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Deadline: Canadiens players want help
Marc-Olivier Cook
Deadline: Canadiens players want help
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The players of the Canadian team believe in their chances of participating in the playoffs.

They have won their last five games… And they seem to be on a mission right now.

This is also one of the reasons why several guys sent a message to Kent Hughes, saying they wanted to see the group remain intact.

But it goes even further than that.

The players do not just want Hughes to keep his team: they also want the general manager to be able to help them by Friday, the trade deadline in the NHL.

Tony Marinaro talked about it on his show today:

Wanting the team to stay intact and wanting help… These are two different things.

But it adds even more importance to the fact that right now, the players do not want to lose.

The players want to have the best chances of winning every night to improve their chances of participating in the playoffs, and if Kent Hughes can do something to help them, they will be satisfied.

Seeing the Canadian general manager take this path – even if we know he does not want to sacrifice his future to help the team in the short term – would also send a big message in the locker room.

This would add fuel and it’s certain that it would motivate the players to give even more on the ice.

There is a chance that this will not happen, however. Again, Kent Hughes will not panic and pay a high price to go get a rental player because it’s not part of his plan.

But if the general manager has the opportunity to improve his team without necessarily hurting his bank of picks and his bank of prospects, it’s certain that he will look at his options.

To be continued. And it will be interesting to see if Hughes will (again) please his players, after the signing of Evans yesterday…


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