The 2026 NHL trade deadline is rapidly approaching, and the Montreal Canadiens are undoubtedly a team to watch because of it. With the Canadiens being one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference, they should be looking to add to their roster.<\/p>\n
One area that the Canadiens could aim to improve is their blueline. Bringing in another right-shot defenseman would be beneficial for the Habs, and they have a solid potential option to consider in New York Rangers blueliner Braden Schneider.<\/p>\n
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With the Rangers announcing that they are retooling, Schneider has been creating plenty of chatter as a trade candidate. With Schneider being a former first-round pick and 24 years old, he has the potential to generate a lot of trade interest leading up to the deadline. This is especially so when noting that he is also a big right-shot defenseman, which is something contenders will forever value.<\/p>\n
If the Canadiens landed Schneider, he would have the potential to give their right side a nice boost. The Canadiens have found success taking chances on young players with good upside, so it could make a lot of sense for them to take a chance on a defenseman like Schneider. The possibility of him hitting a new level is still there, and he could benefit from playing on an exciting team on the rise like Montreal.<\/p>\n
It will be interesting to see if the Canadiens end up making a push for Schneider, but the fit looks solid on paper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 NHL trade deadline is rapidly approaching, and the Montreal Canadiens are undoubtedly a team to watch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5111],"tags":[5169,2217,5,21,3328,35,5190,5193,4,548,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-477633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-rangers","8":"tag-braden-schneider","9":"tag-eastern-conference","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-montreal-canadiens","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-rangers","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkrangers","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-nhl-trade-deadline","18":"tag-rangers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116150187011447557","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477633","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=477633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}