{"id":128069,"date":"2025-09-08T05:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T05:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/128069\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T05:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T05:07:10","slug":"canadiens-confirm-a-second-trade-was-discussed-and-negotiated-with-nashville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/128069\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens Confirm a Second Trade Was Discussed and Negotiated with Nashville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canadiens Confirm a Second Trade Was Discussed and Negotiated with Nashville <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/594001.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photo of Canadiens and Nashville\" title=\"Photo of Canadiens and Nashville\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: NHL<\/p>\n<p>The Canadiens agreed to share some interesting information with fans as part of season 2 of the rebuild documentary series, available on Crave.<\/p>\n<p>Among this information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crave.ca\/en\/series\/the-rebuild-inside-the-montreal-canadiens-56606\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">in the most recent episode,<\/a> we actually learn that Kent Hughes attempted a second trade with the Nashville Predators last season.&#8221;A few weeks before the trade deadline, we even see (Kent Hughes) call his counterpart Barry Trotz of the Predators to discuss the availability of a specific player in Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>The trade ultimately didn&#8217;t go through, but it&#8217;s easy to speculate on the name of the player being discussed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Marco Normandin<\/p>\n<p>This was about a player who was clearly available on the trade market, meaning a player who was eventually moved afterward.<\/p>\n<p>A second trade negotiated between the Montreal Canadiens and the Nashville Predators<\/p>\n<p>I really don&#8217;t see why Kent Hughes would have had interest in Nyquist (36 years old) or Schenn (35 years old), so that would possibly leave centers Novak and Jankowski.<\/p>\n<p>Novak, 28, is a 6-foot-1, 179-pound center who recorded 43 points in 51 games (a 70-point pace), 45 points in 71 games, and 22 points in 52 games over the last three seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Jankowski, 30, is a 6-foot-4, 212-pound center who has tallied 124 points in 414 career NHL games, including 8 goals in 19 games with the Carolina Hurricanes late last season (after being traded by the Preds).<\/p>\n<p>Previously on HabsFanatics<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>5 HOURS AGO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0282 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>Canadiens Confirm a Second Trade Was Discussed and Negotiated with Nashville<\/p>\n<p>Would you have traded a 5th-round pick for Mark Jankowski?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.habsfanatics.com\/nhl\/trades\/Javascript:void(save_clic(\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1692.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" border=\"0\" alt=\"MasterPool25-26 ANG\" title=\"MasterPool25-26 ANG\" loading=\"lazy\" defer=\"defer\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tHABSFANATICS.COM<br \/>COPYRIGHT @2025 &#8211; 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