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Photo credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Kent Hughes is watching the wave of offer sheets from a distance.<\/p>\n
And the trade completed with the Vegas Golden Knights at the draft explains why the Montreal Canadiens cannot really take part in the action.<\/p>\n
The Utah Mammoth matched the Devils’ offer sheet to keep Barrett Hayton<\/a> in Salt Lake City, and you’re already familiar with the Leo Carlsson<\/a> situation.<\/p>\n But for the Canadiens, it was pretty much settled before the offer sheets even began.<\/p>\n Because of that trade, the Canadiens can now offer less than $1,575,970, between $2,387,833 and $4,775,666, or more than $11,939,166.<\/p>\n Between those ranges, nothing is possible. (between $1,575,970 and $2,387,832, or between $4,775,667 and $11,939,166)<\/p>\n Why? Because the Habs traded away their own 2027 draft pick to Vegas, which is a mandatory requirement for certain offer sheet compensation tiers.<\/p>\n Kent Hughes faces major offer sheet limits after the Canadiens’ draft-day trade<\/p>\n Stu Cowan was quite clear about the Canadiens entering the offer sheet frenzy this summer.<\/p>\n “I don’t see the Canadiens submitting an offer sheet,” he said on The Sick Podcast.<\/p>\n According to him, if the plan had been to submit an offer sheet, it would have already happened.<\/p>\n Kent Hughes’ silence speaks volumes.<\/p>\n The club currently has approximately $14.23 million in salary cap space.<\/p>\n That is far too little for the new price ranges established by Leo Carlsson and Daniel Bri\u00e8re.<\/p>\n Hughes will have to find another way to improve his team.<\/p>\n Which player, at what price, and what will he have to give up in return?<\/p>\n That’s where the real work begins.<\/p>\n Previously on Montreal Hockey Fanatics<\/p>\n POLL<\/p>\n 1 HOUR AGO|75 ANSWERS<\/p>\n Canadiens trade with Golden Knights creates major offer sheet impact<\/p>\n Was the trade with Vegas a mistake if it prevents the Canadiens from submitting an offer sheet?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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