If you’ve been listening to Oilers Now this week, you’ve probably noticed the uptick in questions from Bob Stauffer to his guests regarding the future of Max Pacioretty and the Canadiens’ 1st rounder this year (3rd overall). Usually, the question was followed with a short diatribe on how the Habs need a center and that Bob doesn’t think Jonathan Drouin or Alex Galchenyuk is good pivots.
Now, this could be Stauffer being Stauffer. Sometimes he likes to throw things out there to see what sticks and sometimes he’s flat out full of it.
In this case, I’ll lean to the former than the latter just because the Habs and Oilers have been connected in the rumor mill before when Hall was going for Subban, and it seems every year a Canadiens blogger has Ryan Nugent-Hopkins going to Montreal.