Montreal Canadiens, they want a second-line center, how much does Sidney Crosby cost?
sports network: Renaud Lavoie talks the Montreal Canadiens and their need for a second-line center.
** Transcribed by NHLRumors.com
Lavoie: “What teams are looking for right now is, you know, a second-line center that they hope to acquire at some point. But obviously they’re not the only ones.
What’s out there? A few people have mentioned it, and I think Montreal and a few other teams are probably waiting to see what happens with Sidney Crosby. If one day Sydney wants to leave the Pittsburgh Penguins and say, “I, you know what, I want to win another Stanley Cup.” I think the Canadians in Montreal need to be ready for that. So they need some cap space. They need to make sure that, you know, they don’t get handcuffed. So, we’ll see.
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I’m referring to Sidney Crosby. Could it be, could it be another really good center? So they’re going to be patient because right now they’re, they’re, they’re in no rush to make this move, you know. But at the same time, there’s a reason why they traded Kyrie’s price contract before training camp started. It’s important for them to create some cap space. You know, if there was a team ready to do real business, I think Canadians would have a real open mind.
That’s it, that’s it. They’re now looking for second-tier emotions. If it’s Sydney, Crosby, I’m pretty sure my friend Nick Suzuki is going to be ready to be the second line forward and center, I should say, with Sydney being the first line center. But we will, we will cross, you know when we get close to the river, that bridge. “
Nick Kypreos: “Rene, you don’t know our show. We’ve crossed that bridge now, my friend. We’ve crossed it now.”
So, okay, you, hey, you brought it up. We did it. So let’s, I want to take one more step, I want to go ahead and get your input.
Lavoie: “Do you want to try again?
Kypreos: “Yeah, from a different perspective. Well, let’s say Sid is ready and he chooses the Montreal Canadiens.
Lavoie: “Yes.
Kypreos: “How do you want this deal to be done?
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Lavoie: “You know, that’s, that’s, probably the million dollar question because I’m pretty sure Sidney if, that’s a big if, right, what’s the chance of it happening? Is it 30 percent? Is it lower than that? Yeah, I don’t know.
Okay, but if it did happen and he chose the Montreal Canadiens, the Pittsburgh Penguins wouldn’t have much leverage. If he said this is Montreal, or I’m not going anywhere, or, you know.
But knowing the Canucks’ front office, obviously you can talk about a first-round pick here. But after that, they may look to the Montreal Canadiens’ D-core. May I? David David Reinbacher? He is a right-shooting defenseman. It could be someone else on the roster, like Oliver Kapanen, who is trying to figure out the league right now. But he’s playing much better now than when he first joined the NHL a year ago. So I believe you have to throw the pick. You have to field some really good young players.
But that’s all I’m saying, because you’re not going to, you’re not going to jeopardize the future of the team by offering five bucks to a player who’s about to finish his contract, which could be in Montreal or wherever he wants to play. If he still wants to play for Pittsburgh, there obviously won’t be a trade. But could it be Colorado? Could it be Los Angeles? We don’t know.
But right now, I believe what the Pittsburgh Penguins are looking for is youth and draft picks. They’re in rebuilding mode, so we’ll see how things pan out. But don’t, don’t expect Juraj Slafkovsky to be traded, or Cole Caufield to be traded, or Kaiden Guhle to be traded. I don’t believe that this is going to be, I don’t believe that this is going to happen.
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