Writers Weigh In: Evaluating the Sekac/Smith-Pelly trade
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Tuesday’s trade of Jiri Sekac for Devante Smith-Pelly caught everyone off guard.
Tuesday’s trade of Jiri Sekac for Devante Smith-Pelly caught everyone off guard.
The trade deadline is now less than a week away and it’s expected that GM Marc Bergevin will still look to add another player or two to the mix after making a move up front on Tuesday.
Strengths: A very strong physical player who is strong on his feet. Despite being a heavier player, he’s a good skater as well.
Marc Bergevin isn’t waiting until the trade deadline to make a deal as on Tuesday, the team announced that they have traded rookie winger Jiri Sekac to Anaheim.
It was an up-and-down week for the Habs but they did enough to pick up five of a possible eight points to stay atop the Atlantic Division standings.
With the trade deadline almost here, it’s time to take a look at the Habs’ cap situation.
There are now less than two weeks before the NHL’s Trade Deadline and there has been plenty of speculation about who the Habs should go after.
With the trade deadline now just a couple of weeks away, it’s time to kick off our annual series of preview articles assessing the likelihood that each player gets traded.
They may not have played their best hockey by any stretch but the Habs still made some noise in the standings, collecting five of a possible six points.
Tough losses to weak opponents kicked off the week for both the Habs and Bulldogs but both teams made up for their early struggles with important victories over stronger teams on the weekend.