An NHL seller’s bittersweet symphony is soon approaching in the trade deadline. Whether the Montreal Canadiens like it or not, they’ll be in that category less than a month from now as other teams try to bulk up for the playoffs.
There are obvious names on the roster for trades, and they’ve been talked about ad nauseam. Ilya Kovalchuk would be traded for a decent draft pick if the deadline was tomorrow. If he can keep up his production and a bidding war begins, Marc Bergevin could make things more interesting and drive the price up.