson","tag-martin-st-louis","tag-matthew-tkachuk","tag-mike-hoffman","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-new-york-islanders","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-trade","tag-nick-suzuki","tag-owen-beck","tag-patrice-bergeron","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-flyers","tag-philadelphiaflyers","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-sean-monahan","tag-sidney-crosby","tag-vegas-golden-knights","tag-washington-capitals"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419732","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=419732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}