The Canadiens are looking to add forwards, according to Elliotte Friedman

From Friedman’s comments, we understand that the Canadiens are looking for forwards (with an “s”). However, he didn’t name any players the Canadiens might be interested in.

These forwards would be of particular help to Ivan Demidov, who will begin his NHL rookie season this fall. Understandably, Kent Hughes has no desire to line up his young prodigy with the likes of Patrik Laine and Alex Newhook.

The experience with Newhook was incredible in Demidov’s first game, but the craziness faded a little after that. Not to mention that, the way things are going, Laine isn’t likely to stay in Montreal much longer.

Friedman also believes that these new players should be players who could grow up with Demidov. This idea is a little vague, but we can deduce that it would be a young player or a veteran who still has a few years ahead of him to guide the Habs’ young prospects.

Now, how would Kent Hughes go about getting his hands on such a player?

The idea of trading the Canadiens’ first two picks to move up in the draft isn’t a bad one, but if Hughes wants to go after second-line forwards, expect him to abandon the idea of advancing at auction in order to use them to improve the team now.

That’s if Hughes decides to pick up these players in a trade. Several players will be available “for free” on the free agent market. However, the Canadiens’ GM must be wary of overbidding to avoid ending up with another bad contract.

Kent Hughes, however, is a big fan of transactions at the draft. A transaction could therefore take place at the next NHL auction, hopefully more successful than that of a certain Kirby Dach.

Overtime

– Wow!

– Alex Newhook’s sister could become a star in the LPHF.

– A second home run in his last four games.

– Good news.