The success of the Blues could open the door to several offer sheets

Seeing Marc Bergevin try to “steal” Sebastian Aho from the Carolina Hurricanes by taking advantage of the franchise’s financial issues, only to see the opposing GM retaliate with a revenge operation by offering a disproportionate contract to the former third overall pick of the Canadiens… It doesn’t give many people the desire to repeat the experience.

And that’s even if the Canadiens didn’t do too badly with a first-round pick (which might have been better used somewhere else than on Christian Dvorak) and a third-round pick that became Adam Engstrom. KK isn’t burning up the league either.

On the other hand, seeing Doug Armstrong steal a 23-year-old forward who scored 58 points in 72 games and a top-4 defenseman at 23 from the Stanley Cup finalists, in exchange for a second-round pick and a third-round pick… That can be tempting.

This is what Mathias Brunet pointed out in his column setting the stage for the Canadiens-Blues game, on BPM Sports.

“I have the impression, because it’s Armstrong, a highly respected guy in the business, that there will be a lot more on the offer sheet market this summer.”

– Mathias Brunet

Martin Lemay responds, with reason, that the increase in the salary cap may counterbalance the ambitions of NHL GMs, considering that teams have been “at the throat” since the pandemic. After all, if they had $7 million in cap space, the Oilers would have matched.

The Blues have been talked about a lot today on BPM. Bob Hartley was also asked if the Blues under Jim Montgomery would repeat the exploits of those under Craig Berube.

One thing is certain, the recent streak by St. Louis comes with nuances. Of the team’s last 13 wins, 8 were against clubs that are now far from the playoffs. However, they did beat Washington and Colorado last month. They have, however, lost to the Oilers, Panthers, Jets, and Stars.

The Canadiens, since the 4 Nations, have a record of 4-1-3 against playoff teams and a record of 4-0-1 against non-playoff teams.

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