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NHL Rumors: Tampa Bay Lightning, Colorado Avalanche, and the Montreal Canadiens

Mark Easson 07/04/2025
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The Tampa Bay Lightning remain on the lookout, while the Colorado Avalanche are assessing. The Montreal Canadiens don't expect to accomplish everything.
Nov 18, 2024; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher (11) celebrates with teammate defenseman Mike Matheson (8) after scoring a goal against the Edmonton Oilers during the second period at the Bell Centre. Mandatory Credit: Eric Bolte-Imagn Images
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The Tampa Bay Lightning remain on the lookout

Benjamin Pierce: Tampa Bay Lightning GM Julien BriseBois after day two of free agency.

“We will remain on the lookout between now and the start of the season, between now and the trade deadline. It’s a luxury (cap space) we haven’t had in the past. It might also mean we can carry more players and there’s more internal competition for ice time, which is also healthy, but I don’t expect us to be very active.”

The Colorado Avalanche are assessing ways to improve on the free agent and trade market

Evan Rawal: The Colorado Avalanche have spoken with their UFA defenseman Erik Johnson and a few others. GM Chris MacFarland said they’ll sit back and assess what is still out there.

The free agent market doesn’t bear much that would improve their team at a reasonable price. They’ll take a look at the trade market.

Although it’s possible, it would be a surprise if they did nothing before the start of training camp.

The Montreal Canadiens don’t expect to accomplish everything at once

The Fourth Period: Montreal Canadiens GM Kent Hughes thinks they’re a better team on paper, but he’ll continue to call teams to see if there are ways to make them even better. Kirby Dach could be their opening day second-line center, but they are still in the market for a 2C.

“The reality is, we’re not going to put the perfect team together over the course of one summer,” Hughes said. “We recognize we have other things we’d like to accomplish… I don’t see us accomplishing everything all at once.”

The Canadiens and St. Louis Blues couldn’t work out a Jordan Kyrou trade, so they pivoted to a Zach Bolduc for Logan Mailloux deal.

There have been rumors that the Canadiens could look at trading Brendan Gallagher and Mike Matheson. Gallagher isn’t expected to be traded. Matheson carries a $4.875 million cap hit and is in the last year of his deal, with an eight-team no-trade list.

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TAGGED:Brendan GallagherColorado AvalancheJordan KyrouKirby DachMike MathesonMontreal CanadiensTampa Bay Lightning

Offer Sheet Compensation

<$1.54M no comp
$1.54M – $2.34M: 3rd
$2.34M – $4.68M: 2nd
$4.68M – $7.02M: 1st, 3rd
$7.02M – $9.36M: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
$9.36M – $11.7M: 1st, 1st, 2nd, 3rd
$11.7M+: 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st,

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June 27th-28th: 2025 NHL Draft
July 1st: Start of free agency

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