{"id":421153,"date":"2026-01-22T05:33:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T05:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/421153\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T05:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T05:33:17","slug":"canadiens-trade-up-options-drouin-a-fit-in-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/421153\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens Trade Up Options, Drouin A Fit In Colorado?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All the latest Habs news, recent Montreal Canadiens stories, as well as information from around the National Hockey League.<\/p>\n<p>Habs News<\/p>\n<p>National Hockey Now Network<\/p>\n<p>For years, fans have dreamt of reuniting Drouin and MacKinnon on the Avalanche; it never made sense. Does it finally make sense now?[<a href=\"https:\/\/coloradohockeynow.com\/2023\/05\/15\/does-jonathan-drouin-make-sense-for-the-avalanche\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a>]<br \/>\nAnother playoff season\u2013another disappointing exit for the Edmonton Oilers. It\u2019s an important lesson for the Chicago Blackhawks.[<a href=\"https:\/\/chicagohockeynow.com\/2023\/05\/15\/edmontons-woes-should-be-a-cautionary-tale-for-the-blackhawks\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a>]<br \/>\nThe rumours and wait surrounding the potential Pittsburgh Penguins play for Kyle Dubas to be the franchise\u2019s next GM appear to be coming to a head. Elliotte Friedman had the scoop Monday on his 32 Thoughts\u00a0podcast, at least from the Toronto perspective. [<a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/kyle-dubas-pittsburgh-penguins-gm-elliotte-friedman-reports-maple-leafs-want-him-back\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>]<br \/>\nIt\u2019s not Connor Bedard, but the Washington Capitals will add a high-potential prospect in June\u2019s NHL draft. Here are some of the options available.[<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonhockeynow.com\/washington-capitals-mock-draft-matvei-michkov\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Washington Capitals<\/a>]<br \/>\nThe Vegas Golden Knights defeated the potent Edmonton Oilers in six games to punch their ticket to the Western Conference Finals, but are they now the odds-on favourites to win the Stanley Cup? [<a href=\"https:\/\/vegashockeynow.com\/2023\/05\/15\/vegas-golden-knights-stanley-cup-favorites-jack-eichel-its-time\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a>]<br \/>\nNaturally, all the talk around the San Jose Sharks and the Draft is about the No. 4 pick. But of course, the Sharks have another first-rounder, acquired from the New Jersey Devils in February for Timo Meier. Here\u2019s who San Jose could be picking with that selection.[<a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/san-jose-sharks-dragicevic-bonk-chris-peters-first-round\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">San Jose Sharks<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769059997_694_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":"All the latest Habs news, recent Montreal Canadiens stories, as well as information from around the National Hockey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[462],"tags":[95,4216,96,2656,5,1037,21,4,465,466,168],"class_list":{"0":"post-421153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl-draft","8":"tag-boston-bruins","9":"tag-canadiens-prospects","10":"tag-chicago-blackhawks","11":"tag-habs","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-jonathan-drouin","14":"tag-montreal-canadiens","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-nhl-draft","17":"tag-nhl-entry-draft","18":"tag-san-jose-sharks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115937123766639612","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421153","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=421153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}