{"id":785368,"date":"2026-07-07T05:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/785368\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T05:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:10:13","slug":"two-forwards-named-in-potential-trade-between-the-canadiens-and-penguins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/785368\/","title":{"rendered":"Two forwards named in potential trade between the Canadiens and Penguins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t  &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/674752.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Montr\u00e9al Canadiens center Oliver Kapanen (91) and Pittsburgh Penguins right wing Rickard Rakell (67) chase a loose puck during the second period at PPG Paints Arena.\" title=\"Montr\u00e9al Canadiens center Oliver Kapanen (91) and Pittsburgh Penguins right wing Rickard Rakell (67) chase a loose puck during the second period at PPG Paints Arena.\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Kent Hughes has an interesting trade option involving the Montreal Canadiens and the Pittsburgh Penguins.<\/p>\n<p>Several days after the opening of the NHL free agent market, that coveted winger (or second-line center) is still nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n<p>But the GM isn&#8217;t slowing down.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes is actively consulting with his fellow general managers in search of the right trade.<\/p>\n<p>Elliotte Friedman pointed to a specific possibility on his &#8220;32 Thoughts&#8221; podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Two names from the Pittsburgh Penguins.<\/p>\n<p>Both right wingers are reportedly available in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan Rust and Rickard Rakell emerge as trade options for Kent Hughes and the Canadiens<\/p>\n<p>Rust is the more productive of the two.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old veteran is coming off a 65-point season, including 29 goals, in 72 games.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old winger recorded 48 points, including 24 goals, in 60 games.<\/p>\n<p>Both players have two years remaining on their contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Rust carries a $5,125,000 cap hit, while Rakell earns $5 million per season.<\/p>\n<p>One detail could help facilitate discussions. Kyle Dubas likes acquiring former first-round picks who have yet to break out.<\/p>\n<p>That opens the door to one familiar name.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Kirby-Dach-52327\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-player-id=\"52327\">Kirby Dach<\/a> could very well become part of the equation.<\/p>\n<p>Will Kent Hughes finally find his guy in Pittsburgh?<\/p>\n<p>Because as the search for a top-six forward continues, time is slowly starting to work against the Montreal Canadiens this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Previously on Montreal Hockey Fanatics<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>3 HOURS AGO|257 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>Two forwards named in potential trade between the Canadiens and Penguins<\/p>\n<p>Should the Montreal Canadiens trade Kirby Dach to acquire Bryan Rust or Rickard Rakell?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Photo credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Kent Hughes has an interesting trade option involving the Montreal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[17594,49,48,8467,13886,743,448,753,30163,82],"class_list":["post-785368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-bryan-rust","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-kent-hughes","tag-kirby-dach","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-nhl","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-rickard-rakell","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785368","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=785368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}