Patrik Laine: Another Club to Watch

I don’t know which team Patrik Laine will sign with this summer. But I do know it won’t be the Canadiens.

Because, in reality, there are several teams interested in signing Laine—who is talented—to a contract structured around bonuses.

If you perform, you get paid… and part of the money can be deferred to the 2027–2028 salary cap. It's ideal.

Over the past few weeks, it's become clear that, even though Laine isn't the most attractive prospect on the free-agent market right now, he remains an option to keep an eye on.

The Wild, the Lightning, the Flames, and the Kings (a team that's come up frequently in discussions since the trade deadline) are names that have been mentioned recently.

And now we have to add another team to the list of organizations to watch.

In an article published on The Athletic, Vince Z. Mercogliano noted that Chris Drury's (Rangers) interest wasn't clear. So that means the team is considering it—otherwise, it would be clear.