Canadiens Exploring Carey Price Move to Western Team; Reported Benchmark Value Revealed
Discussions are intensifying around Carey Price's contract, and his acquisition by a Western Conference team is now more likely than ever.
The Canadiens fans' ordeal could end in the next few days-or even the next few hours. Once Price's contract is traded, things can get serious again, and life can start turning normally.
Let's first recap the echoes of the past few days: Carey Price-whose latest bonus was paid this morning-is now easily tradable to a team with plenty of salary cap space.
Three teams seem favored to make a deal with the Canadiens: the Sharks, the Penguins, and the Blackhawks, but the Sharks appear to have a slight edge, according to TVA Sports journalist Nicolas Cloutier.
The Canadiens Are Working Hard to Limit the Cost of Trading Price's Contract
On his X (Twitter) account, Nicolas Cloutier confirmed two important points in the past few hours.
First, discussions have indeed taken place between the two teams. Second, the reason a trade hasn't been completed yet is that the Canadiens don't want to pay too high a price to make this deal happen. Nicolas Cloutier even reports that the Canadiens want to base it on the value of Shea Weber at the time he was traded to Vegas, before Vegas later traded him to Arizona.
"The reason SJ [San Jose] is often mentioned is that discussions have taken place and it's a logical candidate. But too often, we develop tunnel vision when there's a lot of buzz around one team; however, nothing is done yet and Hughes is a very creative GM. What we do know, however, is that it is truly in the Canadiens' interest to get rid of Price's contract."
-Nicolas Cloutier
-Nicolas Cloutier
"Weber's trade to the Hawks serves as a benchmark."
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The colleague 'renlavoietva' provided very insightful information.
- The fact that all teams respect the salary floor is detrimental to Hughes
- A club might request a 2nd round pick - which Hughes will refuse to give up
- This trade is seen as essential for the CH, who want to acquire a center player
- The GMs will soon meet in Detroit, which could accelerate negotiations
- Several teams might quickly give up after a poor start to the season and liquidate their assets
-Nicolas Cloutier
The colleague 'renlavoietva' provided very insightful information.
- The fact that all teams respect the salary floor is detrimental to Hughes
- A club might request a 2nd round pick - which Hughes will refuse to give up
- This trade is seen as essential for the CH, who want to acquire a center player
- The GMs will soon meet in Detroit, which could accelerate negotiations
- Several teams might quickly give up after a poor start to the season and liquidate their assets
-Nicolas Cloutier
One thing is certain: as soon as the trade is completed, we'll let you know. Fingers crossed this gets resolved quickly!
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