{"id":250158,"date":"2025-10-30T13:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/250158\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:29:08","slug":"nhl-rumor-mill-october-30-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/250158\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumor Mill \u2013 October 30, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Evaluating possible trade targets for the Canadiens and the New Jersey Devils<\/a> in today\u2019s NHL Rumor Mill.<\/p>\n

MONTREAL HOCKEY NOW<\/a>: Marc Dumont weighed in on recent rumors linking the Canadiens to Calgary Flames<\/a> center Nazem Kadri<\/a>.<\/p>\n

TSN\u2019s Pierre LeBrun recently indicated that Canadiens management has compiled a list of centers who might become available between now and the March 6 trade deadline, and Kadri is among them. He thinks the Canadiens might be interested because of their ongoing need for a second-line center.<\/p>\n

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Calgary Flames center Nazem Kadri (NHL Images).<\/p>\n

Dumont noted the 35-year-old Kadri is signed through 2028-29 with an average annual value of $7 million and a 13-team no-trade list. He\u2019s done a good job of bucking the usual decline for athletes in his age group, and his underlying numbers remain good despite the Flames\u2019 poor performance this season.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Kadri\u2019s age is a concern, and the Canadiens tend to focus on youth to maximize their asset value in trades. They would also have to pay a premium for Kadri.<\/p>\n

SPECTOR\u2019S NOTE: Dumont believes acquiring Kadri would fly in the face of most of the decisions they\u2019ve made during their rebuild. The Canadiens are likely to pursue younger options to address their second-line center needs.<\/p>\n

THE ATHLETIC<\/a>: Chris Johnston was recently asked which of the following players could be realistic trade targets for the Canadiens: Matty Beniers of the Seattle Kraken<\/a>, Bo Horvat<\/a> of the New York Islanders<\/a>, or Pavel Zacha<\/a> of the Boston Bruins<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Johnston considered Zacha as the most likely candidate, but he doesn\u2019t see the Bruins moving him to a long-time rival like the Canadiens.<\/p>\n

SPECTOR\u2019S NOTE: Recent reports suggest the Bruins aren\u2019t in any hurry to move Zacha, who is signed through next season. He may sign a contract extension next summer.<\/p>\n

NEW JERSEY HOCKEY NOW:<\/a> James Nichols looked at four early-season trade targets for the Devils.<\/p>\n

Nichols believes the Devils will need reinforcements if they intend to stage a deep playoff run this season. He listed Zacha, Blake Coleman<\/a> of the Calgary Flames<\/a>, Alexander Wennberg<\/a> of the San Jose Sharks<\/a>, and Alex Tuch<\/a> of the Buffalo Sabres<\/a> as potential options.<\/p>\n

SPECTOR\u2019S NOTE: All four are on teams that are struggling early in this season. However, none of them are sellers yet. That could change in the coming weeks if they don\u2019t soon turn their fortunes around. By that point, the Devils might find other options elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Tuch and Wennberg are eligible to become unrestricted free agents next summer. Zacha and Coleman are signed beyond this season. Tuch has indicated his willingness to stay in Buffalo, but he\u2019s paused his contract extension talks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Evaluating possible trade targets for the Canadiens and the New Jersey Devils in today\u2019s NHL Rumor Mill. MONTREAL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-250158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}