Montreal Canadiens center Christian Dvorak. Marc DesRosiers-Imagn Images

Canadiens reportedly remove two players from trade market

Originally posted on Habs Fanatics | By Elias Adaime | Last updated Mar 2, 2025 1:15 PM ET

The recent winning streak of the Montreal Canadiens will inevitably force general manager Kent Hughes to change his plans.

For the past few weeks, numerous highly reliable sources have painted a clear picture of the Canadiens players who were placed on the trade market.

We're talking about Jake Evans, Joel Armia, Christian Dvorak, David Savard and Michael Pezzetta.

However, two names from this list are reportedly no longer as available Sunday, and two names from this list are no longer as likely to be traded before the March 7 deadline.

Christian Dvorak and David Savard: Don't expect them to be traded

That's what TVA Sports journalist Renaud Lavoie stated last night.

In Dvorak's case, it is assumed that Kirby Dach's serious injury makes him important to the team for the rest of the season. As for Savard, there is clearly no intention of trading him for a fourth- or fifth-round pick, which makes perfect sense in my opinion.

Hughes' reasoning in these cases seems fairly obvious.

If he receives first- or second-round picks for Savard and Dvorak, he will obviously listen, but he no longer actively wants to trade them. More importantly, he clearly does not want to trade them for late-round draft picks.

At this point, they are far more valuable to the team than a fourth-round draft pick would be.

This will be something to watch leading up to Friday and throughout the week.

This article first appeared on Habs Fanatics and was syndicated with permission.

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