Another Trade Looming in Montreal? Three Defenseman Appear to be On the Market

Over the past few weeks, there have been numerous speculations about a potential trade involving the goaltenders of the Montreal Canadiens. However, current rumors suggest that Kent Hughes might surprise everyone by trading a young defenseman in the near future.

Indeed, according to information disclosed by Marco D'Amico and Marc Dumont during their podcast "Game Over," several defensemen of the Tricolore are currently drawing significant attention from other NHL teams. Although many fans assumed that the majority of scouts at the CH's games were there because of the Montreal goaltenders, it seems that they were actually evaluating Arber Xhekaj, Jordan Harris, and Jayden Struble.

"Do I think a left-handed defenseman will be traded by the offseason? I don't want to spill the beans, but I can confirm it. I know for a fact that several scouts are watching the Canadiens' defensemen, both in Montreal and Laval.

Before Jayden Struble was called up, there were professional scouts in Laval watching the Rocket play. Moreover, Laval doesn't have a very big arena, and you could hear their conversation, they were looking at specific guys, and I heard the names Jordan Harris, Arber Xhekaj, and Jayden Struble mentioned several times." - Marco D'Amico

It's no secret that the Montreal Canadiens have a lot of talented young defensemen. Kent Hughes is therefore likely to find himself in a situation where he will have to trade one to make room for Lane Hutson, who is increasingly knocking on the door of the NHL.

However, this surplus of defensemen is certainly a good problem for the general manager. There's no doubt that he will be able to trade one of his young players to try to acquire a forward who can play in Martin St-Louis' top-9. Let's just say that Kent Hughes will be watching the next games very closely in order to determine which defenseman he wants to trade.

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27 NOVEMBRE \| 712 ANSWERS Another Trade Looming in Montreal? Three Defenseman Appear to be On the Market Which defenseman would you trade?
Arber Xhekaj	81	11.4 %
Jordan Harris	482	67.7 %
Jayden Struble	149	20.9 %
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