David Savard May Be in Play for the Montreal Canadiens
Dave Pagnotta of the Fourth Interval joined Sirius XM NHL Community Radio Energy Play section on Tuesday with Steve Kouleas and Craig Button and was requested about Montreal Canadiens defenseman David Savard and is there a staff keen to pay the value to accumulate him.
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Craig Button: “I’m going to ask you about Montreal. And Steve had requested me right here a bit of bit earlier concerning the Canadiens, however I need to zero in on David Savard. There’s going to be plenty of groups, as we get nearer to the deadline, into the brand new 12 months, they’re going to be on the lookout for precisely that kind of participant, if not that participant. Primary, the primary a part of my query, David is that one thing all Canadiens are keen to take heed to proper now? And are there groups that will be finest served to leap out on that earlier slightly than later?”
Dave Pagnotta: “I feel, I feel sure. Brief reply on the primary half is sure. I feel Ken Hughes and the Canadiens would definitely be keen to pay attention now on David Savard. I feel they may need to push issues off to attempt to maximize that return in a while within the season.
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I don’t know a staff proper now could be going to make a play for him by way of giving up an honest asset to tug it off now, versus possibly in a pair months, plenty of groups attempt to get forward of not less than. The pattern we’ve seen in the previous few years has been groups making an attempt to get forward of the curve by making strikes in direction of January, finish of January, type of zone.
Even late, like final season, I feel the Bo Horvat deal that occurs proper earlier than the All-Star Recreation, and that type of was the primary massive domino to type of drop round commerce season. And I feel you’re going to see probably Savard having that chance for the Canadiens anyway, having the chance to maneuver him a bit of bit earlier, possibly a month to 6 weeks forward of the deadline at the start of March, and he’s definitely going to be a main goal.
He’s received $3.5 million cap hit. He’s on an expiring deal. The Canadiens have one retention slot left of their roster the place they’ll add to be retained, as much as 50% of the contract. So three and a half divided by two, 1.75 he’s going to be a really engaging piece.
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It’s actually going to return all the way down to the kind of value a staff needs to pay. When he was traded to Tampa throughout their run a few years in the past, and I imagine it was a three-way commerce, if I’m not mistaken. I feel there was extra retention on his wage. It prices Tampa first-round choose. I don’t know if the Canadiens will get a first-round choose now this season, however they may definitely push it in the event that they’re in the event that they’re coughing up half of that contract positively going to be a excessive commodity you’re proper.
And I can definitely see a staff, and I feel this has been urged earlier than out West, the Edmonton Oilers trying so as to add a participant of his caliber to their again finish in a while within the season, to type of strengthen themselves defensively, but in addition add a bit of bit of additional meat and muscle on the blue line.”
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