{"id":138304,"date":"2023-06-15T09:17:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T13:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=138304"},"modified":"2023-06-14T19:24:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T23:24:33","slug":"nhl-rumours-canadiens-and-coyotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/15\/nhl-rumours-canadiens-and-coyotes\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: Montreal Canadiens and Arizona Coyotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve got more NHL rumours to start your off-season. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/vegas-golden-knights\/\" target=\"_self\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/14\/vegas-golden-knights-win-stanley-cup-final\/\" target=\"_self\">are Stanley Cup Champions<\/a> for the first time, but there&#8217;s plenty of stuff to talk about. We&#8217;re into the off-season and teams are making moves to make cap room. Other teams are making moves to shore up a push for the Stanley Cup. Today&#8217;s NHL rumours take a look at items about the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/09\/nhl-rumour-free-agent-forwards-future-in-montreal\/\" target=\"_self\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/05\/28\/what-to-expect-from-coyotes-core-in-2023-24\/\" target=\"_self\">Arizona Coyotes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All NHL rumours come from the original source and are subject to change.<\/p>\n<h2>NHL Rumours<\/h2>\n<h3>Montreal Canadiens<\/h3>\n<p>[metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;hkn\/montreal_canadiens&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;lastwordonsports&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><em>Rumour: Frank Seravalli of The Daily Faceoff released his list of restricted free agents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/news\/mackenzie-blackwood-jesse-puljujarvi-among-rfas-who-might-not-receive-qualifying-offers-this-offseason\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">that may not get qualifying offers<\/a>. Montreal&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/guriade01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-14_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Denis Gurianov<\/a> was listed as a player that may not get a qualifying offer.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To qualify or not to qualify?<\/p>\n<p>That is the question teams are facing with these 10 RFAs. Some are cut and dried, some are facing arbitration awards that the team might not be able to risk.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NHL<\/a> qualifying offers are due June 30:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NlGOodwTMU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/NlGOodwTMU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frank_seravalli\/status\/1666800563042828291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Analysis:<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/26\/montreal-canadiens-trade-evgenii-dadonov\/\" target=\"_self\"> Gurianov came over<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/stars\/\" target=\"_self\">Dallas Stars<\/a> at the trade deadline to move the expiring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dadonev01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-14_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evgenii Dadonov<\/a> contract. The winger is due at least a $2.9 million qualifying offer before the June 30 deadline. Habs head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/stlouma01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-14_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Martin St. Louis<\/a> has done wonders with forwards like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/caufico01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-14_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cole Caufield<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/suzukni01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-14_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Suzuki<\/a>. However, Gurianov only recorded 17 points and that may not justify the dollar amount.<\/p>\n<p>Could the Canadiens give the forward another season to fix his game? Not qualifying Gurianov doesn&#8217;t mean that he&#8217;ll instantly hit the open market. The two sides could be working on a different deal. General manager Kent Hughes has done some good things to set Montreal on the right path. One wonders what the future holds for Gurianov and the Canadiens.<\/p>\n<h3>Arizona Coyotes<\/h3>\n<p>[metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;hkn\/arizona_coyotes&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;lastwordonsports&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><em>Rumour: The Athletic&#8217;s Big Board 2.0 has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/schmani01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-14_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Schmaltz<\/a> listed as the 13th overall target.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Analysis:<\/em> Arizona is trying to get maximum value and assets. Dealing Schmaltz would likely get a decent return, but there could be some complications. Schmaltz&#8217;s deal is backloaded with some big-dollar years such as $7.5 million, $8.45 million and $8.5 million. The 27-year-old also has a limited no-trade clause kicking in on July 1.<\/p>\n<p>Actual money seems to be a big issue for the Coyotes, so moving Schmaltz might be on the to-do list. Arizona also may deal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kellecl01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-14_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clayton Keller<\/a> in the off-season. The Athletic article mentioned the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/blues\/\" target=\"_self\">St. Louis Blues<\/a>, who have three first-round draft picks. Keller is a point per game player and he could be a bargain. The 24-year-old has a $7.15 million cap hit through the 2027-28 season.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: David Kirouac-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve got more NHL rumours to start your off-season. The Vegas Golden Knights are Stanley Cup Champions for the first time, but there&#8217;s plenty of stuff to talk about. We&#8217;re into the off-season and teams are making moves to make cap room. Other teams are making moves to shore up a push for the Stanley [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":138305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4321,4547,7,4548,21],"tags":[7165,3595,6126],"class_list":["post-138304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rumours","category-hockey","category-canadiens","category-nhl","category-mammoth","tag-arizona-coyotes-rumours","tag-denis-gurianov","tag-montreal-canadiens-rumours"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}