Elliotte Friedman reveals important information that will have a major impact on the Canadiens
This was starting to be the case for a few years for some teams, but since the pandemic, Canadian teams are facing a major challenge that they have never had to face before.
More and more players do not want to be traded to a Canadian club and this creates a major problem in negotiations with American teams. This makes it more difficult to make acquisitions, which puts Canadian franchises at a significant disadvantage.
This week, on the Jeff Marek podcast, Elliotte Friedman shared some major information on this subject:
The Senators got a taste of that medicine this year when he made a deal with another league team, but it had to be aborted because the targeted player did not want to play in Ottawa.
The trend of the last few years to include no-trade clauses will have a major impact on future trade negotiations and everything leads us to believe that it will once again be the Canadian clubs that will pay the bill.
It is clear that this situation could greatly disadvantage the Habs as well, as the franchise is certainly not immune to this problem, especially since the pressure from Montreal has already pushed many players away from playing in Quebec.
It is to be hoped that the fresh wind brought by the new management of Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton, in addition to the excitement of playing under Martin St-Louis and the construction of a young and exciting team on the ice, could help alleviate this growing problem in the NHL.
Credit: Marqueur.com
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