«It is rumored behind the scenes that the Montreal Canadiens were among the teams trying to acquire goaltender Yaroslav Askarov. And over the summer, rumors linked the Canadiens to
Rutger McGroarty, Martin Necas, and Trevor Zegras.»
- TVASports.ca
«The Canadiens are involved in several matters,» confirmed Renaud Lavoie on Monday on BPM Sports radio. «Maybe a little less now that the Laine situation is resolved, but for all the names you just mentioned, there have been discussions with the Canadiens.»