Don’t Anticipate Mason McTavish To Be Traded from Anaheim
Dennis Bernstein of The Fourth Period joined TSN Radio in Montreal and was requested about Anaheim Geese RFA Mason McTavish and whether or not he may wind up in Montreal. Bernstein believes the Geese received’t commerce him, and he’ll ultimately sign up Anaheim.
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Host: “I believe individuals in Montreal are particularly questioning about Mason McTavish, who continues to be unsigned.”
Dennis Bernstein: “Yeah, properly, you’re going to should pay that participant, what, in all probability $7 million. Effectively, to begin with, he’s received to and it’s not simply, you may’t provide sheet a man, proper? You must have an settlement with him on a time period, or a contract. He’s received to need to play right here on the time period. And so the extra logical solution to purchase him can be, I believe, by means of commerce. However I don’t perceive the narrative about Mason McTavish.
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Now, I get it. They traded Zegras, however Zegras, if you take a look at these two gamers, who’s extra of a Joel Quenneville kind of participant, Trevor Zegras or Mason McTavish? It’s Mason McTavish, proper? So, and this group, I believe, was thirtieth in offense, proper? You’re going to commerce your 2C, elevate Strome to it from 3C to 2C, and assume you’re going to be higher offensively. I don’t perceive it. It’ll get performed. He has no leverage, and it would give him $5 or $6 million a 12 months, a bridge contract, proper?
So, I don’t perceive that, as a result of the place Anaheim is of their improvement, you wouldn’t commerce that participant. You wouldn’t commerce a younger 2C. Plus, I’d prefer to see him a 12 months underneath Quenneville. Like, if it doesn’t work this 12 months for him, and he doesn’t elevate like, as a result of proper now, the primary middle of the longer term in Anaheim is Leo Carlsson. Quantity two can be Mason McTavish. He can be a very stable, I believe, quantity two middle, in all probability for 10 or 12 years on this league.
So, yeah. So whereas Habs can want and hope and pray and dream that Mason McTavish can a way wind up in Montreal. I don’t see Anaheim letting go of him at this cut-off date of their improvement.”
NHLRumors.com Word: As documented on NHLRumors.com, the Mason McTavish saga continues to tug on. Anaheim Ducks GM Pat Verbeek comes from the Steve Yzerman faculty of giving gamers bridge offers popping out of entry-level. Nevertheless, the final two bridge offers Verbeek negotiated with Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale didn’t go properly, and each gamers are actually with the Philadelphia Flyers.
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Nevertheless, as now we have seen previously with provide sheets, different GMs across the league don’t need to do Verbeek’s work for him. So it stays a battle between McTavish and Verbeek. However the longer this drags on, the extra regarding it’s as a result of they want McTavish in camp with Joel Quenneville instituting his system. Whereas McTavish can be the perfect fit for what the Montreal Canadiens are on the lookout for, does Kent Hughes want to give up the necessary assets to get him?
But when the Geese had been to commerce McTavish and probably Olen Zellweger, then the chatter of what Pat Verbeek is doing in Anaheim would decide up much more.
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