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'The Canadiens are interested in Ryan O’Reilly'

Originally posted on Dose.ca | Last updated Nov 26, 2025 10:26 AM ET

Let’s talk about the Canadiens.

The Habs need help at forward, center and in a pool of veteran players who have already won something significant. Ideally, it looks like this. No?

What are the targets? There are undoubtedly… many.

But for now, we need to focus on the teams that have a real chance of selling. Sidney Crosby is all well and good, but right now, it’s just not realistic.

Case in point? The Preds, for whom nothing is going right.

“I’m not worried about what people think.@PredsNHL GM Barry Trotz is managing the worst team in the NHL, a coach many think should be fired and veterans that teams are already calling about.

Inside the mess in Nashville and what’s ahead for them:https://t.co/DsxiJuLB5s

– Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) November 25, 2025

The Predators have center players. The Predators often send scouts to Canadiens games. The Predators want young players to rejuvenate themselves.

And yesterday, on the Insider Trading segment, Pierre LeBrun (TSN) had this to say:

“The Canadiens have interest in Ryan O’Reilly.” – Pierre LeBrun

INSIDER TRADING..

– Trade chatter around Canucks
– Where Predators go from here
– Hart on track for NHL return next week
– Average NHL team now worth $2B
– Caufield and others making OLY decisions tough for USA Hockey

WATCH: https://t.co/txDXxry2LI pic.twitter.com/6Gt8BscYyW

– TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) November 25, 2025

We know that the Nashville club, in return for Ryan O’Reilly (if he’s traded, obviously), will want to get a first-round pick and a good quality prospect.

Will the price be the same in March? Would Kent Hughes be willing to pay that for a guy like O’Reilly? Would the main interested party (who doesn’t have a no-trade clause, but could be treated with respect) like to play in Montreal?

These are some of the questions that arise with regard to someone who’s on the salary cap for $4.5 million a year for another 19 months.

I wonder how much the Predators, renowned for knowing how to develop defensemen, like the profile of David Reinbacher or even Adam Engstrom…

overtime

– Interesting.

The average price of an @NHL team is now $2.2B, hockey has now surpassed @MLB in this regard, imagine that.

This despite the fact that baseball plays 162 games and in stadiums that can hold far more spectators. So how do you explain it?

Gary … https://t.co/FLDbkM5T05

– Jeremy Filosa (@JeremyFilosa) November 26, 2025

– True.

How do you like Zachary Bolduc’s first quarter of the season? pic.twitter.com/02kIkeP3Nf

– BPM Sports (@BPMSportsRadio) November 26, 2025

– It’s coming.

november 26…In one month (to the day) start of #MondialJunior 2026 in Minnesota

The great #holiday tradition returns this year #RDS

– Stephane Leroux (@StephRDSJunior) November 26, 2025

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