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6 defenders in the West: the CH is not acting like a team that will trade David Savard
Félix Forget
6 defenders in the West: the CH is not acting like a team that will trade David Savard
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Over the next week, the Canadiens will be in the West. The guys are currently in Edmonton for their game tomorrow night, then they will face Calgary on Saturday before facing Vancouver and Seattle on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The deadline, for the Canadiens, it’s in the West that it will happen… except for the managers.

However, when we look at the group that is currently in the West, there is something interesting: the club only made the trip with six defensemen. Usually, a team likes to have some depth for a trip… but in the case of the Canadiens, there are only six healthy defensemen who made the trip. We’re talking about Mike Matheson, Alexandre Carrier, David Savard, Lane Hutson, Arber Xhekaj, and Jayden Struble.

And that becomes particularly interesting when we consider that among these six defensemen, there is Savard… who is at the heart of trade rumors.

This raises the following question: did the Canadiens voluntarily make the trip to the West with six defensemen knowing that they might trade one?

I’m not saying it’s impossible… but the CH is not acting like a team that will trade Savard in the next 48 hours. Really not, even.

There is a world where the CH already has guys from Laval who are ready to make the trip to replace Savard in the event of a trade, but they didn’t want to take a guy away from Pascal Vincent. That being said, we’re talking about the same team that literally did this earlier in the season with Logan Mailloux and Owen Beck, even if it put the Rocket in trouble.

It’s never say never, but all this gives me the impression that Savard can sleep easy.

This brings us back to Pierre LeBrun’s comments earlier tonight, which stated that if the CH sells, it will be either Savard or Armia who will leave, but not both. In fact, therefore, we can think that it “increases” the chances that it will be Armia who will be involved in a potential trade…

But again, Renaud Lavoie stated on TVA Sports tonight that he doesn’t expect to see Armia leave. He would be even more surprised if Savard or Dvorak left, in fact.

What we need to take away from all this is that the most likely scenario currently is that the CH will not sell before Friday. That doesn’t mean they will necessarily be buyers, but if the team travels with six defensemen (including Savard) and we don’t expect to see Armia leave, that doesn’t leave much to sell.

It could be a very quiet day for the Canadiens (as a seller, at least) on Friday, therefore.


In a hurry

– I wonder why the guys were making that face!

– 100%.

– I love.

– Ivan Provorov will not be traded before Friday.

– Same here 😅

– Hehe.

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