On the Montreal Canadiens …
Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette: The Canadiens hold the No. 3 pick in Friday’s draft and GM Marc Bergevin is open to listening to trade offers for the pick.
“I’ll listen, I’m open,” Bergevin said about possibly trading the No. 3 pick when he met with the media Saturday morning at the Bell Centre to discuss Friday night’s deal that sent Alex Galchenyuk to the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for Max Domi. “I’ve told teams if they want to make me an offer, I’ll look at it. But again, sometimes teams don’t want to move up. As much as a team wants to move back or move up, if there’s no takers or buyers then you just sit where you’re at.”
Bergevin said that it’s quiet on that front right now. They are also still discussing who they draft at No. 3 if they hold on to the pick, there are few guys they are targeting.
There are no plans for the Canadiens to buy out anyone.
Richard Labbe of La Presse: (through google translate) According to the agent of Tomas Plekanec, Rick Curran, there is a mutual interest of Plekanec returning to the Canadiens next season.
“Tomas’s heart is still in Montreal, absolutely,” Curran said in a telephone interview. I think everyone knows that. We also know that the Canadiens would like to bring Tomas back to his ranks, as the club’s management has already indicated.”
“The Canadian will try to bring back Tomas if it is possible to do so.”
If the Canadiens were to bring back Plekanec, it would be at a much lower salary than the $6 million he made per season on his last two-year deal.
“There is a mutual interest for such a scenario between us and Montreal, but there is still much that can happen between now and the opening of market,” said Curran. It is still a little early, it will be necessary to see how the portrait will end up drawing, it will be necessary to see if the pieces are put in place or not.”