{"id":40674,"date":"2019-01-27T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=40674"},"modified":"2020-12-21T15:16:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T20:16:27","slug":"nhl-trade-rumours-montreal-canadiens-los-angeles-kings-tampa-bay-lightning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/01\/27\/nhl-trade-rumours-montreal-canadiens-los-angeles-kings-tampa-bay-lightning\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Trade Rumours: Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings, Tampa Bay Lightning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Sunday and it\u2019s time for another edition of out NHL trade rumours. We dissect the latest news surrounding deal coming up on the Feb. 25 trade deadline. Today we discuss rumours surrounding the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/canadiens\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/kings\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Kings<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/lightning\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We take our NHL trade rumours from the original source and they are subject to change.<\/p>\n<h1>NHL Trade Rumours<\/h1>\n<h2>Montreal Canadiens<\/h2>\n<p><em>Rumour: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/four-left-shot-defencemen-canadiens-target-trade\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Berkshire of Sportsnet<\/a> said the Habs are trying to improve the left side of their defence. This has been an issue for the last couple of seasons and general manager <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bergema01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marc Bergevin<\/a> <\/strong>is working to improve that side of the blueline.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here are 4 left-shot defencemen the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Habs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Habs<\/a> could target at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>(Via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewBerkshire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AndrewBerkshire<\/a>)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fua4iZbs19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Fua4iZbs19<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sportsnet\/status\/1088543271574482945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Analysis: Berkshire said that all four would require hefty packages to acquire a lefty defender. The article said that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/fowleca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cam Fowler<\/a> <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lindhha01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hampus Lindholm<\/a><\/strong> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/ducks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> would be good candidates. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/klefbos01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oscar Klefbom<\/a><\/strong> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/oilers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/muzzija01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Muzzin<\/a> <\/strong>of the Los Angeles Kings are also players that are worth a look.<\/p>\n<p>Klefbom is currently injured but is having a strong season. Edmonton sees itself as a playoff team, but a large return could have him going to the Canadiens. Muzzin may not be as flashy as the other defencemen, but he can shut down cycle plays.<\/p>\n<h2>Los Angeles Kings<\/h2>\n<p><em>Rumour: Speaking of Muzzin, Bob McKenzie was on TSN 1290 in Winnipeg and said the Kings are setting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholsonhockey.com\/archives\/2019\/1\/25\/mckenzie-on-astronomically-high-trade-prices\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an \u201castronomically high\u201d asking price<\/a> for the coveted blueliner. McKenzie said that Los Angeles would like a first-round pick and a high-end prospect or young player.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Analysis: The Kings are playing the long game and it makes sense to set a high bar for Muzzin. The Woodstock, Ontario native is at the top of teams wish lists. L.A. will do all they can to get fair value.<\/p>\n<p>The market is still taking shape and we\u2019re just under a month away from deadline day. Much can change in that time and a team can get desperate and meet Kings\u2019 general manager <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/blakero01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rob Blake<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s asking price.<\/p>\n<h2>Tampa Bay Lightning<\/h2>\n<p><em>Rumour: Nick Kelly of the Tampa Bay Times said that the Lightning and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pointbr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brayden Point<\/a><\/strong> won\u2019t discuss a deal until the off-season. Point becomes a restricted free agent and currently makes $919,167 at the end of his deal.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For my last \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TB_Times?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TB_Times<\/a>\u2069 piece, I turned to the only place you should turn to help explain a bunch of numbers in a simpler way \u2014 Sesame Street. <\/p>\n<p>See if you can spot the reference:  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gB7R8NzVUf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/gB7R8NzVUf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Kelly (@_NickKelly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_NickKelly\/status\/1088144887378313216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Analysis: Point is one of the league\u2019s top scorers the last two seasons and he is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/sports\/lightning\/2019\/01\/23\/brayden-point-is-one-of-the-nhls-top-goal-scorers-soon-the-lightning-may-have-to-pay-him-like-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">going to get paid like one<\/a>. The Lightning have\u00a0just\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capfriendly.com\/teams\/lightning\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over $1.7 million left in cap space of now<\/a>. They\u2019ll have to make decisions on the futures of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/stralan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anton Stralman<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/coburbr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Braydon Coburn<\/a> <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/girarda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dan Girardi<\/a><\/strong>. The new deal of<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcdonry01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan McDonagh<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0also kicks for the 2019-20 season.<\/p>\n<p>General manager Julien BriseBois will have to work the same salary cap magic that his predecessor <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/y\/yzermst01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Yzerman<\/a> <\/strong>used to weave in order to give Point the money he deserves. However, the Lightning have found ways to make it work in the past.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/11\/Jake-Muzzin.jpg\" alt=\"\">CHICAGO, IL &#8211; NOVEMBER 16: Los Angeles Kings defenseman Jake Muzzin (6) skates the ice in second period action during a NHL game between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Los Angeles Kings on November 16, 2018 at the United Center, in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Robin Alam\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Sunday and it\u2019s time for another edition of out NHL trade rumours. We dissect the latest news surrounding deal coming up on the Feb. 25 trade deadline. Today we discuss rumours surrounding the Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings and the Tampa Bay Lightning. We take our NHL trade rumours from the original source and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":38419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[2,24,7,4321,9],"tags":[3870,118,2540,656,138,567,393,78,152,5715,3885,2960,42],"class_list":["post-40674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-kings","category-canadiens","category-rumours","category-lightning","tag-2019-nhl-trade-deadline","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-brayden-point","tag-cam-fowler","tag-edmonton-oilers","tag-hampus-lindholm","tag-jake-muzzin","tag-los-angeles-kings","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-nhl-rumors","tag-nhl-trade-rumours","tag-oscar-klefbom","tag-tampa-bay-lightning"],"modified_by":"Alex Metzger, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40674","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=40674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}