Jason Gregor: Forward Anton Slepyshev has had his name come up in trade talk, but since he’s waiver exempt still, why not reassign him to the AHL and let him play a lot to see what he does.
On the Montreal Canadiens …
The Fourth Period: CapFriendly is showing the Montreal Canadiens have about $9.68 million in cap space. One NHL executive said that Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin has ‘been working the phones this season’ looking to upgrade his team.
The Canadiens would like to add some more scoring up front and a mobile defenseman.