The Minnesota Wild and Quinn Hughes are talking this week
Michael Russo: Believe that Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin will be meeting up Quinn Hughes and his agents this week in Michigan (if they’ve haven’t already met this week). The Wild will be looking to extend Hughes for five to eight years, but Hughes could be looking for three years to become a UFA at the same time as his brother Jack’s deal expires in New Jersey.
Could the Montreal Canadiens be interested in a reclamation project from Columbus?
The Starr & D’Amico Show: Shaun Starr and Marco D’Amico talking about Columbus Blue Jackets forward Kent Johnson as a potential fallback if a Kirill Marchenko trade doesn’t happen. D’Amico would be a bit surprised if the Canadiens were interested in something like that.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Starr: “Columbus Blue Jackets forward Kent Johnson, who’s going to turn 24 in mid-October. And this is someone that plays on the left side, winger, the top six player for the Columbus Blue Jackets. But you dive into his numbers, and they’re not that great.
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So, what do you make of Kent Johnson, arguably as a Plan B fallback option, if, for example, the Kirill Marchenko deal doesn’t come to to the reality? And is Kent Johnson that’s a player profile that, in your opinion, fits what the Montreal Canadiens are trying to do?
D’Amico: “Like I don’t know that anything is imminent right now, as early as my information came in on, on Friday and Saturday. You know, obviously things can change at this portion of the summer, but I would be surprised if the Canadians would try another reclamation project like that. I would.
And for the Columbus Blue Jackets, he’s at $1.8 million cap hit. Like, even if he marginally bounces back, which is expected no matter where he goes, it’s a contract year. He’d still be a very good value on the salary cap. So to me, like, he has bounced back written all over it, but is it to the point where he fills a legitimate need for the Montreal Canadiens?”
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