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All the latest Habs news, recent Montreal Canadiens stories, as well as information from around the National Hockey League.<\/p>\n

Habs News<\/p>\n

The Montreal Canadiens have several options when it comes to Jeff Petry, including keeping him in the lineup indefinitely, trading him<\/a> without retaining any salary, and, of course, retaining more salary to entice teams to offer a better return. With that in mind, let\u2019s take a look at the projected lineup with and without Petry in the lineup, as well as the salary cap implications of various scenarios. [Canadiens Projected Lineup And Salary Cap With\/Without Petry<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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National Hockey Now Network<\/p>\n

Kyle Dubas finally got his man. On Sunday, the new Pittsburgh Penguins GM snagged reigning Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson from the San Jose Sharks, in a three-team trade that also included the Montreal Canadiens and featured 12 moving pieces. Here\u2019s how the deal came together. [San Jose Sharks<\/a>]
\nRetaining early-round selections isn\u2019t easy when a GM has to deal with short-term objectives, and even if he does, identifying teenagers who can be developed into NHL contributors can be like trying to carve steam with a chisel. Exhibit A: Nathan Legare. [Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>]
\nFrom the moment that Jake Walman and Moritz Seider were paired on the Detroit Red Wings defence last season, it was like peanut butter and jam, fish and chips, or Abbott and Costello. They clicked instantly. [Detroit Red Wings<\/a>]
\nNathan MacKinnon was obviously going to be among the top centres in the NHL, and anyone who\u2019s not a lunatic would have him in their top 5, but where did the NHL ultimately place him? [Colorado Avalanche<\/a>]
\nPhiladelphia Flyers goalie prospect Ivan Fedotov is in Russia, presumably, waiting for the resolution of his contract dispute, preparing for another hockey season. The Flyers and the NHL believe they have a valid contract with Fedotov. So does Russia\u2019s Kontinental Hockey League. [Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>]
\nThe Vegas Golden Knights have had no shortage of drama in the crease. A bloody sword, mounting injuries, and Robin Lehner\u2019s snake farm \u2014 it is impossible to surprise a Golden Knights fan. [Vegas Golden Knights<\/a>]
\nAfter going through his first-ever arbitration process and hearing, Boston Bruins Jeremy Swayman made it clear that he holds \u2018no ill will\u2019 against the Bruins after being awarded a one-year, $3.47 million contract following a July 30 arbitration hearing. [Boston Bruins<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\t\tMarc has been covering the Habs for over a decade. He previously worked for Journal Metro, The Athletic, The … More about 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…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5103],"tags":[265,32872,1526,5,4116,1749,264,21,5147,4,52523,6943,3926,52524],"class_list":["post-421590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal-canadiens","tag-canadiens","tag-habs-lines","tag-habs-news","tag-hockey","tag-jeff-petry","tag-kent-hughes","tag-montreal","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-montrealcanadiens","tag-nhl","tag-potential-trades","tag-projected-lineup","tag-salary-cap","tag-salary-retention"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115938700378987147","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421590","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=421590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}