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The Wild really needs Jake Evans and Joel Armia
Charles-Alexis Brisebois
The Wild really needs Jake Evans and Joel Armia
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Will Jake Evans sign a contract extension with the Canadiens? Will he be traded? Will he be traded along with Joel Armia to increase the return value?

The answer from here… a week.

It doesn’t seem like we’re seven days away from the deadline due to the impact the Four Nations Tournament had on the market, but we’re almost there.

We often come back to Jake Evans, but he’s the most visible player for the Canadiens right now.

He really has the potential to change a team’s power play disadvantage. Especially if he goes somewhere with Joel Armia, his teammate this season with the Canadiens.

Yesterday, Pierre LeBrun said that Kent Hughes won’t let his players go for just anything since he doesn’t want to just “trade guys for the sake of trading” by March 7th.

We know there are five teams whose names come up: the Jets, the Maple Leafs, the Oilers, the Devils, and the Wild.

But what’s interesting is that among these teams, the Wild is a name that comes up a bit more. Pierre LeBrun is asking us to keep an eye on the team regarding the fourth-line players.

And here we are, after the Wild’s game yesterday, Michael Russo, who covers the team’s activities, says the Minnesota team needs to get Evans and Armia out of Montreal because their power play is a disaster.

We must not forget that the team is 30th in the NHL in power play and that Joel Eriksson Ek is injured. These are elements that can convince Bill Guerin to do everything to bring the Montreal guys to town for the playoffs.

Now it remains to be seen if the Wild’s GM is willing to pay what’s needed to the Canadiens…


In quick succession

– What’s happening at the CF Montreal camp?

– To be continued.

– Interesting.

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