{"id":96534,"date":"2020-12-31T08:30:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T13:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=96534"},"modified":"2020-12-30T20:07:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T01:07:42","slug":"nhl-rumours-canadiens-blues-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/12\/31\/nhl-rumours-canadiens-blues-jets\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Winnipeg Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to Last Word on Hockey’s NHL Rumours series. Training camps start today for seven of the NHL’s 31 teams, putting the 2020 in the 2020-21 season. However, many teams are still in the process of finalizing their rosters as they scramble to be competitive in this shortened season. With the addition of taxi squads and a flat cap added to an already challenging 2020-21 campaign, every minute decision matters now. The Montreal Canadiens<\/a>, St. Louis Blues<\/a>, and Winnipeg Jets<\/a> are featured in today’s piece.<\/p>\n

NHL Rumours<\/h2>\n

Montreal Canadiens<\/h3>\n

Rumour: Per TVA’s Renaud Lavoie, the Canadiens were aggressively pursuing\u00a0Zdeno Chara<\/a> this offseason. He signed a one-year deal yesterday<\/a> with the Washington Capitals<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Told the @CanadiensMTL<\/a> were trying to sign Zdeno Chara. He liked the way the team was build in MTL during the off season but decided not to play for a Canadian team because of issues related to COVID-19. His family will stay in Boston during the season.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) December 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n